Don Platt

Florida Institute of Technology

In this paper, a new Virtual Camera (VC) system is described that has been developed to assist astronauts in deep space exploration. Participatory design, involving users and stakeholders in all aspects of the design was used to make a system that provides a mediation environment. This environment, implemented on a tablet computer system, allows ex...

This work describes the participatory design and development of a Virtual Camera (VC) system to improve astronaut and mission operations exploration efficiency and cooperation while exploring in deep space. Advanced interaction media capabilities can improve exploration efficiency and cooperation as the distribution of human space exploration roles...

This paper describes the development of a Virtual Camera (VC) system to improve astronaut and mission operations situation awareness while exploring other planetary bodies. It is claimed that the advanced interaction media capability of the VC can improve situation awareness as the distribution of human space exploration roles change in deep space...

This paper presents the development and testing of a Virtual Camera (VC) system to improve astronaut and mission operations situation awareness while exploring other planetary bodies. In this embodiment, the VC is implemented using a tablet-based computer system to navigate through interactive database application. It is claimed that the advanced i...

A virtual assistant is being developed for use by astronauts as they use rovers to explore the surface of other planets. This interactive database, called the Virtual Camera (VC), is an interactive database that allows the user to have better situational awareness for exploration. It can be used for training, data analysis and augmentation of actua...

A catalog of identifications and positions for 3155 A, F, and G stars at the south Galactic pole is presented. The thin-prism spectra survey yields a set of uniformly selected A, F, and early G stars to a limiting magnitude of 16.0. Of 822 spectra classified with luminosities, 76 stars have classes III and IV-III; 21 stars are class IV, 669 stars a...