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360-degree videos: a new visualization technique for astrophysical simulations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2017

Christopher M. P. Russell
Christopher M. P. Russell*
Affiliation:
X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA (NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, administered by USRA) email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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360-degree videos are a new type of movie that renders over all 4π steradian. Video sharing sites such as YouTube now allow this unique content to be shared via virtual reality (VR) goggles, hand-held smartphones/tablets, and computers. Creating 360° videos from astrophysical simulations is not only a new way to view these simulations as you are immersed in them, but is also a way to create engaging content for outreach to the public. We present what we believe is the first 360° video of an astrophysical simulation: a hydrodynamics calculation of the central parsec of the Galactic centre. We also describe how to create such movies, and briefly comment on what new science can be extracted from astrophysical simulations using 360° videos.

Keywords

hydrodynamicsGalaxy: centre
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 12 , Symposium S329: The Lives and Death-Throes of Massive Stars , November 2016 , pp. 366 - 368
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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