I wouldn't say I'm a Titanic groupie or a fanatic, but every time we go to Titanic, it's a very challenging place to explore. What is it like to explore the Titanic wreck? We asked Gallo about the 2010 expedition, what he hoped to do with the data, and if he is planning any future excursions to the site. That work is just now being released to the public in stunning new mosaic images. They also photographed the Titanic and its debris field with high-definition digital video cameras deployed using robotics. (The same AUVs would be used in 2011 to locate the black boxes of Air France Flight 477, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 on its way from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.) With funding from the salvage company RMS Titanic, Inc., the team mapped the area of the wreck, which lies four kilometers deep, in unprecedented detail using sonar. In 2010 Gallo's team at Woods Hole used autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to return to the wreckage site. With new camera systems, robotics and sonar devices, Gallo found that he could explore the mysterious dark world of the deep sea in exquisite detail. Gallo, director of special projects at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, got hooked on the technology of exploration in 1987, two years after Bob Ballard and a French–U.S. Players can invite their friends to play the game and may even experience a chance encounter with a Facebook friend during the course of their adventure.There have been books, movies, in-depth reports and a musical about the Titanic, so why not a video game? That's what deep-sea ocean explorer David Gallo hopes for-not a game to best an opponent, but one to explore the world’s most famous shipwreck in ways never done before. This opens the door to sharing game content like boarding passes and badges for successfully completed quests. Smith in the First class dining saloon can lead a player to a memorable chat with the "unsinkable" Molly Brown by the Grand staircase.įrom the detailed tile in the Turkish Baths to the leaded windows in the First Class Smoking Lounge - much of Titanic's eye-catching lavishness is painstakingly reflected in detail.įor a more social experience the game can be played using Facebook. Exciting moments like - sharing dinner with Capt. Then, by completing quests players are guided through an exploration of Titanic's opulent spaces and historical passengers.
Players choose a character from a variety of First Class elites like an irascible English gentleman or a charming Southern Belle. "Adventure on the Titanic" is a thrilling and educational interactive role playing game (RPG) where players can travel as a passenger aboard history's most infamous ocean liner.
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