{"id":24510,"date":"2016-10-22T22:18:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T16:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yaabot.com\/?p=24510"},"modified":"2024-02-28T13:43:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T08:13:42","slug":"virtual-reality-space-programme-masses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/virtual-reality-space-programme-masses\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceVR: The Hype Around Space Programme for the Masses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The hype around Virtual Reality, including space VR, is not showing any signs of slowing down. The industry remains the one to watch out for this decade. Mark Zuckerberg, in particular, remains heavily invested in bringing VR tech<\/a> to the masses.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Virtual reality is of course, a computer generated 3D simulation, or an environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly physical manner by us,\u00a0using specially fabricated electronic devices equipped with sensors and a screen. In a VR\u00a0environment, we\u00a0experience what we\u00a0call immersion – the feeling of being inside and a part of that virtual world. Once immersed, you can\u00a0interact with the space in meaningful <\/span>ways, including spaceVR.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n The combination of a sense of immersion and interactivity is called telepresence. Computer scientist Jonathan Steuer explains the concept of telepresence as \u201cthe extent to which one feels present in the mediated environment, rather than in the immediate physical environment.\u201d An effective VR experience essentially makes you unaware of your real surroundings and stimulates you to focus on your existence inside the virtual environment.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\nDemystifying Virtual Reality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n