European Space Agency – Education Payload Operations – Fuji 3D (ESA-EPO-Fuji 3D) Cultural Activities
Research Area: Technology Demonstration, Education/Outreach
Expeditions: 26, 27, 30 and 31
Principal Investigator(s): ● Massimo Sabbatini, European Space Research and Technology
Research Centre, Noordwijk
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
The European Space Agency – Educational Payload Operations – Fuji 3D (ESA-EPO-Fuji 3D)
investigations makes 3D imagery and movies aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and
the visiting vehicles during the ESA long-duration missions. Images and movies taken are
related to ESA aboard
payloads or views of the ISS
for educational purposes and
illustration of 3D imaging
technology.
RESULTS
Footage from the Fuji 3D
camera proved valuable for
use in public outreach
activities, and have been the
first 3D images that ESA has
received from EVA activities,
mainly from cosmonauts
conducting spacewalks. The
small size of the camera also
provided good flexibility of
use. These photos were integrated into various 3D productions on ESA’s YouTube channel. This
included (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOSHE4fXbCA) a 3D virtual spacewalk outside
the International Space Station, which mixed the 3D photos with video footage from ESA’s ISS
virtual reality simulator that had received over 15,000 hits. It also included Space walks in 3D
and other recent imagery from the ISS, which mixed the 3D photos with 3D video footage and
had over 18,000 hits
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gfEF8xkjrQ&list=PL41C087F0054D0454&index=4).
This investigation is complete; however no publications are expected.
The Fujifilm Finepix Real 3D W1 camera. ESA image.