VR Space Game – Exploration Experience

INSTITUTION

Seattle University (SU)

CLASS

Platinum Class (2025 – 2026)

STUDENT TEAM

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The NASA Psyche VR Exploration Experience is an educational virtual reality application designed to immerse users in the exploration of asteroid Psyche. Players use a virtual camera to identify and photograph scientifically significant features with each successful discovery awarding points and educational feedback, encouraging exploration while reinforcing scientific learning objectives.

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This work was created in partial fulfillment of the Seattle University Capstone Course “CS 26-16.” The work is a result of the Psyche Student Collaborations component of NASA’s Psyche Mission (https://psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu). “Psyche: A Journey to a Metal World” [Contract number NNM16AA09C] is part of the NASA Discovery Program mission to solar system targets. Trade names and trademarks of ASU and NASA are used in this work for identification only. Their usage does not constitute an official endorsement, either expressed or implied, by Arizona State University or National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of ASU or NASA.