NASA’s Using Augmented Reality to Advance Air Traffic Management #AugmentedReality #AR
NASA is using augmented reality software to bring drone air traffic information to life using inexpensive available headsets. Flight paths, volumes, current positions, and status are just some of the information that can be seen using the interactive software. Using real-time data from NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management project, the software will give users better situational awareness of the evolving airspace of the future!
NASA is using the same technologies to make useful information about all kinds of vehicles in our skies, like drones, more widely available to those who need it. Whether for emergency response, managing air traffic, or local governance, visualizing complex data through augmented reality makes it easier for people on the ground to be aware of the operations of the uncrewed vehicles that will increasingly populate our skies.
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