Space has always been this unobtainable force into which all humans have, at one point in their lives, dreamed about venturing.The fantasies about exotic planets and heavenly galaxies have brought about the frightening idea of the isolation we as a species feel on our own planet, Earth. However, this new technological start-up based in San Francisco is trying to bring the outer reaches of space to our own homes.
SpaceVR is a virtual reality company whose sole mission is to create the world’s first 360 degree 3-D camera and capture images from places like the International Space Station to the far reaches of our own solar system and beyond. With these amazing high-quality images, CEO Ryan Holmes and CTO Isaac DeSouza want to relay back into a virtual reality experience like no other. Can you imagine watching our little blue planet from the moon? Or observing how astronauts work on the ISS? This is exactly what SpaceVR is trying to achieve in terms of bringing these views only observed by less than one percent of all of the human race to all seven billion people and counting on this planet now.
But bringing science and education into our lives isn’t the only purpose of this company; the appetite for all humans to realize our true potential as fleeting organisms with the duty to care for each other and our planet is seen in the Overview Effect. Only really capitalized by past and current astronauts during spaceflight, the Overview Effect is the transformation in awareness where we as humans realize that our planet, hanging endlessly in the abyss, is something that we immediately must cherish as a temporary home we cannot afford to let go. Astronauts report that when looking at the Earth while in orbit country borders become irrelevant, races blend together, and a great responsibility is felt to save our fellow man and planet from ruin. SpaceVR is trying to bring that same forceful impact into everyone’s lives as a chance to save us from ourselves one day.
The two co-founders have been diving into astro-tech conventions all around the country to try showing others in the industry how this could potentially change the face of how humans think and act in a positive direction. To get the company completely up and running fully, SpaceVR will have a Kickstarter launch in August, with many once in a lifetime perks and opportunities from donations such as getting your own space content and virtual reality headset.
With this revolutionary company coming into full-force soon, the balance of our entire existence may be shifted in a way that may even potentially save Earth as well as our own species from complete destruction.
