Applied virtual reality in aerospace

Author

Hale, Joseph P.

Author_Institution

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

22-24 Oct 1996

Firstpage

547

Lastpage

550

Abstract

Application of virtual reality (VR) technology offers much promise to enhance and accelerate the development of space systems infrastructure and operations while simultaneously reducing developmental and operational costs. From control center design analyses to extravehicular activity (EVA) operations development to mission and science training for crew and ground controllers, VR can provide cost effective methods to prepare for and conduct space flight operations. A VR applications program has been under development at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (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. One of the goals of this technology program is to enable specialized human factors analyses earlier in the hardware and operations development process and develop more effective training and mission support systems

Keywords

aerospace computing; aerospace control; computer based training; costing; human factors; virtual reality; Marshall Space Flight Center; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; aerospace applications; control center design analyses; cost effective methods; extravehicular activity operations; ground controllers; hardware development; human factors; mission operations training; mission support systems; operational costs; science training; space flight operations; space systems infrastructure; virtual reality; Acceleration; Aerospace simulation; Computer graphics; Costs; Hardware; Human factors; NASA; Space missions; Space technology; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

WESCON/96

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1095-791X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3274-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WESCON.1996.554573

Filename

554573