Thomas Pesquet, an astronaut at the International Space Station (ISS), visited NASA’s flight surgeon in October last year. Communicated with Joseph Schmidt. The strange thing about this intervention was that Schmid’s hologram was projected onto the ISS while he was comfortably on Earth, NASA said. Press release Earlier this month.

NASA describes the technology as a combination of the terms hologram and teleportation, which goes one step further than the 2D (2D) interventions we are now familiar with. With this technology, high quality 3D images are copied, compressed, transmitted live and then displayed on a mixed reality display.

How did NASA do this?

To achieve this, NASA has partnered with AEXA Aerospace, a Houston – based company that provides customized software for mixed and virtual reality applications. Used by Microsoft’s hollow lensWith a mixed reality display device, a HoloLens Kinect camera, and AEXA customized software, NASA can bring an interaction that can be seen, heard and interacted with in 3D as if sitting between two parties in the same room.

“It does not matter that the space station travels at a speed of 17,500 miles per hour and is in constant motion at an altitude of 250 miles above the Earth,” Schmidt said in a press release about communications. “The astronaut may be back in three minutes or three weeks. When the system is up and running, we’ll be there and live on the space station.”

If this is the present, what is the future?

This two-way communication demonstration is a precursor to the more extensive application of technology in future NASA missions, where astronauts can not only seek medical services but also welcome VIP visitors to ISS.

As mankind seeks to explore new horizons for its crude space missions, these new forms of communication will enable astronauts to stay in touch with mission control, medical teams, as well as family and friends on a personal level.

However, the barrier of communication delays still needs to be addressed. As the press release points out, there is a 20-minute communication delay for all communication between Earth and Mars, which still needs to be overcome for uninterrupted communication.

When they return to Earth, technology can be used to reach extreme environments, such as research centers in Antarctica. Oil rigs at seaIn addition, remote expertise can be made available at short notice without the need for transportation.

Teleportation can wait, while holoportation is now working.