{"id":80076,"date":"2018-06-27T08:42:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T15:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/explore-the-solar-system-in-augmented-reality-with-mini-planet-models"},"modified":"2018-06-30T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T22:02:00","slug":"explore-the-solar-system-in-augmented-reality-with-mini-planet-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/explore-the-solar-system-in-augmented-reality-with-mini-planet-models","title":{"rendered":"Explore the Solar System in Augmented Reality with Mini Planet Models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B7adsfSMknc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ever wish you could visit other planets in our solar system without launching on a deep-space mission? Now you can embark on an interplanetary adventure right from the palm of your hand, thanks to gorgeous, 3D-printed planet models and an augmented-reality (AR) app.<\/p>\n<p>Brought to you by AstroReality, the same company that created the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/38266-astroreality-lunar-model-app.html\">\u201cLunar\u201d AR moon model<\/a> and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/40702-augmented-reality-earth-app-fundraising-goal.html\">new Earth counterpart<\/a>, this set includes miniature models of all eight planets and one model of the dwarf planet Pluto. Each model is 1.2 inches (3 centimeters) in diameter and color-printed with a resolution of 0.1 millimeter per pixel.<\/p>\n<p>Without the AR app, you can admire detailed features such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/35262-pluto-heart-photos-nasa-gallery.html\">Pluto\u2019s \u201cheart\u201d<\/a> and Jupiter\u2019s Great Red Spot. But the real extraterrestrial adventure begins when you open the AstroReality app (available for <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/astroreality\/id1194876117?mt=8\">iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.mr4iot.sciencereality&hl=en_US\">Android<\/a>) on your mobile device and point the camera at any of the nine models. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/12288-solar-system-photo-tour-sun-planets-moons.html\">Our Solar System: A Photo Tour of the Planets<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/41001-astroreality-solar-system-mini-ar-models.html\">https:\/\/www.space.com\/41001-astroreality-solar-system-mini-ar-models.html<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wish you could visit other planets in our solar system without launching on a deep-space mission? Now you can embark on an interplanetary adventure right from the palm of your hand, thanks to gorgeous, 3D-printed planet models and an augmented-reality (AR) app. Brought to you by AstroReality, the same company that created the \u201cLunar\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,1498,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-augmented-reality","category-robotics-ai","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80232,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80076\/revisions\/80232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}