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Boeing teams up with Varjo on Starliner VR

Post author By Alan Boyle
Post date June 11, 2020
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Boeing's Connie Miller with VR headset — Boeing software engineer Connie Miller tries out the Varjo virtual-reality system to control a computer-generated Starliner space taxi. (Varjo / Boeing Photo)

Boeing isn’t due to start flying NASA crews to the International Space Station until next year, but in the meantime, astronauts can steer a computer-generated Starliner space taxi with the aid of Varjo’s virtual-reality headsets.

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Tags Boeing, Commercial Spaceflight, NASA, Starliner, Varjo, Virtual Reality

By Alan Boyle

Mastermind of Cosmic Log, contributor to GeekWire and Universe Today, author of "The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference," past president of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing.

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