A Review of 10 Years of ProtoSpace: Spacecraft CAD Visualization in Collaborative Augmented Reality
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| author | Nuernberger, Benjamin Berndt, Samuel-Hunter Tapella, Robert Mann, Laura Plave, Aaron Samochina, Sasha Luo, Victor X. |
| author_facet | Nuernberger, Benjamin Berndt, Samuel-Hunter Tapella, Robert Mann, Laura Plave, Aaron Samochina, Sasha Luo, Victor X. |
| contents | ProtoSpace is a custom JPL-built platform to help scientists and engineers visualize their CAD models collaboratively in augmented reality (AR) and on the web in 3D. In addition to this main use case, ProtoSpace has been used throughout the entire spacecraft mission lifecycle and beyond: ventilator design and assembly; providing AR-based instructions to astronauts in-training; educating the next generation on the process of spacecraft design; etc. ProtoSpace has been used for a decade by NASA missions-including Mars Perseverance, Europa Clipper, NISAR, SPHEREx, CAL, and Mars Sample Return-to reduce cost and risk by helping engineers and scientists fix problems earlier through reducing miscommunication and helping people understand the spatial context of their spacecraft in the appropriate physical context more quickly. This paper will explore how ProtoSpace came to be, define the system architecture and overview-including HoloLens and 3D web clients, the ProtoSpace server, and the CAD model optimizer-and dive into the use cases, spin-offs, and lessons learned that led to 10 years of success at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. |
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| spellingShingle | A Review of 10 Years of ProtoSpace: Spacecraft CAD Visualization in Collaborative Augmented Reality Nuernberger, Benjamin Berndt, Samuel-Hunter Tapella, Robert Mann, Laura Plave, Aaron Samochina, Sasha Luo, Victor X. Emerging Technologies Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Graphics Human-Computer Interaction ProtoSpace is a custom JPL-built platform to help scientists and engineers visualize their CAD models collaboratively in augmented reality (AR) and on the web in 3D. In addition to this main use case, ProtoSpace has been used throughout the entire spacecraft mission lifecycle and beyond: ventilator design and assembly; providing AR-based instructions to astronauts in-training; educating the next generation on the process of spacecraft design; etc. ProtoSpace has been used for a decade by NASA missions-including Mars Perseverance, Europa Clipper, NISAR, SPHEREx, CAL, and Mars Sample Return-to reduce cost and risk by helping engineers and scientists fix problems earlier through reducing miscommunication and helping people understand the spatial context of their spacecraft in the appropriate physical context more quickly. This paper will explore how ProtoSpace came to be, define the system architecture and overview-including HoloLens and 3D web clients, the ProtoSpace server, and the CAD model optimizer-and dive into the use cases, spin-offs, and lessons learned that led to 10 years of success at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. |
| title | A Review of 10 Years of ProtoSpace: Spacecraft CAD Visualization in Collaborative Augmented Reality |
| topic | Emerging Technologies Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Graphics Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06608 |