Project Number
- 15
Title
- Mars Navigator
Description
- Hypermedia installation for exploring the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Viking Orbiter Mars database.
Contact
- Thomas A. Volotta
Affiliation
- Volotta Interactive Video
Address
- P.O. Box 2028
- San Anselmo, California 94979-2028
- +1.415.459.6949
- +1.415.459.2216 fax
- San Anselmo, California 94979-2028
- AppleLink: VOLOTTA
WWW
Year
- 1991
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 91 Tomorrow's Realities Program
Project Details
- A multimedia exhibit to enable exploration of information, video, and animation from the JPL Viking Orbiter database as a simulation of a visit to Mars.
- This hypermedia presentation includes flyby animation path selection (seamless exploration of precomputed animation), Dolby Surround sound audio cues, and multi-lingual presentation of information.
- Designed as a public-space exhibit to enable people of all ages to navigate and explore information about the Mars planet.
Sight
- SGI IRIS, Macintosh IIfx, Digidesign AudioMedia, Pioneer LD-V8000
Sound
- Dolby Surround audio systems
Touch
- MicroTouch touchscreen
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 5 - Established, Finished
Intent
- 3 - Application (expression, enabler)
Primary
- 306 - education
Secondary
- 101 - hypermedia, hypertext
Remarks
- Two complete "Mars Navigator" systems installed at The Technology Center of Silicon Valley in San Jose, California. Designed as a collaboration with Apple Computer.
Last updated: 5 Jul 2002
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