PCBC 2019

Alexander Menzies
Deputy Lead OpsLab
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory


Alex is the deputy lead of the OpsLab, a team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory focused on expanding our exploration of the cosmos through the use of augmented and virtual reality technology. His recent work includes Onsight, an immersive tool for operating the Curiosity Mars Rover; Protospace, an AR tool for spacecraft design; and Sidekick, a head-mounted assistant used by astronauts aboard the international space station. Alex is also the principle inventor of the Landform photogrammetry pipeline which is responsible for generating some of the most accurate models of the Martian surface ever created.

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