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Reality Training System in a Distributed Environment
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.
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