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“OpenSpace
– Visualizing the Universe”
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Thursday, 15. Nov. 2018 |
Video-Recording for any system with MP4-support
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15:15 – 16:15 |
Anders Ynnerman
(Linköping
University)
Abstract
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This talk will
present and demonstrate the NASA funded open source initiative, OpenSpace,
which paves the path for the next generation of
public outreach in large scale immersive
environments such as dome theaters and planetariums. OpenSpace is also a tool for space
and astronomy research as well as a platform
for technical visualization research. It opens up
the possibilities to dynamically load and
visualize data from simulations such as current
space weather as well as data from instruments
on space crafts. As an example, OpenSpace
will, in a live demonstration, be used to show
the New Horizons Pluto flyby on
July 14th, 2015.
A recent feature of OpenSpace is the globe browsing
support which enables contextualization of high resolution imagery of planet surfaces.
The Gaia Data
Release 2 will
also be visualized. The project builds on a collaboration
between Linköping
University, The American Museum of Natural History, NASA Goddard
Space
Flight Center, New York University, University of Utah, and University of
Vienna.