{"id":26269,"date":"2016-09-01T13:57:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T13:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/?p=26269"},"modified":"2016-09-01T13:57:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T13:57:54","slug":"take-a-3d-virtual-reality-tour-of-the-depths-of-the-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/2016\/09\/take-a-3d-virtual-reality-tour-of-the-depths-of-the-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a 3D Virtual Reality Tour of the Depths of the Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_88645\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_N79EfH1a4Q?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Deep ocean explorers, <span id=\"0.8017262042119824\" class=\"highlight\">Nekton<\/span>, have released an immersive 360 virtual reality video enabling viewers, for the first time, to experience a virtual submersible dive to the deepest known point of the ocean &#8211; Challenger Deep, a 6.83 mile descent (10,994m\/35,069ft\u00b9) into the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Scientists from a dozen marine research institutes are joining the four-week mission launched by the newly founded scientific research charity, <span id=\"0.4928357401950101\" class=\"highlight\">Nekton<\/span>. The research program, based aboard two sea going vessels, is focusing on three locations: Bermuda, Nova Scotia, and the High Seas (NW Atlantic &amp; Sargasso Sea).\u00a0The scientific findings will be released as part of the <span lang=\"EN-US\">XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey, a pioneering new multi-disciplinary marine research program investigating physical, chemical and biological indicators to assess the function, health and resilience of the deep ocean.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">To explore the full impact of human activities on the deep ocean, the expedition is using cutting-edge technology including the latest manned submersibles with fully spherical hulls, remotely operated vehicles and underwater 360 cameras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The first 360 video delivers a 3D virtual reality, fully immersive experience designed to enable <\/span>viewers to share similar experiences to <span id=\"0.8255864175169549\" class=\"highlight\">Nekton<\/span>\u2019s co-founder and submersible pilot, Oliver Steeds, who narrates the descent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0Oliver said: \u201cWhilst 12 people have walked on the moon, only three people have been to full ocean depth. People have spent 300 hours on the moon and only 3 hours at full ocean depth. Viewers will experience the descent into the darkest depths of the ocean, and encounter the inhabitants and hundreds of facts about the least known frontier on our planet. Look out for hammerhead sharks, blue whales, sperm whales and the terrifying fangtooth fish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_N79EfH1a4Q\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deep ocean explorers, Nekton, have released an immersive 360 virtual reality video enabling viewers, for the first time, to experience a virtual submersible dive to the deepest known point of the ocean &#8211; Challenger Deep, a 6.83 mile descent (10,994m\/35,069ft\u00b9) into the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean. Scientists from a dozen marine research institutes are joining the four-week mission launched by the newly founded scientific research charity, Nekton. The research program, based aboard two sea going vessels, is focusing on three locations: Bermuda, Nova Scotia, and the High Seas (NW Atlantic &amp; Sargasso Sea).\u00a0The scientific findings will be released as part of the XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey, a pioneering new multi-disciplinary marine research program investigating physical, chemical and biological indicators to assess the function, health and resilience of the deep ocean. To explore the full impact of human activities on the deep ocean, the expedition is using cutting-edge technology including the latest manned submersibles with fully spherical hulls, remotely operated vehicles and underwater 360 cameras. The first 360 video delivers a 3D virtual reality, fully immersive experience designed to enable viewers to share similar experiences to Nekton\u2019s co-founder and submersible pilot, Oliver Steeds, who narrates the descent. \u00a0Oliver &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[1327,1326,1328],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26269"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26311,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26269\/revisions\/26311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}