For the first time ever, a studio uses a 360-degree stereoscopic camera outside the International Space Station. Virtual reality headset owners will be able to experience a spacewalk starting this fall.
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Only a few privileged few had the chance to board the International space station and put on a jumpsuit to make a spacewalk. However, the owners of virtual reality headsets will soon be able to experience it thanks to theapplication Space Explorers. The publisher, Felix & Paul Studios, has just started filming two new episodes in space in collaboration with Time Studios and the Nasa.
Space Explorers already offers four episodes of 19 to 33 minutes in virtual reality, two in the series The Journey Begins where the astronauts are preparing for launch, and two in the series The ISS Experience filmed on the International space station. Each of the episodes is available on theOculus Store for 2.99 euros. Episodes 3 and 4 of The ISS Experience will take place directly in space, a historic first.
The first 360-degree stereoscopic images filmed in space
These new episodes are filmed outside the ISS thanks to the Canadarm2 robotic arm equipped with the Z-Cam V1 Pro stereoscopic camera, with new sensors 4K to obtain a 360-degree 3D image with 8K definition. It has been modified to withstand the conditions in space, especially radiation UV, extreme temperatures and micrometeorite impacts.
Episodes 3 and 4 are announced respectively for this fall and this winter, on Oculus Rift, Quest and Quest 2. They will also be offered by certain mobile operators, including Orange in France, Deutsch Telekom in Germany, LGU + in South Korea and KDDI in Japan.
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