Astronomy:Experience Curiosity

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Short description: Interactive web application

Experience Curiosity is an interactive web application developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to celebrate the third anniversary of the Curiosity rover landing on Mars.[1] This 3D serious game[2] makes it possible to operate the rover, control its cameras and the robotic arm and reproduces some of the prominent events of the Mars Science Laboratory mission.[3][4] The application was presented at the beginning of the WebGL section at SIGGRAPH 2015.[5]

According to Brian Kumanchik, the lead and art director behind the project, the development team used exclusively open-source software including Blender and GIMP for creating 3D content, particularly due to public accessibility of open source formats. The Blend4Web framework was chosen as a 3D engine which is integrated with Blender, includes a physics engine and provides rendering in mobile browsers.[6] In 2018, the application was ported to Verge3D framework.[7]

Experience Curiosity won the Webby Award as the best "Government & Civil Innovation" website of 2016.[8][9] The 5-word speech at the award ceremony was Rockin' and Rovin' on Mars, voiced by NASA's representative Brian Kumanchik.[10]

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References

  1. ↑ "New Online Exploring Tools Bring NASA's Journey to Mars to New Generation". NASA. 5 August 2015. http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/new-online-exploring-tools-bring-nasas-journey-to-mars-to-new-generation. 
  2. ↑ "Experience Curiosity". NASA's Eyes. http://eyes.nasa.gov/curiosity/. 
  3. ↑ "Prenez le controle de Curiosity avec Blend4Web". Greg G.d.Bénicourt. http://www.benicourt.com/blender/2015/09/prenez-le-controle-de-curiosity-avec-blend4web/. 
  4. ↑ "Internet 3D: Take the Curiosity Rover for a Spin Right on the NASA Website". Technology.Org. 11 August 2015. http://www.technology.org/2015/08/11/internet-3d-take-the-curiosity-rover-for-a-spin-right-on-the-nasa-website/. 
  5. ↑ "Khronos Events - 2015 SIGGRAPH". Khronos. 10 August 2015. https://www.khronos.org/news/events/2015-siggraph. 
  6. ↑ "NASA's Experience Curiosity". Blender.org. https://www.blender.org/development/release-notes/user-stories/nasas-experience-curiosity/. 
  7. ↑ Using the Verge3D as 3D Web Engine is indicated on the official website in Credits in window "About Experience Curiosity"
  8. ↑ "2016 Webby Award Winner". The Webby Awards. http://webbyawards.com/winners/2016/websites/general-website/government-civil-innovation/experience-curiosity/. 
  9. ↑ "NASA Wins Webby Awards". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6284. 
  10. ↑ "NASA's 5-Word Speech at the 20th Annual Webby Awards". YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EH-fVVRQY4. 

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