Guest Speaker, Lonny Buinis, to present “Virtual Reality Planets” April 9th MonSFFA Meeting

Virtual Reality objects have been around on websites for a while, helping to market everything from jewelry to automobiles. Lonny Buinis will take us on a tour of the solar system and beyond in “VR'”. We’ll compare century-old and modern maps of the planets Mercury, Mars, and Saturn by transforming them into 3D globes. Our tour will include modern space art superimposed on a Hubble map of Jupiter, exoplanets, and more. Lonny will demonstrate how you can use your fingers or any pointing device to “Hold a planet in your hands!”

Bio:Lonny Buinis is one of 200 space artists worldwide in the International Association of Astronomical Artists. He has degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology in physics and computer science. In 2016, the United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey named one of its observatories after him for his decades of volunteer work there.

link: https://www.astronomyinmotion.com/bioLB.html

Websites:
https://www.astronomyinmotion.com
https://marsatyourfingertips.com