PCBC 2019

NASA’s New Virtual Reality Project Helps Scientists Virtually Wander Mars (Room Lower Lobby, Room 10)

30 May 19
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Included with PCBC Passport, Technology & Automation

Speaker(s): Alexander Menzies, Deputy Lead OpsLab, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Alex Menzies may be the closest we have to someone living on Mars. He's the software lead for augmented and virtual reality (VR) development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. What that means is he gets to create VR experiences on Mars, and then live and work in them every day.