NASA’s virtual reality experiment

VR Lab founder Dave Homan with astronaut Tim Kopra, training using the N-Vision Datavisor. Image: NASA

NASA’s Johnson Space Center told TechRepublic’s Erin Carson the whole story behind one of the most important tools it uses to train astronauts: virtual reality. Read the cover story, and learn how the agency pulled off VR’s greatest triumph.

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