NASA will use PlayStation VR to control its space robots

Technology and video game consoles are two concepts that have always been closely linked, the search to overcome graphical limits and achieve the greatest innovations means that millions of dollars (or yen) are dedicated and pieces of hardware are often created that can be the support for great games and sometimes for something more.

It is the case of PlayStation VRthe virtual reality helmet that Sony is preparing for PlayStation 4 and whose technology NASA itself would be using training Robonauts 2, robots that in the future will be able to carry out repairs in space without the need for the intervention and exposure of an astronaut.

Garrett Johnson, a NASA engineer, assured that with virtual environments like the one offered by PlayStation VR, people will be able to move and work more intuitively than the one that offers you a keyboard and a mouse, will mean less training and much faster learning.

We leave you with a video in which you can see a very interesting technical demo to get an idea of ​​what is being worked on and where you can go.

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