Become a VR Astronaut – Weekly Mashup 122

NASA Wants You to Become a 'Telenaut' Who Explores Mars with Virtual Reality
Tech Insider

"Jeff Norris of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ... presented his thoughts on a joint partnership between NASA and Microsoft called OnSight, which has allowed researchers to virtually meet on the Martian surface and explore the area together, using data from JPL rovers on the surface and satellite photography from above." Read More

Why the Future of Virtual Reality Isn't Movies or Video Games
Indie Wire

"At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, New Frontier celebrated its tenth anniversary with a deluge of virtual reality, exhibiting nearly five times as many works as last year. A host of companies have invested in the medium, putting out a variety of new software, headsets and haptic devices. Viewing expanded to multiple venues, each crowded with VR neophytes from open to close. It is a propitious moment for virtual reality as an ascendant media platform; the confidence at New Frontier’s Main Street venue was palpable." Read More

This Mixed Reality Educational App Gives You X-Ray Goggles and Takes You Into the Human Body
Upload

"VR and AR have the potential to revolutionize the way we educate our children and ourselves, and while it is still the early days companies like Curiscope are helping to lead the way with projects like their latest one, a T-shirt that lets you peer inside the human body." Read More

Goldman Sachs: VR and AR "Will Be the Next Generation Computing Platform"
Road to VR

"Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s most influential investment banks, is calling virtual and augmented reality 'the next generation computing platform.' A new video from the company has Heather Bellini, Business Unit Leader in Telecommunications, Media and Technology, saying that the company believes to VR and AR market will reach $80 billion by 2025, roughly the size of the current desktop PC market." Read More