New VR project fights space isolation with a super-realistic virtual Buzz Aldrin

If you were one of the first pioneers to Mars — headed millions of miles away from your home planet for years or even a lifetime — how would you want to keep in touch with people back on Earth? Virtual reality company 8i thinks it might be through super-realistic holographic messages, and it’s testing the technology with a series of recordings that will be released early next year. Messages to Mars, a set of virtual reality experiences released through Time Inc.’s Life VR