Interstellar Arc Serves Up Alien Foxes, Exoplanets, and VR Carl Sagan
CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyIt feels like I’ve been transported into a scene straight out of a science fiction movie.I’m walking around on a giant centrifuge in space, which I can see the outlines of at the edge of my vision. Beyond it, I see the planet we’re orbiting. The pathways I walk on stretch endlessly above and below me, giving me the feeling I’m in an absolutely massive structure. Huge hologram-like characters, each 10 stories tall, occasionally materialize alongside the path to talk to me and the dozen people also on this journey.Those fellow travelers aren’t computer-generated characters; they’re real humans. We’re all walking around wearing VR headsets in a shared virtual reality space in Las Vegas that can best be…
