Summary

The "Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Realities" Workshop is a one-day seminar within the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT), featuring talks, demonstrations, and papers on the use of xR software and hardware in the space industry.

In recent years, efforts have been made to incorporate augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (xR) technologies across multiple phases of the space mission development lifecycle. Digital engineering (DE), an integrated approach that uses system data and models to support lifecycle activities from concept through disposal, has gained traction as a way to modernize the systems development process and sustain space systems with significant cost savings. xR technologies provide an enabling capability for visualization and human-machine interaction in DE environments. Continuing the success of the xR mini-workshops held at SMC-IT 2021, 2019 and 2017, this full day mini-workshop seeks to discuss and demonstrate successes, challenges, and failures associated with integrating xR technologies in space mission IT systems across the space mission lifecycle and DE enterprise.

Schedule

Date: Tuesday, 18 July 2023 (Conference Day 1)

TIME (PDT)	TITLE	PRESENTER
10:15 AM	Workshop Introduction & Welcome	Ryan Peterson
10:30 AM	AR / VR and DE State of Industry: Where We Are and Where We Are Heading	Bob Berardino
11:00 AM	eXtended Reality for Enhanced Lunar Exploration Missions	Dr. Miguel Olivares-Mendez
11:45 AM	LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM	IMAP Spacecraft and Instruments in Virtual Reality	Ian Hughes
2:00 PM	AR / VR and DE: Current Challenges to Adoption	Bob Berardino
2:30 PM	Group Discussion	Panelists
3:30 PM	BREAK
3:45 PM	Workshop Recap, Closing Remarks, & Action Items	Ryan Peterson
4:00 PM	Demo Sessions	Various

Presenters

Dr. Miguel Olivares-Mendez (Space Robotics (SpaceR) Research Group, SnT, University of Luxembourg)
Dr. Benjamin Nuernberger (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Angelo Ryan Soriano (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Ian Hughes (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab)
Ryan Peterson (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab)
Bob Berardino (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab)

Workshop Chairs

Ryan Peterson (Technical Lead, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab)
Bob Berardino (Assistant Branch Supervisor, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab)

Contact

If you have any questions or issues entering a submission, feel free to contact us at:

Ryan.Peterson@jhuapl.edu
Bob.Berardino@jhuapl.edu

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