Virtual ride to space Kickstarter

[John F. Kerman]

Hey all,

Apologies if this isn't the right place to post this, but I thought a forum full of space geeks might be interested in this. Plus, I'd really like to see this succeed (after all, a potato salad can make 50k, is there no justice in the world?)

In a nutshell, they're sending cameras 30km up & then turning the journey into an Oculus Rift experience (and other platforms, for those of us not fortunate enough to own a Rift yet)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1592839372/virtual-ride-to-space-vr2space

They have 3 days left and are currently about £2000 short of their goal.

Cheers!

[jwenting]

sigh, another kid's hobby he's too cheap to fund from his pocket money and too lazy to get a weekend job to save the money for...

[Klingon Admiral]

30km isn't even close to space.

[John F. Kerman]

Eh? Not sure I fully grok your point. I've backed it thanks. As far as I'm aware it's being proposed by a team from the University of Surrey, UK.

Edited July 17, 2014 by John F. Kerman

[John F. Kerman]

Bump. 11 hours left and just over £500 to go.

[The Jedi Master]

I really hope this gets funded, I'd use it as a valid reason to get Oculus Rift...

jwenting: This is expensive stuff. The cameras alone are probably several hundred dollars, never mind the balloon.

[John F. Kerman]

Successfully funded! Woohoo!

Thanks to anyone that backed it

@The Jedi Master: Yeah, that's my excuse too