Project Sidekick and the HoloLens they are ready to go intergalactic. In partnership with NASA, Microsoft is sending some devices to the International Space Station (ISS). The argument is called Project Sidekick, and it will start by the end of 2015.
LOCATION: Ellington Field – NASA C-9 Aircraft
SUBJECT: Reduced Gravity Office's JPL research flights. Flight 3
PHOTOGRAPHER (S): BILL STAFFORD
At the moment, when an astronaut has completed a job, he takes notes and receives new instructions from NASA by voice only.
Project Sidekick will use HoloLens to create augmented reality "spaces" facilitating communication and more.
So astronauts will be able to get detailed instructions and see exactly what needs to be done in the space they will have to work on.
Project Sidekick will initially have two functions.
The Remote Expert mode that will use Skype for real-time feedback and will allow NASA to see exactly what the astronaut is seeing, and the Procedure mode that will use allletterthe ones the crew will be able to interact with.
NASA says Project Sidekick will be used and evaluated during its NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) campaign, which begins on July 21, by a team of astronauts and technicians living on the submarine. Aquarius research station. The exercise will last for two weeks. "
NASA did not say when it would arrive that HoloLens would reach the ISS.
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