How NASA Uses VFX Tools for Scientific Data Visualization

In 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Act which chartered NASA called for the agency "to provide the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning NASA activities and the results thereof." Storytelling is a critical part of the scientific process, and filmmakers are some of the most advanced storytellers of the modern era. Learn some of the theories and techniques that the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio uses to achieve these goals by combining scientific data and filmmaking tools like Houdini.