Dawn Sumner Talking About Mars Curiosity Rover

A recording of Dawn Sumner, member of the MSL (Mars Science Laboratory, commonly known as "Mars Curiosity rover") science team, talking about some of the rover's features.
I filmed this (using a mobile phone; I apologize for poor audio and video quality) to test tracked-camera video recording during a filming session we did in the UC Davis ModLab for an upcoming 90 minute National Geographic TV special on Mars exploration.
The Mars rover CAD model was provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
The 3D Mars terrain data was reconstructed from images sent back to Earth by the rover's NavCam stereo cameras. The rover CAD model is "parked" exactly where the rover actually stood on Mars while capturing the initial set of source imagery.
The terrain texture was created by projecting images sent back to Earth by the rover's MastCam color camera onto the reconstructed 3D terrain.
Dawn is viewing the 3D rover model and the 3D Mars terrain model using an HTC Vive virtual reality headset, running custom VR visualization software developed at UC Davis.
More information:
www.nasa.gov/m...
mars.nasa.gov/...
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modlab.ucdavis.edu

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creative way to do vr + recording without a greenscreen nice.

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Really cool stuff.

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