| Title | Einstein's Playground (student-created game) |
| Presenter(s) | Zachary Sherin, Heather Fairweather, Philip Tan, Gerd Kortemeyer |
| Session | Conference Reception, Game Exhibition, and Poster Session |
| Time | Thursday, October 20, 7:00p-10:00p |
| Location | MSU Union Ballroom |
| Format | Game Exhibition |
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| Description | Einstein'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. |
