3DMAP-VR, A Project to Visualize Three-dimensional Models of Astrophysical Phenomena in Virtual Reality

3D Astrophysics Newsletter 2020.11

Salvatore Orlando, Ignazio Pillitteri, Fabrizio Bocchino, Laura Daricello, and Laura Leonardi

In the first half of 2019, we launched 3DMAP-VR¹ (three-dimensional Modeling of Astrophysical Phenomena in Virtual Reality), a project aimed at visualizing 3D MHD models of astrophysical simulations, using VR sets of equipment. The models account for all the relevant physical processes in astrophysical phenomena: gravity, magnetic-field-oriented thermal conduction, energy losses due to radiation, gas viscosity, deviations from proton–electron temperature equilibration, deviations from the ionization equilibrium, cosmic rays acceleration, etc. (e.g., Orlando et al. 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017).

[This is part of the complete research note by Orlando et al.; for the full note see the link below.]

Journal: Research Notes of the AAS, Volume 3, Number 11
Interactive visualizations: https://sketchfab.com/sorlando/collections/universe-in-hands

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