Virtual Reality for body and mind

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen explains how two experiments involving virtual reality makes on International Space Station. The first is Virtual Assistance Mental Balance (VAMB) where Andreas gets to enjoy a calm setting in nature that helps him relax. The second one is VR for Exercise, where he cycles on the Space Station’s exercise bike and through different bike routes in Denmark on the VR headset, which has quickly become a favourite for Andreas.
Timestaps of the video:
00:00 - 00:09 Intro
00:10 - 02:13 First experiment
02:14 - 04:48 Second experiment
04:49 - 05:09 Outro
Credits: ESA/NASA
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[@zenothksp]

This is actually so awesome. Even tho being on the space station would be awesome, I 100% understand that you can easily miss nature back home. This is an awesome solution

[@giuseppecatalano670]

Turns out that "VR for Exercise" is one of the research projects I've been citing inside my Master's thesis! I find it so interesting to see how many uses VR has for astronauts and the aerospace industry ✨ Greetings from Italy!

[@sergiopaniagua5547]

Is really hard to be alone there ...with this app I supose that the people feel much more near of his home. Good job !

[@user-fc7is6jo2e]

Outstanding information! Thank you, Andreas and ESA!

[@user-lg2fp7oc2c]

Thanks for Caring about Planet and Human Development and safety

[@JULIANAHASSANI]

👏🏻 virtuel vision good for the Brain 🔆

[@syncsense1209]

@European Space Agency, ESA. We are happy to see that VR-biking in space also is a favorit activity as well as in hospitals and nursing homes. We provide the technology here on earth and will be very happy to continue sharing our VR videos for you guys. Nature and birdsong in VR increase motivation for exercise and have a calming effect for both the elderly and people with disabilities, as well as for highly trained astronauts like Andreas Mogensen.

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

That's awesome!

[@cg986]

I expected this. Good idea.

[@HubbleSpaceTelescope34]

Imagine how hard it was to get the VR modified so it can go onto the station, let alone space

[@Wordavee1]

Why do you suppose that? he doesn't wear it outside the station!!!

[@HubbleSpaceTelescope34]

@@Wordavee1 Have you ever wondered why the ISS is so outdated in computers? They have to be modified very much in order to get up there edit: dont edit it to make me look bad bruv

[@Wordavee1]

@@HubbleSpaceTelescope34 Are the ISS computers so outdated they can't control a VR set, and how do you know the VR isn't just self-contained?? Can you give me information as to how you know these things??

[@HubbleSpaceTelescope34]

@@Wordavee1 I'm supposing that it is a self contained VR, the computers were just as an example to use as an example for you, but I'm not funny sure.

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

@@HubbleSpaceTelescope34 For a lot of the computers they are already there and "good enough" for the job. But I'm pretty sure that the inside of ISS isn't very limiting in this case. Edit: Also the headset is non essential equipment, so even if it did have a problem it wouldn't be that big of an issue.

[@FALL-IN]

So awesome!! ❤

[@mireillefloure]

Merci "ESA-EuropeanSpaceAgency-..."... Milli ⚜ 🌌

[@Anna33888]

Hello ESA💙🖌

[@EuropeanSpaceAgency]

Hello Anna ☺️👋

[@SilverlineNL]

Funny, I use my VR glasses to go into the ISS sometimes 😂

[@user-ly1sx8ci8z]

🏆

[@profproc_com]

they should get angling experience in the package!

[@filepz629]

❤

[@torgny4950]

Hi Andreas! 😊👍Riding an exercise bike is so boring but with a virtual reality headset it would be more fun. Probably very expensive.

[@vickramsookdeo4948]

The human mind is very complex. Hence caution should be exercised in this experiment.

[@user-ly1sx8ci8z]

🎖

[@user-ly1sx8ci8z]

👍👍

[@FrankDTank-lf4dq]

HTC Vive Focus 3

[@podcarsten]

Er der andre end Andreas der får lov til at bruge virtual-udstyret? Tænker det kunne gi et bredere testresultat.

[@EuropeanSpaceAgency]

Hi there - Thank you for your comment. Yes, other astronauts have tried it. ☺️

[@noobyeeter]

What kind of vr headset is that?

[@zenothksp]

Five Focus 3

[@FrankDTank-lf4dq]

Vive focus 3

[@EuropeanSpaceAgency]

Vive Focus 3

[@quentinpaden1481]

Invincible Games Space Force Ariane Revive 8

[@s.venkateswarpatnaik2484]

My request to European Space agency to create an Artificial Rain 🌧️🌧️🌧️ snowfall, cloud ☁️☁️☁️☁️🌨️🌨️🌨️ for a period of 5 months to my State Odisha in India, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Khorda in odisha state in India

[@visyxl]

This looks extremely fun, especially while in space. @EuropeanSpaceAgency can i have one? 😂

[@EuropeanSpaceAgency]

Any trips planned to ISS in the near future? 😉🚀

[@visyxl]

@@EuropeanSpaceAgency I would've wanted to do it on the hermes, but that doesn't exist. Guess I'll do crew dragon and bring the czechs back into space. 😂

[@EuropeanSpaceAgency]

No worries, Space Rider is coming soon 🚀🔜

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

@@EuropeanSpaceAgency With crewed flight capabilities?!

[@visyxl]

​@@EuropeanSpaceAgencyRecently discovered that and thought it was awesome 😊 Maybe ill try to recreate it in both ksp 1 and ksp 2 👀