This is an early access version of the final MarsVR application.
About the Software
The Mars Society, the world's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to the human exploration of Mars, operates the Mars Virtual Reality (MarsVR) program to create engineering-grade virtual reality simulations of future human Mars exploration. The MarsVR team has been working since 2018 on a digital twin of the real-life Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) facility located in southern Utah. As the world’s largest and longest-running analog facility, MDRS has been in operation since 2001, with 235 crews and over 1,500 individual crew members having stayed at the MDRS during the two decades since its establishment.
MarsVR is a full-fidelity simulation of the MDRS (Mars Desert Research Station) campus, including the station’s exterior and interior spaces. In the real world, only researchers and astronauts-in-training are able to visit the MDRS, and the wait list can be over a year. Consequently, the Mars Society has built this first Steam release to allow everyone the chance to tour the MDRS and better understand analog science, technology, and procedures. While this version is a pre-release taster focused mainly on the environment and building exteriors, the final version (expected to be released within a few months) will include the ability to explore the interior spaces, and conduct optional training scenarios where crew members learn to conduct a Mars analog simulation in real life. Our end goal is to give everyone a taste of what it will take to visit, build a habitat, and thrive on Mars.
Windows Requirements
Minimum:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+), 8.1 and Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or better
Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Graphics: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs
Additional Notes: Apple officially supported drivers
Recommended:
OS: High Sierra 10.13+
Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Graphics: Metal-capable Intel and AMD GPUs
Additional Notes: Apple officially supported drivers
Linux Requirements
Minimum:
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and CentOS 7
Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+, Vulkan capable
Additional Notes: Gnome desktop environment running on top of X11 windowing system Other configuration and user environment as provided stock with the supported distribution (such as Kernel or Compositor) Nvidia and AMD GPUs using Nvidia official proprietary graphics driver or AMD Mesa graphics driver
Recommended:
OS: Ubuntu 20.04
Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+, Vulkan capable
Additional Notes: Gnome desktop environment running on top of X11 windowing system Other configuration and user environment as provided stock with the supported distribution (such as Kernel or Compositor) Nvidia and AMD GPUs using Nvidia official proprietary graphics driver or AMD Mesa graphics driver
