{"id":5234,"date":"2021-02-27T05:15:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T05:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/27\/a-dream-come-true-canadian-company-documents-life-in-space\/"},"modified":"2021-02-27T05:15:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T05:15:26","slug":"a-dream-come-true-canadian-company-documents-life-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/27\/a-dream-come-true-canadian-company-documents-life-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A dream come true’: Canadian company documents life in space"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘A dream come true’: Canadian company documents life in space<\/a><\/p>\n

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TORONTO —
\n\tA Canadian company is bringing the experience of space exploration straight to the homes of millions of people around the world.<\/p>\n

\n\tMontreal-based company Felix & Paul Studios<\/a>, which specializes in emersive entertainment experiences, has chronicled the lives of astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) for two years. Next week will be the first time ever that a 360-degree camera is used to document the space walk in its entirety at the ISS.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe felt that this was something that we had to accomplish, and everything we\u2019ve done in the studio was to ramp up to this moment and bring audiences into space. It\u2019s a dream long in the making,\u201d said Felix Lajeunesse, co-founder of Felix & Paul Studios told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series is an immersive project titled \u201cSpace Explorers: The ISS Experience\u201d and features mobile 360-degree cameras that follow the daily lives of astronauts. The show follows astronauts on a number of different experiences, including a space walk, which is set to film on March 5.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 360-degree camera will be rigged to a robotic arm attached to the space station and will function as a crane to document NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguichi\u2019s space walk. The entire walk will last six and a half hours.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe camera was unpacked during a mission by Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jaques and assembled in November 2020.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn order to create a camera to withstand the harsh environments of space, the company needed to make several considerations such as camera calibration, thermal management and space radiation.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYou have to conceive things differently because you\u2019re in a micro gravity environment so heat dissipation will be different in space when compared to Earth,\u201d said Lajeunesse.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe project will consist of a four-part series that has been two years in the making and has garnered more than 200 hours of footage.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe scope of the complexity of doing a project in space is what makes it so difficult.<\/p>\n

\n\tLajeunesse said in order to achieve this in the very inhospitable environment that is the space vacuum, the Montreal studio had to overcome a variety of technical challenges while the film crew is on Earth and everything is happening in space remotely.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSometimes we experience loss of signal and for a while you\u2019re blind and all you can do is hope for the best. It takes weeks to even see the content that you\u2019ve shot,\u201d said Lajeunesse.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company remains in direct communication with the astronauts during filming. Astronauts are sent camera positions and lighting directions, all while under the supervision of NASA. At times, Lajeunesse said the astronauts pitch original ideas to contribute to the film\u2019s overall production.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe astronauts are the protagonists in the story, but they also act as the de facto film crew,\u201d said Lajeunesse.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll of the footage sent between Earth and space is reviewed by NASA and can take between six to eight weeks to download. At times, producers on Earth will communicate feedback to the astronauts.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYou need to rethink your craft and rethink the way you communicate. You need to start from ground zero in order to be fully operational in an environment like space,\u201d said Lajeunesse.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe main mission for the company is to create immersive storytelling experiences through virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality technology. The company wants its audience to feel like they\u2019re crew members aboard the space station.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe content will be made available to subscribers through various partnerships with the company.<\/p>\n

\n\tViewers can also watch online using virtual reality glasses, 360-degree mobile and widescreen video.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are also going to launch across all fully immersive Canadian planetariums, and the content will be part of a large scale travelling exhibition which will launch in July 2021,\u201d said Lajeunesse.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company\u2019s film ambitions don\u2019t end after next week\u2019s production. Lajeunesse hopes to go beyond the ISS and eventually put a camera on the moon and eventually Mars.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe next time that astronauts land on the moon, it\u2019s not going to be something that you watch on television, it\u2019s going to be something that you live in real time,\u201d said Lajeunesse.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe project in its entirety is expected to launch in August to December 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Published at Sat, 27 Feb 2021 01:18:45 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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