NASA Surface Data VR – Children of Psyche

INSTITUTION

Arizona State University (ASU)

CLASS

Iridium Class (2024 – 2025)

STUDENT TEAM

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This project is a Virtual Reality (VR) experience created with Unity and Blender. The project features three immersive scenes inspired by NASA’s Psyche mission. In the first scene, users encounter a 3D model, based on an artist’s conception, of Psyche, and can explore the asteroid’s topography using their VR controllers. Next, users are transported to a view of the rocket launch, where they can experience space travel. In the final scene, users are inside a simulated space station and can view Mars and the Psyche asteroid from a distance.

This work was created in partial fulfillment of the Arizona State University Capstone Course “CSE 485″/”CSE 423”. The work is a result of the Psyche Student Collaborations component of NASA’s Psyche Mission (https://psyche.asu.edu). “Psyche: A Journey to a Metal World” [Contract number NNM16AA09C] is part of the NASA Discovery Program mission to solar system targets. Trade names and trademarks of ASU and NASA are used in this work for identification only. Their usage does not constitute an official endorsement, either expressed or implied, by Arizona State University or National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of ASU or NASA.