NASA puts Microsoft’s HoloLens to work in space

Feb22

by Sindy Cator on February 22, 2016 at 10:50 am

NASA is bringing virtual reality to space, using Microsoft’s HoloLens aboard the International Space Station (ISS). As part of a project called Sidekick, the astronauts on ISS will be using the augmented reality headsets to aid them while carrying out repairs and tasks on-board. Testing an advanced VR system to aid our work on #ISS. All going so well until we found the Alien Invaders game… pic.twitter.com/6bfHXrQsvY — Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) February 20, 2016 This will be done in two ways – using the ‘Remote Expert Mode’ where an astronaut is talked through each step via Skype, and the ‘Procedure…