Visceral Science: Near the Speed of Light | Verizon Innovative Learning

A class of up to 34 students can join the experience via mobile devices - both on smartphones and tablets.

Mobile players can activate speed boosts at any time. Speed boost buttons display the percentage of the speed of light that a shuttle will be flying.

VR players use a “relativistic lightsaber” that displays the Doppler Effect, Lorentz Contraction and the Relativity of Simultaneity as a player moves it around. Also, VR players can see how shuttles are blueshifting and redshifting as they approach and fly away.

Press the menu button on your controller. You will see a menu that allows you to separately mute mobile players, VR players, and your own mic. Mobile players are muted by default, unless they unmute themselves in a mobile app.

Any PC VR system will be able to play this application, including but not limited to HTC Vive, Valve Index, Windows Mixed Reality systems, as well as Meta Quest systems connected via Link to your PC. The support of standalone VR devices is planned.

Before setting up, ensure that the IT group at your school has given you and your lab computers all permissions to allow for a smooth downloading experience. Also, please make sure your IT specialists open the required ports for Photon Cloud.

No, only create and have one account. The account will allow you to create activation keys for each of your PC-connected VR stations.

No, you need a separate key for each individual PC-connected VR station.

You can log into the mobile application either using credentials from the account that you created, or by using Educator or Class Access Codes. Please note that you need to link your Educator and Class Access Codes to your account before using them with a mobile app.

The experience is designed to be played by either one or two VR players. If more VR players join the experience they will be watching the match from a waiting room above the paying field.