New initiative, SpaceTime Enterprises, planning to launch satellites in space that will broadcast live and immersive videos of Earth for virtual and augmented reality applications

Briefing

New initiative, SpaceTime Enterprises, planning to launch satellites in space that will broadcast live and immersive videos of Earth for virtual and augmented reality applications

May 10, 2018

Briefing

  • Earth in Virtual Reality – Immersive content studio Rewind and space company In-Space Missions announced new U.K.-based initiative, SpaceTime Enterprises, which aims to launch multiple satellites with cameras into space to broadcast live and immersive videos of Earth, viewable with virtual reality headsets
  • Timeline – First satellite with cameras scheduled to launch in 2019, with initiative aiming to provide views of places on Earth in real-time in three to four years
  • Augmented Reality – With launch of more satellites and increased database, augmented reality experiences can be created, overlaying information such as meteorological systems, atmospheric phenomenon, celestial bodies, and more
  • Sample Applications – Include monitoring plastics in oceans, and other business and science applications to be developed by SpaceTime Enterprises
  • Other Earth-Imaging Initiatives – Include San Francisco-based SpaceVR which just launched Overview 1 Satellite to International Space Station where it is waiting to be deployed, and U.K.-based Earth-i whose VividX2 test satellite was launched from India on January 12, 2018 providing colored videos of earth from space

Accelerator

Sector

Information Technology

Organization

In-Space Missions Ltd., Rewind

Source

Original Publication Date

April 25, 2018

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