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Virtual reality in space exploration with Victor Luo from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

1 hour 11 minutes Posted Nov 7, 2014 at 11:13 pm.

The human interfaces research group at Nasa

Describing Victor's demo at the VR Hackathon.

What role will human interfaces play in space exploration.

How long has NASA been paying attention to VR and telepresence?

What sorts of uses will the HMD be used for by NASA. Walking around Mars using an HMD.

How will telerobotics and vr influence space exploration?

Putting a livestreaming 360 video camera on the International Space Station.

Experimenting with Virtual Reality in Microgravity.

Using VR to combat some of the psychological impacts of deep space travel.

What's next after mars? What will future NASA missions look like.

What would it mean for NASA if we discovered some form of sentient life on another celestial body. Is humanity ready for that discovery?

What aspects of virtual reality will NASA find the most value in ?

Will asteroid mining enable the creation of the word's first trillionaire?

Pragmatic challenges of using VR and telerobotics.

Impacts of prolonged use of VR on the human mind?

Victor's personal motivations.

The process of creating interfaces.

Increasing the efficacy of doing science by incorporating immersive environments.

Landing on a Martian pole to harvest its water.

What happened to the water on Mars?

How to get people motivated and excited about space exploration.

Crowd sourcing space exploration to the hive mind.

What will it take for humans to have a permanent presence on Mars?

Utilizing fear to motivate humans to expand our reach in space.

Will VR be a victim of its success?

Seeing the universe from the astronauts perspective using VR.

Will we see the birth of the first human to not be born on earth in this century?

Is NASA interested in exploring the deep sea or excavating to the earth's core?

Nasa's funding challenges. What is the return on investment for colonizing Mars?

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Hello listeners! On today's show I speak with Victor Luo is leading development on the human interface aspects of tele-robotics at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Come along as we discuss using VR with astronauts in space, colonizing mars, finding life in Europa and much more!

Here is a quick preview of some of the things we talked about:

30 : Victor's Role at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

http://vicluo.com/

https://twitter.com/victorocks

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/27/4154900/nasa-athlete-leap-motion-GDC

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