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Applied virtual reality research and applications at nasa/marshall space flight center
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hale, Joseph P. |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Description | A Virtual Reality (VR) applications program has been under development at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) since 1989. The objectives of the MSFC VR Applications Program are to develop, assess, validate, and utilize VR in hardware development, operations development and support, mission operations training and science training. Before this technology can be utilized with confidence in these applications, it must be validated for each particular class of application. That is, the precision and reliability with which it maps onto real settings and scenarios, representative of a class, must be calculated and assessed. The approach of the MSFC VR Applications Program is to develop and validate appropriate virtual environments and associated object kinematic and behavior attributes for specific classes of applications. These application-specific environments and associated simulations will be validated, where possible, through empirical comparisons with existing, accepted tools and methodologies. These validated VR analytical tools will then be available for use in the design and development of space systems and operations and in training and mission support systems. Specific validation studies for selected classes of applications have been completed or are currently underway. These include macro-ergonomic "control-room class" design analysis, Spacelab stowage reconfiguration training, a full-body micro-gravity functional reach simulator, and a gross anatomy teaching simulator. This paper describes the MSFC VR Applications Program and the validation studies. |
| File Size | 519048 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19970006956 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1tf4qt6v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1995-09-14 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Computer Programming And Software Spacelab Anatomy Design Analysis Aerospace Systems Ground Based Control Integrated Mission Control Center Support Systems Simulation Education Virtual Reality Mission Planning Hardware Reliability Microgravity Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
