We built a virtual experience that puts the user on scale with a solar system to demonstrate the changes to the habitable zone around multiple stars. We utilized an opensource platform A-Frame to build our virtual experience. We wanted to demonstrate the factors of a star that change the habitual zone as well as demonstrate life’s relationship to our own sun and the stars around the universe. By doing so we try to combine NASA’s exploration mission with the users ability to explore our virtual solar system. We hope this will spark curiosity in space exploration for the purposes for finding extra terrestrial life and educate those who have a lack of understanding of habitable zones.

Code Repository: https://gitlab.com/varshith/vr-planet-educator