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Theodore von Karman Lecture

Friday, September 13, 2013
7:00pm to 8:00pm
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Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Telexploration: How video game technologies can take NASA to the next level
Jeff Norris, Lead of the Mission Operations Innovation Office, Mission Systems and Operations Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

How would you like to swim in the oceans of Europa? What would it feel like to climb Mount Olympus on Mars? Is it possible for all of us to experience these journeys together?

The goal of the Telexploration project is to make us better explorers by building immersive environments that feel like we are really there. By drawing together technologies from sources as unlikely as the video game industry and advancing the state of the art in human-system interaction, we are working towards low-cost "holodecks" - not only for every NASA mission scientist, but for every person who longs to explore space with us.

This presentation will describe our progress towards these ambitious goals as well as the challenges that are ahead.

For more information, please contact JPL Public Service Office by phone at 818-354-1234 or visit Telexploration: How video game technologies can take NASA to the next level.