NASA, Meta and Tech Shops Launch Moon Launch to Global Audiences

Video streaming and the metaverse combine to offer viewers worldwide immersive, live images of a lunar launch.

The collaboration centers on NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon for the first time in 50 years. Visuals of the program’s Nov. 15 launch – albeit without people on board – will be available for viewing by a global audience in real time via video streaming.

Scheduled to begin shooting just before midnight, Eastern Time, images and sound of the Artemis liftoff will be simulcast in ultra-high-definition to Meta Horizon Worlds venues (part of Meta Platforms, formerly Facebook) as well as the Space Explorers Facebook page. You can also stream 360 degrees via 5G from various planetarium domes around the world.

Meta Horizon Worlds, a free app that can be used with Meta Quest VR headsets, is available.

The enterprise is made possible by Emmy-winning Montreal-based VR shop Felix & Paul Studios with technical support from cloud-based streaming collaboration outfit MeetMo.io and aerospace photography expert FlightLine Films, which will provide up-close footage from multiple cameras strategically placed around the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. They will create a real-life viewing experience by working together.

The event marks the first time any space launch has been available to view across the globe in an ultra-high-resolution 8K live broadcast.

“Humanity’s deep space exploration came to an end with the final NASA Apollo mission in December of 1972,” said Michael Mansouri, MeetMo.io CEO. “Today, we are developing new content creation and distribution methods that can bring viewers experiences in ways not possible just a few short years ago.”

Johan Romero, chief technology officer at MeetMo.io, stated that the platform was in this instance. “enables real-time assembly and the distribution of content across multiple platforms such as immersive domes or movie theaters, AR/VR devices, social media channels and live broadcasts.”

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