Project Artemis is NASA’s attempt to send humans to the moon for the first time since 1972. The first series of test flights began last summer with Artemis I, which was broadcast live in VR. Crewed flights will follow over the next five years.
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To provide astronauts with easy access to information during such missions, even when they are not connected to the ground, NASA plans to integrate augmented reality displays into the visors of their spacesuit helmets.
In the event of a loss of communication, an AR display will provide astronauts with a dynamic visual cueing system. This could provide critical information that astronauts need to make mission decisions, even when they are out of contact with Earth.
The NASA RFP is actually a nice primer on AR, if you are not quite ready to deliver on the project. You got to wonder why every AR man and his dog isn’t going after this because this has got to be best ad for your technology that could ever be created. Heck, you don’t even have to make it to the moon, it’s been a while since anyone went up there, just build a prototype for NASA and say, we’re saving it for Mars.
