Eyes on the Solar System |
Eyes on the Solar System |
Nov 4 2010, 02:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Eyes on the Solar System is JPLs cool new tool for we 'armchair explorers' to use and follow spacecraft as they explore space.
Check it out here. As Doug said: ...go find the NEAR mission and watch it's orbital phase with Eros.... see the Pioneer 11 flyby of Jupiter, and go 'OMFG' at the Ulysses trajectory. There's a million things we're still trying to put into it - chances are any suggestions someone might have, we've already got it on a very very unfunded list of 'love to put in...' - but make suggestions So go for it. Try it out and if you have some cool ideas, leave a message here. |
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Aug 9 2012, 02:26 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 200 Joined: 20-November 05 From: Mare Desiderii Member No.: 563 |
So... I saw that Eyes now appears to be Java-based, raising my hopes that it might now be usable on Linux. But enabling Java, I just get a little grey Java window that does nothing.
It's described as a "Java launched version", and system requirements are still Windows or Mac. But it's also described as "No game-engine plug-in required", contrasting with "The classic version requires installing the Unity 3D Web Player plugin for your web browser." But there's not much more technical info. What's going on under the hood, and is there any hope of ever persuading it to go on Linux? Is it somehow a Java wrapper for native code (Unity in non-plugin form?) that is platform-specific? Sorry if this upgrade was covered elsewhere -- I've not yet managed to find any more details by searching either this forum or the Eyes website. |
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