faking reality - a glimpse into a virtual world

Imagine you can transit from your couch to a warm beach within seconds. And from there to the huge city packed with people. And from there to another planet! Sounds like Science Fiction? But it's not! Virtual Reality will make it possible for us to interchange virtually between different worlds.

Full Podcast available on: https://soundcloud.com/alex-sita/podcast-virtual-reality-ah


"Virtual reality is an artificial world, that helps us to imagine how another world or our own world could look like." (Anna Losiak)

"You can fake reality in a sense, that you can help prepare the actual thing. The point is - nothing will be equal to standing on Mars." (Kartik Kumar)

Virtual Reality on a Mars simulation/AMADEE15

"It's kind of like in a computer game, but in this case you are supposed to not only look at the screen, but have goggles on you, that allow you to move your head. This computer game is showing the real life, instead of a computer environment." (Anna Losiak)

"We use it, to train people in advance to go on an EVA. It's better if you can test it in advance without risking someones life." (Kartik Kumar)

discovering new worlds without leaving the spot

"There are technologies, that even go further than virtual reality to a thing called "augmented reality. And the idea behind augmented reality is that the reality that you see, is part real and part virtual." (Kartik Kumar)

"Even though this avatar is a 100% reflection of reality, you are of course missing some human interaction. The fact, that you maybe can not touch that person or if you do, the sensations are not maybe the same." (Kartik Kumar)

"I don't think it's an impossible thing anymore, it's just about time and effort." (Kartik Kumar)

Photos (c) OeWF 2015 (Claudia Stix)

//telephone to mars

Calling Mars? Not as easy as you've might imagined it. Sending a message to Mars takes about ten minutes to arrive - due to the distance. 

 

And of course, your answer from Mars will be ready after another ten minutes. That means - communication to Mars is a processed dialogue of at least 20 minutes.  

 

"You can't really say - oh what did you mean by that, because then you are already twenty minutes too late." (Joao Lousada/EarthCom AMADEE15 OeWF)

And - strict rules are needed in order to communicate clear and precisely. 

"One of the tricks we use, is  the hashtag# for keeping a certain conversation about the topic, unrelated to that topic. Like this it's clear."

 

Being used to direct and spontanous communication - a delayed conversation can have an impact on those who have to use it.

"There is always a balance you can find. Yes you should be accurate, you should be precise, but at the same point there is also room for a nice word, that the field know we are there to support them." 

"One way to increase a human factor is to use video messages. You can record yourself to have a human touch with."

 

(c) OeWF 2015 (Paul Stanek Fotografie)

Podcast on: https://soundcloud.com/oewf/amadee-15-podcast-01-mars-communications