Hayden Planetarium morphing into a giant videogame

January 26, 2012
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The first ever co-operative space game made for the Hayden Planetarium Dome of the Museum of Natural History (credit: Ivan Safrin and Babycastles)

The Hayden Planetarium, under Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s direction, is becoming Space Cruiser, a giant virtual spacecraft videogame on a 4500×4500 pixel screen, Motherboard blog reports.

Together, players will collaborate to navigate a virtual ship through asteroid belts and other dangers — kind of like a massively-multiplayer version of Carl Sagan’s imaginary space vessel from Cosmos.

It will also have oher space-related indie games: Osmos, a surreal space simulator; Kerbal Space Program, a build-your-own spaceship game; and Bit Pilot, a shooter by Zach Gage.

It premieres for one night only this Thursday at the Museum of Natural History in New York. Tickets (use code BEYOND for half off) at the museum’s website.