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The folks at EveryScape have done a great job stitching together a virtual world from just four fisheye photos per room. Before showing the results, let me show you the inputs. Here is one of my HDR shots, and the three others are below, rotating clockwise.

They unwrap the overlapping photos and add navigation arrows so you can zoom from room to room around the shuttle.

When you click the link below, remember to start by clicking the full screen button in the bottom right of the image. Then you can click on the image and drag to look up down and all around. When you see an orange arrow, you can zoom to the neighboring room. (and note that there is one rectangular area on the floor of this flight deck that we are still reworking.)

OK, so here is the prototype build of the Endeavour VR starting with this flight deck.

We did this as an exhibit for the California Science Center which will be receiving this shuttle but will be unable to power up the screens like you see here.

17 responses to “Space Shuttle Endeavour 360° VR Panorama”

  1. The other input shots, each a 90° clockwise turn:

    IMG_2657_8_9_tonemapped
    IMG_2660_1_2_tonemapped
    IMG_2663_4_5_tonemapped

    I also took 360° panos of Discovery: Photos and VR
    NASA - That's How We Roll

    (Remember to look up in the VAB)

    And the White Room up on the arm of Pad 39A: Photos and VR
    The Shuttle White Room at the end of the Swing Arm

    Those last two are standalone rooms. Remember to go full screen there. =)

    And here is a digest of all of my KSC photo pages, each of which has a number of photos.

  2. Impressive. Like all the Velcro hold downs scattered across the face dashboard.

  3. NO CUPHOLDERS???????? And where’s the jack for the IPODS??????

  4. P.S. An astronaut friend saw this and reminisced….

    "My favorite place to eat dinner was sitting "upside down" on the
    flight deck facing backwards. Usually we flew the Shuttle
    upside down and backwards (to protect the front windows in case of a
    debris strike). From that position you are facing the aft windows
    with your feet down by the overhead windows.
    Out the aft windows it looks in the direction of flight towards the
    Earth’s horizon, and out the overhead windows looking "down" towards
    your feet you see the Earth below. So the effect is like being in a
    glass bottom boat drifting above the Earth with
    continents and oceans below you.

    It’s the best restaurant anywhere!

    (even if the food is just so-so)"

    Such a poetic visual.

  5. merci.

    jeany — moi aussi. It reminded me of Michael Collins’ description of his upper body EVA on Gemini X:

    "This is the best view of the universe that a human has ever had. We are gliding across the world in total silence, with absolute smoothness; a motion of stately grace which makes me feel God-like as I stand erect in my sideways chariot, cruising the night sky.”

    Gemini X View From Orbit

  6. Very nice work – congrats on being explored !

  7. Extraordinary, Steve. I’m homesick for Endeavour through your amazing photography, which served us well on STS-100. Sad to think she’s grounded forever…

  8. Thanks y’all. My colleague with the 3D cams pulled together a little video montage for me of this trip, from his vantage point.

  9. I just happened upon this post, and am so glad I did. Thank you for sharing, most especially Michael Collins’ beautiful and poetic description of his Gemini experience.

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