CLIENT: NASA Engineering Directorate

PROJECT: Virtual Reality Training System in a Distributed Environment

CHALLENGE: Improve the performance and team-building environment of the astronaut training program

OPERATING ENVIRONMENT:
Hardware: SGI
Software: Open Inventor, OPENGL

SOLUTION: Create a collaborative training environment with a shared Virtual Training System.

RESULTS:

• Astronauts now can work and interact on complex tasks in the same virtual environment.
• Participants experience a more realistic training environment.
• System proved the operational concept of facilitating the training of Space Station astronauts whether they are located in Europe, Russia, Japan, Canada, or the U.S.