Have you ever wanted to explore our Solar System? To be able to fly between planets, look at their surfaces and learn more about them. Well now you can with Our Solar System VR. Using a Google Cardboard headset, you can explore the Solar System in 3D virtual reality.The model of the Solar System features the 8 planets and the Sun with real textures. The distances between the planets is realistic, but their sizes have been made larger to make it easier to navigate. Information boxes provide information and facts about each object, whilst still allowing you to marvel at the beauty of our Solar System.
This app is in both English and Welsh. You can change the language of the information on the main screen.
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"281521main flyby2 20081007 226" by NASA - NASA [1]. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:281521main_flyby2_20081007_226.jpg#/media/File:281521main_flyby2_20081007_226.jpg
"Venus-real color" by NASA or Ricardo Nunes - http://www.astrosurf.com/nunes/explor/explor_m10.htm. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venus-real_color.jpg#/media/File:Venus-real_color.jpg
"Africa and Europe from a Million Miles Away" by NASA - NASA. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Africa_and_Europe_from_a_Million_Miles_Away.png#/media/File:Africa_and_Europe_from_a_Million_Miles_Away.png
"Mars 23 aug 2003 hubble" by NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) - http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/34/image/j/ (image link). Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_23_aug_2003_hubble.jpg#/media/File:Mars_23_aug_2003_hubble.jpg
"Jupiter New Horizons" by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jupiter_New_Horizons.jpg#/media/File:Jupiter_New_Horizons.jpg
"Saturn Equinox 09212014" by NASA/JPL/Space Science InstituteImage modified by Jcpag2012 - http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11667. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saturn_Equinox_09212014.jpg#/media/File:Saturn_Equinox_09212014.jpg
"Uranus as seen by NASA's Voyager 2" by NASA - http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA18182. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uranus_as_seen_by_NASA%27s_Voyager_2.tif#/media/File:Uranus_as_seen_by_NASA%27s_Voyager_2.tif
"Neptune Full" by NASA - JPL image. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neptune_Full.jpg#/media/File:Neptune_Full.jpg
