Galactic Center VR
Instituto de Astrofísica, PUC de Chile · 2020 · Free to Play, Casual, Simulation, VR, Space
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About Galactic Center VR
Free trip to the center of our Milky Way galaxy!
(Index, Rift, and WMR users: we are working on getting this working on your headsets and would appreciate any help as we only have a Vive. We put a discussion our community board about this: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1240350/discussions/0/2298472007785939739/ )
Done by professional astronomers, this VR experience takes you inside one of their NASA supercomputer simulations to within a few light years of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy. Besides the black hole, the simulation shows one of its important feeding sources: stellar winds that are blown into outer space from stars orbiting the black hole. These stellar winds slam into each other, heating the wind material to temperatures that are so hot -- tens of millions of degrees -- that they glow in X-rays. When viewed from Earth, these same X-rays are detected by telescopes in space, in particular NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The stars and their stellar winds are seen by ground-based telescopes in Chile, among other places, but the only way to get a close up view is to go there yourself in this app!
In Galactic Center VR, fly around the few-light-year region around Sagittarius A*, seeing the orbiting stars, their stellar winds, and the X-rays they emit. Or scale down the simulation so everything fits within your VR play area, allowing you to walk around the center of our galaxy. View the whole simulation in stellar winds only, X-rays only, or both, as well as check out the contribution from just one stellar wind at a time. There is also a tutorial explaining more about the simulation, which provides non-astronomers some pertinent background information.
This app was created by astrophysicists at the Instituto de Astrofísica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, in Santiago.
(Index, Rift, and WMR users: we are working on getting this working on your headsets and would appreciate any help as we only have a Vive. We put a discussion our community board about this: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1240350/discussions/0/2298472007785939739/ )
Done by professional astronomers, this VR experience takes you inside one of their NASA supercomputer simulations to within a few light years of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy. Besides the black hole, the simulation shows one of its important feeding sources: stellar winds that are blown into outer space from stars orbiting the black hole. These stellar winds slam into each other, heating the wind material to temperatures that are so hot -- tens of millions of degrees -- that they glow in X-rays. When viewed from Earth, these same X-rays are detected by telescopes in space, in particular NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The stars and their stellar winds are seen by ground-based telescopes in Chile, among other places, but the only way to get a close up view is to go there yourself in this app!
In Galactic Center VR, fly around the few-light-year region around Sagittarius A*, seeing the orbiting stars, their stellar winds, and the X-rays they emit. Or scale down the simulation so everything fits within your VR play area, allowing you to walk around the center of our galaxy. View the whole simulation in stellar winds only, X-rays only, or both, as well as check out the contribution from just one stellar wind at a time. There is also a tutorial explaining more about the simulation, which provides non-astronomers some pertinent background information.
This app was created by astrophysicists at the Instituto de Astrofísica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, in Santiago.
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Игра Galactic Center VR — это настоящее погружение в космос! Яркие, детализированные планеты, величественные туманности и завораживающие космические корабли создают неповторимую атмосферу. Управление интуитивное, позволяет свободно перемещаться и взаимодействовать с окружением, будто ты действительно паришь среди звезд. Особенно впечатлили моменты, когда подлетаешь к черной дыре или пролетаешь сквозь пояс астероидов – адреналин зашкаливает! Графика на высоте, каждый взрыв сверхновой выглядит эпично. Миссии разнообразны, от исследования дальних уголков галактики до напряженных космических боев. Игра отлично подходит как для тех, кто хочет расслабиться и насладиться красотой космоса, так и для любителей динамичных приключений. VR-эффект работает превосходно, полностью погружает в происходящее. Ощущение масштаба просто поражает. Определенно стоит попробовать всем ценителям жанра!
[h1]Before I played Galactic Center VR, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
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Terrible, uninspiring, basic graphics and long loading times.
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