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Cislunar

A dynamic Satellite Simulation in Hololens 2. This experience is built to over 50 HL2 across the company and is routinely demoed.

Role:

Developer

Company:

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Date:

Sep 2023

Presentations:

JHU APL XR Symposium

Team:

Mahum Qadeer, Nick Rau

What is Cislunar?

Cislunar space refers to the region of space between Earth and the Moon, including the Moon’s orbit. It encompasses the area where spacecraft can operate between these two celestial bodies, often used in discussions about future space exploration, lunar missions, and potential infrastructure for space travel.

The Demand

Visualizing cislunar operations is hard!

It's not just about size, scope, and scale — speed, placement, and orbital dynamics add layers of complexity

How do we bridge complexity and understanding to drive real impact?

How do we bridge the gap between complexity and understand to drive real impact

How do we bridge complexity and understanding to drive real impact?

Seeing Cislunar Wrong The Whole Time

Trying to fit something this vast into a format that is not accounting for the 3D aspect

Cislunar is not just the space between the earth and the moon

How could we address those common misrepresentations?

Why Hololens?

Best option for optical passthrough at the time

Quick and effortless donning and removal

Easier to transition from physical world to virutal world

Easier to transition from physical world to virtual world

Easier to transition from physical world to virutal world

APL's HL2 inventory can support large-scale demos

Design Process

Approach

Met with APL's Space Comm team to devise a HL2 experience that would build a deeper relationship with the user viewing the Cislunar Space. Opted to integrate open-sourced data of 16 satellites from various countries and visualize their trajectories over 30 days. The goal was to establish a longer retaining idea/knowledge of what cislunar is beyond the traditional 2D powerpoint

CSV Data to Render

5 large exhibits, but lack of context with navigation causes people to skim/skip over significant artifacts.

Visualization

Many of the placards are written in English. This prevents those unable to speak English/those with limited schooling to miss out on key information.

Deploying to HL2

The average passerby doesn’t have the opportunity to be taken throughout the museum by a tour guide. Therefore, missing out on highly informative/engaging material that adds deeper context to the history and cultural artifacts.

Approach

CSV Data to Render

5 large exhibits, but lack of context with navigation causes people to skim/skip over significant artifacts.

Visualization

Many of the placards are written in English. This prevents those unable to speak English/those with limited schooling to miss out on key information.

Deploying to HL2

Approach

CSV Data to Render

5 large exhibits, but lack of context with navigation causes people to skim/skip over significant artifacts.

Visualization

Many of the placards are written in English. This prevents those unable to speak English/those with limited schooling to miss out on key information.

Deploying to HL2