Japan's first system for projecting three-dimensional images of stars and planets has debuted at a museum in the Odaiba district of Tokyo, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei's use of the telescope to look into space.
Projecting images eight times finer than a high-definition television system, the Atmos 3-D system gives viewers the sense of actually being in space, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation said. Reservations are required. The entry fee is ¥500.
Wearing special goggles, the audience can experience a 20-minute space journey from the Earth to planets of the solar system and on into the Milky Way galaxy.
The images have been created based on the latest studies by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
The Atmos system can also project other kinds of complex images in 3-D, including the cells of animals. The museum is closed on Tuesdays.
