Discovery Channel’s Augmented Reality Mars Rover

Discovery Channel’s spanish division has a new Augmented Reality toy on their site where you can check out the Mars Rover in AR, from any webcam-enabled computer.  From their Google Translated Site:

MARS MISSION game is the new Discovery Channel will debut soon for you. And, as progress, and here are the mini version of Rover, manipulable, and digital direct to your desktop.

The original Rover is made mostly of aluminum and solar panels and walk on the Martian surface collecting geological samples. The one you hold in your hands is made of bytes and you’ll be able to move it as you want, on your computer.

Marte en tu escritorio – Experiencias – Experiencia Discovery en tudiscovery.com.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .