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Puget Systems & METECS\u00a0VR\u00a0Computing Solution at NASA’s JSC<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n

About METECS:<\/h2>\n\n\n

METECS<\/a> is an automation, simulation, and software company headquartered in Houston Texas near NASA’s Johnson Space Center. They are a small business with approximately 25 employees with expertise in the areas of simulation, 3D graphics, multibody dynamics, contact dynamics, robotics, software, and automation. METECS has participated in many simulation and graphics projects at Johnson Space Center over the years. Furthermore, the tools that they develop and maintain are used in many of the training and analysis simulation projects that are used at JSC.<\/p>\n\n\n

Overview of Project:<\/h2>\n\n\n
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METECS was asked to provide a virtual reality (VR) solution at Johnson Space Center for the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) facility.<\/p>\n

HERA is a unique, modular, three-story habitat that was designed and created through a series of university competitions and was previously used in the Desert Research and Technology Studies in the Arizona desert.<\/p>\n

It provides for a simulated long duration spaceflight where participants are isolated in a mission for between 30-60 days. It serves as an analog for simulation of isolation, confinement, and remote conditions of mission exploration scenarios.<\/p>\n

HERA studies include behavioral health and performance assessments, communication and autonomy studies, human factors evaluations, and exploration medical capabilities assessments and operations.<\/p>\n

It was requested that METECS provide a VR solution which would allow the crew to go into the airlock and simulate EVA operations, mainly using a simulated jet pack which would allow them to fly around and inspect worksites such as an asteroid or the simulated space vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Challenges:<\/h2>\n\n\n

Some challenges that the METECS team needed to overcome included:<\/p>\n