U.K.-based group Infinite Void is seeking £5,000 — about US $8,500 — for a virtual ride to outer space.
The idea is to send a weather balloon with 12 GoPro cameras up to the edge of space — 30 kilometers, or nearly 20 miles, straight up. The recorded video would then be turned into a virtual reality experience that can be viewed with the Oculus Rift.
The project leader is Aaron Knoll, who researches plasma propulsion for spacecraft at the Surrey Space Center.
The project is currently one-fifth of the way to its goal, with 25 days still left in its Kickstarter campaign.
Hypergrid Business editor and publisher Maria Korolov is a science fiction novelist. During the day, Maria Korolov is an award-winning freelance technology journalist who covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise virtual reality. See her Amazon author page here and follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Email her at [email protected]. Her first virtual world novella, Krim Times, made the Amazon best-seller list in its category. Her second novella, The Lost King of Krim, is out now. She is also the publisher of MetaStellar, a new online magazine of speculative fiction.
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