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SpaceVR, #SpaceX to #launch VR camera into #space , bringing the astronaut experience to all. A couple of years ago we told you about a future project from startup #SpaceVR that would send virtual reality cameras into orbit in order bring back immersive space video to VR users on Earth.  On Friday, I held that future in my very hands, and it felt like most space bound objects — surprisingly clunky, but packed with all the mystery and promise of the universe. During a meeting in Los Angeles, SpaceVR's CEO, Ryan Holmes, allowed me hold his space baby, a large thermos-sized device that houses eight cameras (four cameras on each end). Those cameras will capture two to three hours of 360-degree footage per month over the course of nine months. After nine months, the device will fall back to Earth and burn up during re-entry.  The footage will be recovered while the device is in orbit via X and S band microwave radio transmissions.  To get the device into low #Earth orbit, the company will ride one of SpaceX's launches in August.  When the footage is recovered, the plan is to release the footage by the end of the year in formats available on VR headsets including the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. After that, Holmes hopes to begin working on his next space challenge: creating robots that will handle the dangerous work that humans still have to perform in space. #spacedistant

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Explore outer space through virtual reality using SpaceVR. Back the Kickstarter to be the first!

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US-based startup SpaceVR recently announces its launch of the world's first virtual reality camera satellite into space in June 2017.

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