A year ago we heard that NASA and Microsoft were teaming up to build Sidekick, a project that uses HoloLens to let astronauts and scientists collaborate remotely, as well as visualize 3D schematics. Now we’ve finally got a closer look at Sidekick in action thanks to NASA’s Jeff Norris, who discussed the project during a Vision Summit presentation. Norris, who leads mission control innovation for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, mainly focuses on the 3D visualization aspect (“Procedure Mode”).

(Article by Devindra Hardawar, republished from http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/15/nasa-dives-deeper-into-how-its-really-using-hololens/)