[Mars-sim-developers] MarsVR Project - Please support our Kickstarter

[James B. <jb...@ma...>]

Hi everybody on the Mars-Sim project,

I wanted to let you know about a very exciting project that The Mars
Society is working on...

The Mars Society is building a new open-source Virtual Reality platform —
we call it “MarsVR” — that can be used for serious research towards the
goal of sending humans to Mars.

We aim to establish the capability of using Virtual Reality to assist with
the initial human exploration of landing sites. Phase I of the Mars VR
Program will focus on designing training simulations for use at the Mars
Desert Research Station, providing direct assistance in the training of
MDRS crew members.

We are going to use Unity platform to develop MarsVR and we have support
from their development team.  We will also open-source the platform
including the Unity project, the terrain assets, and the 3-D models of the
hab & facilities at the MDRS.  This will be so that the general public can
freely make use of it to experience the exploration of Mars, as a STEM
education tool, and to develop MarsVR as an engineering-grade solution for
space science research.

Please support our Kickstarter.  We have 14 days left and are at 76% of our
overall goal.  Please tell your friends & colleagues about this project and
support us on social media.

http://bit.ly/MarsVR1

http://marsvr.io

Thanks,

James Burk | IT Director | The Mars Society
jb...@ma...  |  +1 (206) 601-7143