Relativistic effects

[Matt c]

Hi there me again, I noticed when travelling at fractions of the speed of light on Celestia true relativistic effects aren't shown. The clock slows down, but on a real craft travelling at them speeds the clock would appear normal and (I think ) you see things streak past the window, or at least pass quickly by. The question is, is it possible to recreate relativistic effects on Celestia ? Again I stress as in my last post I know nothing of computer programming and I'm not a physicist, I just think it would be very cool to travel at the close the speed of light as it would really appear sat in the space craft

[Hungry4info]

You realise this would mean limiting the observer to speeds slower than light, right?

[ajtribick]

I've wondered whether we could get this kind of thing into Celestia, but my OpenGL knowledge is less than minimal.

[Matt c]

You realise this would mean limiting the observer to speeds slower than light, right?

I was thinking maybe more along the lines of a script, similar to the Celestia explorer. You could maybe limit the speed, and to get somewhere quicker speed the time up. I've seen a representation of travelling at the near the speed of light and things are supposed to visually distort, in a way that is difficult to explain in words.

[Hungry4info]

Oh okay I see what you're saying.

[Matt c]

Just out of interest hungry4info do you own an Acer Aspire 5532

[Hungry4info]

Just out of interest hungry4info do you own an Acer Aspire 5532

No