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Microsoft s Joe Belfiore, from left, Alex Kipman, and Terry Myerson playfully pose for a photo while wearing Hololens devices following an event demonstrating new features of Windows 10 at the company stanley uk s headquarte stanley cup rs on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015Elaine Thompson鈥擜PBy TIME StaffJanuary 22, 2015 4:29 AM ESTMicrosoft and NASA have jointly developed software that will al stanley cup low scientists to remotely walk around Mars using the wearable Microsoft HoloLens, a hologram tool designed to view and interact with 3D images.Created in NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL in California, the technology, called OnSight, helps researchers prepare for future Mars-based operations by entering its richly-detailed environment, NASA announced in a news release.Before this, scientists examined 2D digital representations of Mars, which geospatial depth.OnSight gives our rover scientists the ability to walk around and explore Mars right from their offices, said Dave Lavery, program executive of of NASA Mars Science Laboratory.Previously, our Mars explorers have been stuck on one side of a computer screen. This tool gives them the ability to explore the rover surroundings much as an Earth geologist would do field work here on our planet, said Jeff Norris, the OnSight project manager.NASA intends to use OnSight in future rover operations and on a Curiosity mission this year.[NASA]More Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is Doing in the Swing StatesHarris Batt |
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