Abstract
Augmented reality (AR) has the potential to help astronauts execute procedures in a quicker, more intuitive, and safer way. A key part of realizing these benefits has been the use of an undersea research facility-the Aquarius-that acts as an analog to the International Space Station to a certain extent. In a June 2019 mission, the Aquarius crew successfully executed a complex procedure taking place across four different task areas by using an AR application called ProtoSpace developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In this article, we share the detailed results of the study, lessons learned, and future work needed to further enable the enhancement of procedure execution through augmented reality.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 8951768 |
| Pages (from-to) | 82-89 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NM0018D0004). Early stages of this work were done in collaboration with L. Wang and C. Russell at the Johnson Space Center. The authors would like to thank Rob Ray for creating the physical mockups of the task areas. Special thanks to NEEMO 23 Mission Director Marc Reagan as well as the entire NEEMO 23 team for a successful mission.
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