A few weeks ago we had reported that NASA will be using a video game for training purposes. Now NASA’s Learning Technologies Office is developing its own video game using the Unreal Engine 3. This is what was posted on the Unreal Message Boards:
- The general idea is that NASA’s Learning Technologies Office got a small amount of funding to start a prototype NASA-based game. They are now working with the America’s Army development team and the Federation of American Scientists to make a short (10 to 20 minutes) prototype. They are using the Unreal 3 engine from Epic, so they’re hoping for commercial quality results.
- The prototype is expected to be an introduction to NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration – apparently, NASA is planning to head back to the moon by 2020, and by 2035, a human on Mars is planned. The prototype is expected to introduce the vision and give people a chance to appreciate the experience of being on the International Space Station and on the moon – separately, of course.
This game is expected to be an online game. NASA is one of the top scientific institutes in the world, so you can surely expect an amazing video game as it is also using the Unreal Engine 3.