Released on = June 11, 2007, 1:59 pm

Press Release Author = Sciterian Technologies

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Astronomy DVD - Spirit Rover... Virtual Reality of Red
Planet Mars 3D-VRPresents

Press Release Body = 2004 started a new era in Mars exploration. Two rovers Spirit
and Opportunity landed successfully on the surface of Mars and a short while later
started to send lots of images and other data. The rovers were designed to work
properly for only 90 days on the Martian surface but, believe it or not, they are
still in a good health and do not seem to stop working. During over 3-year period
NASA has received a huge amount of data that is hard to present for the wider
public. The solution of this problem has been provided by Sciterian Technologies.
Its VRPresents technology, especially designed for this purpose, gives astronomy
lovers a new interesting way to introduce the planet. Now you can just take a
virtual tour.

High resolution panoramic images of Mars are quite difficult to view in many similar
VR technologies, which one can notice even at NASA\'s web sites, but VRPresents not
only displays these panoramas warped correctly, but it provides also a lot of other
useful features that make learning scientific results easy and enjoyable.

Virtual reality technology is the answer to the question "how to present complex
scientific data and not to bore the common man ?". In VR world you can just move in
any available direction and see many places that were visited earlier by the rovers.
It is you who decides where to go, what to watch, what to see closer or what
information to read. If you want to see what is around you, just start turning
round. If you would like to move somewhere in the virtual world - no problem, just
click a hot spot which will take you to another panorama, and your direction in 3D
space will not change like it does in many other competitive VR technologies. You do
not have to read any information to learn where a specific place is and you do not
have to imagine all these fantastic places on the surface of Mars since you do not
watch just panoramic images, which are introduced in different projections, but you
see really something similar to what you would see standing on the surface of Mars,
without distortions.

"VRMars-Spirit - The Red Planet Mars 3D" is the first VRPresents-based product that
presents the results of Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Mission with the aid of
virtual reality, released by Sciterian Technologies. The software is really
interesting. I recommend it not only for scientists and hobbyists but for school
teaching purposes as well.

Web Site = http://www.vrmars.com/VRMars-Spirit-The-Red-Planet-Mars-3D.htm

Contact Details = Address: Pamiatkowa 12, Miedzyrzecz
Poland (Rep)

Phone Number:
Email: vrmars@sciterian.com