Mars Perseverance: What we know so far

ok…so, the 360 degree video wasnt enough for me and given the fact, that perseverance got every camera as a stereo-rig, I went to

and downloaded 180 left/right pictures from the mastcam-z and made a stereoscopic 360 degree compositing with MS Image Composite Editor (only thing which is not entirely made out of photos is the sky, cause there werent any, so I cloned most of it, sundisk is also just made up), following picture is halfsize as preview due to the upload-limitations of the board :

and here is the direct link to the via right-click downloadable full-hires version:

its made as overLeftEye/underRightEye standard-format for VR with 8000x4500 pixels, so its as sharp as it gets; you can watch this via sideloading in oculus, vive and every cardboard-based viewer on your phone that also loads pictures (not just videos).

I use for example the VR media player on android, its simple, stable, small, does a very good job on anti-drifting and its free without any ads:

start the app, tap on the cardboard-viewer-symbol in the right upper corne to provide stereo-vision, tap on the menu-bar in the left upper corner, open the gallery on the left, load the picture, choose 360°-lens and over/under, put your phone in your cardboard/samsung gear vr/whatever viewer and enyoy your trip into the jezero-crater in glourious 360 degree 3D.

(as the stereo-mastcam-cameras are 24 cm apart, you will notice a kind of enhanced depth-perception of the landscape as our eyes are only 7-8 cm apart.)

feel free to share and to spread.

edit/correction of choosing lens in vr-app

edit2/

its as sharp as it gets

I was wrong; made a new version in 14K:

better color shading, much less banding in sky, better detail, no visible seam anymore behind and much better left/right alignment for less eyestrain. loads just fine in VR media player. enjoy.

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