Stephen Hawking created a virtual reality experience before his death

Stephen Hawking created a virtual reality experience before his death

Summary

The March 14 2018, Stephen Hawking was leaving us and humanity was losing one of its greatest scientific geniuses. Now all that remains are the predictions, theorems and writings of the famous theoretical physicist and cosmologist.

However, it looks like the famous Cambridge University math professor left a few surprises behind before he made his way to the stars. Against all expectations, the British studio Atlantic Productions has just announced a virtual reality experience created in collaboration with Stephen Hawking during the two years preceding his death.



Stephen Hawking provides storytelling in black hole VR experience

Stephen Hawking created a virtual reality experience before his death

Entitled "Stephen Hawking's Black Holes Immersive Experience", this out-of-home VR experience will allow the user to visit the universe alongside the scientist to discover his favorite subject: the famous black holes ...

We will have to wait a little longer to find out more, since this experience will be launched early 2020 along with a documentary on the life of Stephen Hawking which will be released in theaters. It is therefore unclear which establishments will be offered this experience, and on which VR headset it will run.


La Stephen Hawking's daughter Lucy Hawking says she is thrilled through this experience. According to her, her father always looked for innovative ways to explain science to the widest possible audience and he was passionate about the potential of new technologies in this regard. Recall that Stephen Hawking was also known for his popular science books on cosmology.




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