Game to help see visual effects of SR

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Hi everyone, I just wanted to share this really cool game MIT Game Lab made, it's called A Slower Speed of Light:
http://gamelab.mit.edu/games/a-slower-speed-of-light/

Sorry if this is already commonly known among people interested in SR (probably is- but maybe there's a few people who haven't seen it).
 
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Yes it's very well known but it should probably be added as something akin to an FAQ so that people take clear notice of it; they can then can access it readily at anytime. Making a thread for it probably won't be useful since this thread will soon get drowned in a sea of other threads.

There are in fact quite a few other resources online that are amazing for visualizing SR. Here's another: http://www.spacetimetravel.org/
 
Ah, that makes sense.
And that's a great site, thanks!
 
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