News tagged with stereo images

Engineering images bring life to submerged city

(PhysOrg.com) -- Photo-realistic 3D mapping and digital reconstruction of an ancient underwater city in Greece have earned a team from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Dawn beams back asteroid science data

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Dawn spacecraft has completed a graceful spiral into the first of four planned science orbits during the spacecraft's yearlong visit to Vesta. The spacecraft started taking detailed observations ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

STEREO sees complete far side of the Sun

(PhysOrg.com) -- The far side unveiled! This is the first complete image of the solar far side, the half of the sun invisible from Earth. Captured on June 1, 2011, the composite image was assembled from NASA's ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Mars Rover driving leaves distinctive tracks

(PhysOrg.com) -- When NASA's Opportunity Mars rover uses an onboard navigation capability during backward drives, it leaves a distinctive pattern in the wheel tracks visible on the Martian ground.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

UA-Operated Stereo Camera Selected for Mars Mission

(PhysOrg.com) -- The UA's High Resolution Stereo Color Imager was selected as one of five instruments for the first joint mission to Mars by NASA and the European Space Agency. HiSCI is designed to uncover ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When virtual reality feels real (w/Video)

Despite advances in computer graphics, few people would think virtual characters or objects are real. Yet placed in a virtual reality environment most people will interact with them as if they are really there. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1