NASA to Test Augmented Reality Glasses

NASA’s announcement that it is working on Augmented Reality for ground applications caught a lot of media attention. This interview on Bloomberg TV is with ODG’s Pete Jameson discusses use cases. In this article on VentureBeat, the author describes a new relationship between NASA and Osterhout Design Group. The partnership will focus on development of Augmented Reality services to be delivered on ODG’s smart glasses for supporting field service activities. Over time there could be use cases for astronauts on the International Space Station and Orion spacecraft. The partners anticipate that astronauts will have higher performance with AR-assisted manuals as well as remote assistance from personnel on the Earth when the tasks are undocumented or unusual.

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