If you are curious about the unknown terrains of the Red Planet, here is your chance to take a walk on Mars for free all the while staying in your living room, thanks to Google\u2019s immersive experience initiative Access Mars.Google collaborated with NASA to produce Access Mars that lets users wander the actual dunes and valleys explored by NASA\u2019s Curiosity rover.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe experience is built using WebVR, a technology that lets you see virtual reality right in your browser, without installing any apps. You can try it on a virtual reality headset, phone, or laptop,\u201d Ryan Burke, Interactive Producer at Google\u2019s Creative Lab wrote in a blog post late on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The experience was adapted from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory\u2019s OnSight software, which assists scientists in planning rover drives and even holding meetings on Mars.<\/p>\n
Imagery from NASA\u2019s Curiosity rover provided the terrain.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been able to leverage VR and AR technologies to take our scientists to Mars every single day,\u201d said Victor Luo, lead project manager at JPL\u2019s Ops Lab, which led the collaboration.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Access Mars, everyone in the world can ride along,\u201d Luo said.<\/p>\n
Since being rolled out to JPL\u2019s scientists in 2015, OnSight has made studying Martian geology as intuitive as turning your head and walking around.<\/p>\n
Access Mars lets anyone with an internet connection take a guided tour of what those scientists experience.<\/p>\n
A simple walkthrough explains what the Curiosity rover does and details its dramatic landing in 2012.<\/p>\n
Google said that JPL will continuously update the data so that users see where Curiosity has just been in the past few days or weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll along the way, JPL scientist Katie Stack Morgan will be your guide, explaining key points about the rover, the mission, and some of the early findings,\u201d Burke added.<\/p>\n
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