{"id":19319,"date":"2016-07-11T19:08:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T11:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/pokemon-go-is-no-go-for-space-station-but-astronauts-can-fight-aliens-with-hololens\/"},"modified":"2016-07-11T19:08:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T11:08:11","slug":"pokemon-go-is-no-go-for-space-station-but-astronauts-can-fight-aliens-with-hololens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/pokemon-go-is-no-go-for-space-station-but-astronauts-can-fight-aliens-with-hololens\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go is no-go for space station, but astronauts can fight aliens with HoloLens"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_259725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-259725\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-259725 size-full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/160711-pikachu-630x527.jpg\" alt=\"Pikachu in space for Pok\u00e9mon\" width=\"630\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/160711-pikachu-630x527.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/160711-pikachu-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/160711-pikachu.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-259725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pikachu may fly on a rainbow in space, but don\u2019t expect to catch one on the International Space Station. (Credit: Pikachu via YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Astronauts have zapped&nbsp;virtual aliens on the International Space Station, using Microsoft\u2019s HoloLens mixed-reality headset. So how about Pok\u00e9mon Go, the latest craze in mixed-reality smartphone gaming? No-go, says NASA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not possible for astronauts to play,\u201d NASA spokesman Dan Huot told GeekWire, in just one of many emails he\u2019s been sending out today in response to press queries. \u201cThere is a small number of smartphones available on ISS which the crew use for science activities (like SPHERES), but not for personal use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The smartphones and tablets that are in use on the station don\u2019t have internet connectivity, Huot explained. The astronauts have access only to the apps designed for the payloads they\u2019re intended for, and can\u2019t add apps as is typically done by smartphone users on Earth. If they need to use the internet \u2013 for example, to post snapshots on Twitter \u2013 they connect via laptops that are locked down in terms of cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd as far as location services, the astronauts use ISS internal GPS data and custom applications to determine their location and position,\u201d Huot said. \u201cLocation-based services we use here on Earth are not utilized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That means&nbsp;the space station\u2019s navigation network couldn\u2019t work with the&nbsp;Pok\u00e9mon critters\u2019 coordinates, even if the astronauts were connected to the game.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Project Sidekick in Action\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DGoV9mTic4I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s HoloLens is a different kettle of virtual fish: The headsets on the space station are meant to be used for Project Sidekick, an experiment looking at how mixed-reality environments could help the astronauts through a multi-step procedure, or help them work together with ground controllers at NASA\u2019s Mission Control Center on specific tasks in orbit.<\/p>\n<p>If one of those tasks happens to be blasting video-game aliens, as was the case when year-in-space astronaut Scott Kelly tried out the goggles a few months ago \u2013 well, that\u2019s science!<\/p>\n<p>Huot said there hasn\u2019t been much done with the HoloLens headsets since Kelly conducted the initial checkouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeams are finalizing some security protocols in the MCC-to-ISS connection to use the device before it becomes a regular-use tool,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s probably a good idea for NASA to be careful when it comes to mixed-reality gaming. We wouldn\u2019t want the space station crew to go through the troubles that the Starship Enterprise\u2019s crew did on an episode of \u201cStar Trek: The Next Generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The game from The Game, Star Trek the Next Generation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/is12anYx2Qs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.75\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"600\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 600px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/wilw\/status\/752338837246840833?lang=en<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pikachu may fly on a rainbow in space, but don\u2019t expect to catch one on the International Space Station. (Credit: Pikachu via YouTube) Astronauts have zapped&nbsp;virtual aliens on the International Space Station, using Microsoft\u2019s HoloLens mixed-reality headset. So how about Pok\u00e9mon Go, the latest craze in mixed-reality smartphone gaming? No-go, says NASA. \u201cIt is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4892,5533,717,4917,190,5534,5535,5536],"class_list":["post-19319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-augmented-reality","tag-gaming","tag-international-space-station","tag-mixed-reality","tag-nasa","tag-pokemon","tag-pokemon-go","tag-video-games"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}