{"id":11507,"date":"2015-10-01T13:42:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T17:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11507"},"modified":"2015-10-01T13:42:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T17:42:50","slug":"spacevr-seeks-crowd-funding-for-immersive-3d-live-views-from-the-iss-cupola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11507","title":{"rendered":"SpaceVR seeks crowd-funding for immersive 3D live views from the ISS Cupola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacevr.co\/#spacevr\" target=\"_d\">SpaceVR<\/a>\u00a0is a startup company developing<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>the world\u2019s first virtual reality platform allowing users to #BeAnAstronaut and experience space firsthand from any mobile, desktop or virtual reality device. Through the use of 3D, 360-degree cameras, SpaceVR technology feeds livestream footage from the International Space Station\u2019s (ISS) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cupola_(ISS_module)\" target=\"_blank\">Cupola observatory<\/a> module back to Earth so consumers can experience space travel in immersive 3D virtual reality.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The company is currently in a crowd-funding campaign that has reached just over $70k towards a $100k goal and they have 7 days remaining:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1035872323\/spacevr-step-into-space\" target=\"_d\">SpaceVR: Step into Space by SpaceVR \u2014 Kickstarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Kickstarter funds would cover the costs for<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>flight certification, launch costs, and 2D 16K resolution footage that will be physically down-massed (returned from space) to Earth 2x per year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is a video describing the project:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1035872323\/spacevr-step-into-space\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The goal is to use the Virtual Reality system to bring the space experience to many more people than those who have actually flown in space;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Being in space and looking down at the earth, astronauts are hit with an astounding reality: our planet is a tiny, fragile ball of life, \u201changing in the void&#8221;, shielded and nourished by a paper-thin atmosphere. It\u2019s a phenomenon known as the <b>Overview Effect<\/b>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Space is the final frontier, and everybody should have a chance to be a part of exploring it and, in turn, being influenced by it\u2014to experience the Overview Effect. There\u2019s a lot of excitement about exploring space by the people, for the people, and we can&#8217;t do it without you.\u00a0Together we can make the universe accessible to everyone, inspire the next generation of explorers and get people excited about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) fields.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The more supporters we have, the more cool virtual reality experiences we\u2019ll be able to capture in space. And when we get there, you won\u2019t just be a bystander to history; you\u2019ll feel like an active participant, standing side by side with the astronauts. We will all be explorers together.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Astronaut\u00a0<a title=\"Tracy Caldwell Dyson\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tracy_Caldwell_Dyson\">Tracy Caldwell Dyson<\/a>\u00a0enjoyed\u00a0the Cupola module in person:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/cupolaview_iss14_500x366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"742\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=742\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/cupolaview_iss14_500x366.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"550,367\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cupola Vew ISS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/cupolaview_iss14_500x366.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-742\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/cupolaview_iss14_500x366.jpg\" alt=\"cupolaview_iss14_500x366\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/cupolaview_iss14_500x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/cupolaview_iss14_500x366-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceVR\u00a0is a startup company developing the world\u2019s first virtual reality platform allowing users to #BeAnAstronaut and experience space firsthand from any mobile, desktop or virtual reality device. Through the use of 3D, 360-degree cameras, SpaceVR technology feeds livestream footage from the International Space Station\u2019s (ISS) Cupola observatory module back to Earth so consumers can experience &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11507\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SpaceVR seeks crowd-funding for immersive 3D live views from the ISS Cupola<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-multiple-media","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2ZB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10592,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10592","url_meta":{"origin":11507,"position":0},"title":"Video: TMRO 8.16 &#8211; Crowdfunding your next space project","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest live TMRO.tv show is now available in the achive:\u00a0Crowdfunding your next space project - TMRO\u00a0- This week we talk to SpaceUP Foundation CEO Chris Radcliff and COO Jesse Clark about their new Kickstarter campaign to fund 5 SpaceUP unconferences. 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