Samsung and NASA join forces to enable you to walk on the moon in virtual reality. The “A Moon For All Mankind” experience combines the Samsung Gear VR helmet with the ARGOS suit to simulate the gravity of the moon and give the user the feeling of jumping to its surface.
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was on the moon as part of the Apollo program. In a little less than a year, it will be half a century ago that mankind has succeeded in stepping onto the soil of another planet. A great step for mankind and thus an anniversary that must be celebrated with dignity.
To mark the occasion, Samsung teamed up with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to create a new kind of virtual reality experience. Under the title “A Moon For All Mankind”, this experience offers the user the realistic experience of jumping onto the moon’s surface.
Samsung and NASA combine Gear VR and ARGOS suit to simulate moon gravity.
The Samsung Gear VR headset is combined with NASA’s Active Response Gravity Offload System (ARGOS). This system looks like a harness in conjunction with a flight suit programmed to accurately simulate the gravity of the moon.
In the virtual reality of Gear VR, the user aims to carry out a mission on the moon like a real astronaut. Not all of us will probably have the chance to travel into space in our lives, but this experience is certainly the closest thing we have at the moment.
To try “A Moon For All Mankind”, however, you must go to the Meatpacking District in New York City, USA. The experiment has just been set up there. It is not known whether Samsung and NASA will later propose their concept in other parts of the world (including Europe).