VR Space Game – ASU – B

INSTITUTION

Arizona State University (ASU)

CLASS

Iridium Class (2024 – 2025)

STUDENT TEAM

Erik Sousa
Chad Valente
Isaias Lopez
Kevin Nangcas
Shannon Ray

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The NASA Psyche Mission is an orbiter mission to the metal-rich asteroid, Psyche, in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft, which launched in October 2023 and will arrive at the asteroid in mid-2029, will study the asteroid from orbit and will not land on the surface. Over the past few years, teams from the Psyche capstone program have produced many different styles of games designed to engage students and the public in learning about the Psyche mission. These games are appropriate for many different age levels – some are focused on learning while others are just for entertainment. In this project, the team will select one of the existing games and take it (or at least its content and game mechanics) to the next level – into virtual reality! The team will have the chance to test the experience at public or campus events throughout the year.

This work was created in partial fulfillment of the Arizona State University Capstone Course “___”. 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.