WebXR for Public Engagement – A
INSTITUTION
Arizona State University
CLASS
Nickel Class (2020 – 2021)
STUDENT TEAM
Alexandra Plukis, Computer Science
Drew Merrill, Computer Science
Herlina Widodo, Informatics (Game Development)
Kendrick Elifritz, Computer Science
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The NASA Psyche Mission has a large-scale 3D-printed model of its target asteroid, Psyche. QR codes on the body of the 3D-printed asteroid allow museum visitors or students to use their smartphone to “orbit” the asteroid and “collect data” by scanning the codes, which currently take them to a series of static web pages. To increase the engagement of this activity, the team is developing a WebXR project (https://immersive-web.github.io/webxr-samples/) for this model in order to explain something about the mission. The Psyche team provided the themes to choose from to help scope the project.