About OpenSpace

Check out the cutting-edge science and technology that have contributed to OpenSpace in these videos from conference and meeting presentations, academic lectures, and livestreamed programs.

Published August 12, 2021

With the pivot to the virtual in 2020, OpenSpace partners took their on-site events from in-planetarium domes (and theaters, visualization labs, and more) to at-home, reaching their audiences through online livestreamed programs. This highlight reel captures some of our favorite moments.

Livestreamed June 12, 2020

The Morrison Planetarium at California Academy of Sciences’ M. Josh Roberts hosted OpenSpace Software Integration Engineer Micah Acinapura for a Cosmic Conversation about developing our software.

Livestreamed May 26, 2020

Jackie Faherty, Astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History, highlights the evolution of cosmic mapping, with a focus on what happens when bleeding edge science meets cutting edge graphical interpretations in this keynote for the Eurographics / Eurovis 2020 virtual conference.

Recorded November 21, 2019

Anders Ynnerman, Linköping University, presents OpenSpace as a tool for space and astronomy research and communication, and as a platform for technical visualization research. Ynnerman showcases the globebrowsing, interactive visualization of large star fields, and volumetric rendering of MHD simulations of coronal mass ejections and operational space weather forecasting.

Livestreamed October 24, 2019

California Academy of Sciences’ Dan Tell and Mary Holt present their experiences using OpenSpace to the Great Lakes Planetarium Association annual conference, held in Toledo, Ohio. Presentation begins around the 30:00 mark.

Recorded October 2019

OpenSpace Lead Developer Alexander Bock describes the architecture of OpenSpace at the 2019 IEEE Visualization Conference held in Vancouver, Canada.

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OpenSpace is funded in part by NASA under award No NNX16AB93A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

OpenSpace is also funded by the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), and the Swedish e-Science Research Centre.