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>> THE VIRTUAL REALITY
LABORATORY
IS A VR SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT
AND OPERATIONS LABORATORY
USED PRIMARILY FOR
ASTRONAUT ISS EVA TRAINING.
THE VR LAB PROVIDES
AN IMMERSIVE VR ENVIRONMENT
USED FOR DUAL EVA
CREW MEMBER TRAINING,
INCLUDING SPACEWALKS,
INTEGRATED ROBOTICS
WITH PAYLOADS,
AND THE SIMPLIFIED AID
FOR EVA RESCUE.
VR LABS SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE
CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO
OTHER JSC FACILITIES
FOR MIXED-REALITY ANALYSIS
AND TRAINING,
INCLUDING LUNAR SURFACE EVAS
AND LUNAR ROVER OPERATIONS.
THE VR SIMULATIONS SOFTWARE
DEVELOPED IN THE VR LAB
CAN BE HOSTED AS GRAPHIC
RENDERING APPLICATIONS
PORTABLE TO
DESKTOP COMPUTER USERS
AND ON-ORBIT LAPTOPS
FOR ISS ONBOARD VR TRAINING.
WITHIN THE VR LAB,
HAPTIC GLOVES, TRACKING SENSORS,
MASS-HANDLING ROBOTS,
AND AN ISS ROBOTIC WORKSTATION
CAN BE INTEGRATED,
DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS
OF THE ISS
OR LUNAR TRAINING EVENT.
THE VR LAB SIMULATIONS
CAN BE COMBINED
WITH OTHER ANALYSIS
AND TRAINING FACILITIES
FOR INTEGRATED TRAINING
WITH ARGOS
AND WITH VARIOUS LUNAR ROVER
AND LANDER SIMULATORS.