Published 19:52 IST, February 25th 2021

Artist shows 360 degree visualisation of Mars, netizens say 'technology has come so far'

A video editor, and digital artist Hugh Hou created a 360-degree of the red planet using photos taken by the Perseverance rover.

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A video editor, and digital artist Hugh Hou created a 360-degree of red planet using photos taken by Perseverance rover. This happened after NASA released first-ever audio and video recording from Rover. Taking to his official Facebook handle, Hou shared a 360 degree im of red planet. To enjoy a proper experience, viewers need to click and drag im and accordingly im moves. 

A 360 degree visualisation of Mars

In caption, Hou shared eight steps on how one can experience view using Oculus VR. For VR, one needs to save this post on a list. Furr, viewer needs to put on Oculus Quest 2 / Quest 1 VR headset. n on left side of Oculus homep menu, click on “Saved”. saved Mars 360 photo will appear on screen. Furr, user needs to click on “Watch” and it will open an Oculus Browser. caption furr says, “Click “Enter VR” and it will go into a full immersive view of Mars 360 photo. Alternatively, you can copy Facebook post’s URL and open your Oculus . Browser on your Quest 1 or Quest 2 VR headset, and view it directly. I hope you can enjoy this unique experience in immersive virtual reality!”. 

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Hou also gives a disclaimer as he says that original photo does t have full sky. He edited sky to have a full 360 experience inside a VR headset like Oculus Quest 2. sky does t represent real sky from Mars. 

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Stunned by im, netizens took over comment section. One Facebook user wrote, "Wow thats astonishing! I can see milky way! Beautiful. UAE was like this 50 years ago. But if you go to desert, ground looks exactly like this". im has mand to gar 1.6 million shares and 493K reactions. Ar Facebook user wrote, " sky absolutely stunning. I have never seen such a beautiful sight. Wished I could star gaze in person".

Read: NASA Releases Video Of Perseverance Rover's Mars Landing & First Audio Of Red Planet

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After NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover chronicles plummeted and rocketed toward surface of Mars on February 18, a new video of major milestone released during final minutes of its entry, descent, and landing on Red Planet. A microphone on rover also provided first audio recording of sounds from Mars. According to reports from NASA< t camera system covers whole process, from moment of parachute inflation to descent process. It shows some of rover's intense ride to Mar's Jezero Crater. foot from high-definition cameras aboard shows craft starts 7 miles above surface. It also showed supersonic deployment of massive parachute ever sent to ar planet. It ends with rover's touchdown in crater. 

Read: Mars Landing Live: NASA Rover Lands On Red Planet, US President Biden Terms It 'historic'

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19:55 IST, February 25th 2021