Captain Einstein is a virtual reality (VR) movie that takes you on a boat trip in a world with a slow speed of light. This allows for a direct experience of the theory of special relativity, much in the same spirit as in the Mr. Tompkins adventure by George Gamow (1939). In this paper we go through the different relativistic effects (e.g. length contraction, time dilation, Doppler shift, light aberration) that show up during the boat trip and we explain how these effects were implemented in the 360 video production process. We also provide exercise questions that can be used - in combination with the VR movie - to gain insight and sharpen the intuition on the basic concepts of special relativity.

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爱因斯坦船长：相对论的VR体验

爱因斯坦船长是一部虚拟现实 (VR) 电影，带您在光速缓慢的世界中乘船旅行。这允许直接体验狭义相对论，这与乔治·伽莫夫 (George Gamow) 的汤普金斯先生 (Mr. Tompkins) 冒险 (1939) 的精神非常相似。在本文中，我们介绍了在乘船旅行中出现的不同相对论效应（例如长度收缩、时间膨胀、多普勒频移、光像差），并解释了这些效应是如何在 360 度视频制作过程中实现的。我们还提供练习题，可与 VR 电影结合使用，以加深对狭义相对论基本概念的洞察力和直觉。