The headset sticks to your face and the screen turns on. A gentle British voice starts speaking into your ears
“Welcome to NASA’s medicine in microgravity course. Let’s dive right in, shall we? For the first lesson, ensure your index and middle fingers are generously lubricated…”
Anyone know who this "researcher" is? Stereotyping a bit here, but as someone coming from the research community this gives off much stronger 90s magazine model vibes than computer scientist vibes.
The Mercury, or maybe Apollo mission space suit photos had the some of the real astronauts in silver spray painted work boots because the actual boots weren’t ready when the photo was taken. NASA knows how to promo.
Was it built specifically for promotional material like this picture? Or does NASA really stamp their logo on anything they build larger than an envelope?
Looks more likely to be a sticker or fridge magnet that they slapped on a project enclosure. This one looks to be almost identical, and it seems like they used their headsets for a virtual wind tunnel and for navigating Antarctic submersibles.
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PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 43 pts · 124d
Training for zero-g prostate exams?
slaacaa@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 124d
The headset sticks to your face and the screen turns on. A gentle British voice starts speaking into your ears
“Welcome to NASA’s medicine in microgravity course. Let’s dive right in, shall we? For the first lesson, ensure your index and middle fingers are generously lubricated…”
slaacaa@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 124d
fpslem@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 124d
I'm loving the early 90s style. And I think I had my picture taken with that background at Olan Mills at some point.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 18 pts · 124d
Lawnmower Woman?
Fishnoodle@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 124d
Is she playing the beta release of smell my fingers VR?
saltesc@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 124d
A finger gun and a thumbs up.
Wonder why it never caught on...
AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social · 10 pts · 124d
I initially thought this might be AI generated because it looked a little bit odd to me, but nope, seems to be real!
Here's some other ones from NASA:
https://images.nasa.gov/details/ARC-1989-AC89-0437-9
https://images.nasa.gov/details/ARC-1989-AC89-0437-20
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 124d
She knows how to find it!
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 124d
Anyone know who this "researcher" is? Stereotyping a bit here, but as someone coming from the research community this gives off much stronger 90s magazine model vibes than computer scientist vibes.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 123d
Model. Why is she wearing a flight suit.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 123d
The Mercury, or maybe Apollo mission space suit photos had the some of the real astronauts in silver spray painted work boots because the actual boots weren’t ready when the photo was taken. NASA knows how to promo.
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 124d
Two in the pink, one in the stink.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 124d
Smokeless7048@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 123d
That's more 'one on the pink, one in the stink",
CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 124d
Pew pew
ignirtoq@feddit.online · 5 pts · 124d
Was it built specifically for promotional material like this picture? Or does NASA really stamp their logo on anything they build larger than an envelope?
wjrii@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 124d
Looks more likely to be a sticker or fridge magnet that they slapped on a project enclosure. This one looks to be almost identical, and it seems like they used their headsets for a virtual wind tunnel and for navigating Antarctic submersibles.
SwifferWetjet@thelemmy.club · 5 pts · 124d
Looks like me when I play any VR game. If I'm not pistol whipping, I'm monologuing like a supervillain 😂
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 124d
With controllers still less intrusive than they are now. I mean, that's a LOT of wires, but it's just like a latex glove. That's neat.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
Those shoulder pads
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 124d
Idk why but it looks soooo fake
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 124d
What's crazy is we had stereo vision headsets for things like the Playstation already.
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 124d
VirtualBoy was Nintendos VR gaming headset came out in 1995...
...in the same era almost every laser tag place had a VR arcade machine in the lobby... Almost all of them had the same game on them.
ripcord@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 123d
"headset"
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 124d
Already? In 1992? For a console that didn’t come out until 1995?
Pyrixas@piefed.social · 1 pts · 124d
ripcord@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 123d
Dactyl Nightmare, 1991:
slaacaa@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d