WebbVR: The James Webb Space Telescope Virtual Experience
Space Telescope Science Institute · 2018 · Free to Play, Casual, Simulation, VR, Space Sim
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About WebbVR: The James Webb Space Telescope Virtual Experience
The wonders of space defy description – so see it for yourself! Explore the universe like never before in the fully immersive WebbVR experience. The James Webb Space Telescope and its infrared-light perception of the cosmos are simulated using NASA data, along with bonus information and interactive learning experiences.
You can visit the James Webb Space Telescope at its orbit point beyond the Moon, 1 million miles from Earth, set against an accurate backdrop of the Solar System. Fly up-close to Webb’s beautiful golden mirrors, and look out from its perspective on the universe. You can also compare Webb with the Hubble and WFIRST space telescopes. Info hubs within the VR environment provide more information about each mission.
Further out, explore your own cosmic neighborhood—the Solar System—in gorgeous detail.
Fly through Saturn’s rings or join Jupiter’s moons in orbit around the gas giant. You may also leave the Solar System behind and visit the stunning Orion Nebula, where a swirling disk of gas and dust is beginning to form planets, or fly through the star fields of a simulated galaxy.
If you’re more the hands-on type, try building your own planet or even a whole solar system. Send stars into a black hole and see what happens. See how changing the mass of a star alters the course of its lifecycle.
The awe-inspiring WebbVR environment puts users in the midst of science concepts, presenting realistic, data-based collision physics, Newtonian gravity, gas viscosity, and the electromagnetic spectrum in a new, accessible way.
WebbVR is developed in partnership with Northrop Grumman.
You can visit the James Webb Space Telescope at its orbit point beyond the Moon, 1 million miles from Earth, set against an accurate backdrop of the Solar System. Fly up-close to Webb’s beautiful golden mirrors, and look out from its perspective on the universe. You can also compare Webb with the Hubble and WFIRST space telescopes. Info hubs within the VR environment provide more information about each mission.
Further out, explore your own cosmic neighborhood—the Solar System—in gorgeous detail.
Fly through Saturn’s rings or join Jupiter’s moons in orbit around the gas giant. You may also leave the Solar System behind and visit the stunning Orion Nebula, where a swirling disk of gas and dust is beginning to form planets, or fly through the star fields of a simulated galaxy.
If you’re more the hands-on type, try building your own planet or even a whole solar system. Send stars into a black hole and see what happens. See how changing the mass of a star alters the course of its lifecycle.
The awe-inspiring WebbVR environment puts users in the midst of science concepts, presenting realistic, data-based collision physics, Newtonian gravity, gas viscosity, and the electromagnetic spectrum in a new, accessible way.
WebbVR is developed in partnership with Northrop Grumman.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
A short interactive visual experience This is an interactive visual experience where you learn about the James Webb Space Telescope and see how it works up close. I recommend this to anyone looking to learn something new and enjoy a calm astronomy experience. Give this one a try 😊.
Игра «WebbVR: The James Webb Space Telescope Virtual Experience» — это увлекательное погружение в космос через виртуальную реальность. Пользователь становится частью миссии, изучая телескоп, его технологии и открытия. Визуальные эффекты поражают: звезды, галактики и детали телескопа представлены с высокой точностью. Интерактивность позволяет исследовать инструменты и наблюдать за процессом сборки спектрографа. Образовательный аспект выделяется — даже новички поймут сложные концепции. Однако VR-формат требует соответствующего оборудования. Отличный выбор для любителей астрономии и тех, кто хочет ощутить себя частью научной экспедиции.
amazing
Free, and they keep updating it - out of this world!
It's alright, but it has flawed controls and other issues. You cannot snap-turn, so doing this in a sitting position is annoying. The scale of the JWT also feels off (this includes even stuff like the car model which is used for scale), but that might just be an issue on my end. There's plenty of educational content here, but the voiceover is extremely quiet for some reason. There's also a strange lack of detail in the explanations of what the different parts of the JWT are, like what the 4 science tools on the cold side actually are, what they do, etc. Maybe I am just blind, but idk. When exploring planets, the voice over gets cutoff annoyingly, or doesn't trigger when teleporting to the moons from the menu. The haptic feedback/rumble tends to get stuck on when flying around. The rendering is also not very impressive, but I can understand that this is a free experience, probably made by a small team and probably had to support stuff like mobile devices as well.
Works on vive pro 2 with wands. Looks great. The new webb discovery content is on the travel page under the solar system's planets .
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