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GR: Fachverband Gravitation und Relativitätstheorie

GR 6: Poster

GR 6.1: Poster

Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 17:00–18:30, Zelt

Relativistic Interactive Flight Simulation — •Stephan Preiß — Universität Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany

First-person visualizations can be used as virtual laboratories where relativistic scenes are explored and relativistic phenomena like length contraction, time dilation and aberration of light are directly observable. We developed an interactive relativistic flight simulation with a drastically reduced speed of light to show these effects. The images are calculated using ray tracing methods. To achieve interactivity, a four-dimensional KD-tree structure is implemented. We present the features of the simulation including scenes that consist of static and relativistically moving objects. Additionally, the range of application for the teaching of special relativity is shown. The simulation will be available at the presentation.