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Jumping In Lower Gravities

"Jumping In Lower Gravities" is one of the two installations designed for the Bremen school-lab of German aerospace center (DLR) for science learning. The purpose is to visualize some aspects of being in outer Space and the main theme is gravity.

In "Jumping In Lower Gravities" participants experience a simulated jumping in lower levels of gravity on the surfaces of the Mars( g=3.7 m/s2) and the Moon(g=1.6 m/s2) where jumping is about 2.65 times (on the Mars) and six times (on the Moon) higher than on the Earth surface.

It is not only about physical visualization of the situations but also includes some visual details of the  environments. Here, participants are not passive receivers of information and they learn about the environment while interacting.

Using head mounted 3D displays (Oculus Rift), participants have full 360° view in the virtual world and they own virtual avatars with the shape of an astronaut where they have full control over main body links and joints of this avatar. Participants look to the virtual world through the eyes of this avatar.
Jumping In Lower Gravities
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Jumping In Lower Gravities

Jumping In Lower Gravities is one of the two installations designed for the school-lab of German aerospace center (DLR) in Bremen, Germany. The p Read More

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