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Meaningful Play 2016 at Michigan State University

Game Information

TitleEinstein's Playground (student-created game)
Presenter(s)Zachary Sherin, Heather Fairweather, Philip Tan, Gerd Kortemeyer
SessionConference Reception, Game Exhibition, and Poster Session
TimeThursday, October 20, 7:00p-10:00p
LocationMSU Union Ballroom
FormatGame Exhibition
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DescriptionEinstein's Playground is a fulldome scientific talk & demonstration, where planetarium audiences are surrounded by a real-time simulation of the visual effects of Einstein's theory of special relativity. By slowing the simulated speed of light to a crawl and placing the audience in a familiar, human-scale environment, people can observe and learn about the concepts of doppler shift, Lorentz contraction, relativistic aberration, and the finite speed of light.

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