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NASA uses Microsoft's Kinect 2 and Oculus Rift to control space robots

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What could be cooler than robots in space? How about technology that could lead to space robots being controlled via an Oculus Rift and Microsoft?s*Kinect 2 technology? NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is planning to do just that and they have a demo to show off.
The United States? Space agency, NASA (Nation Aeronautics and Space Administration), has been trying to find a way to control their million dollar robots via modern day natural interface devices. The hunt itself has led NASA to test out devices such as Leap Motion, Microsoft?s Kinect, Oculus Rift, and more.

Full story from the WPCentral blog...
 

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