Industry Addendum
SITA Lab experiments with Hololens
June 1st 2017
SITA Lab, the research arm of SITA, has released early results of research completed at Helsinki Aiport in association with Microsoft Hololens, a project developed to analyze management airport operations in a mixed reality environment. Read More »
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Hololens is the world’s first self-contained holographic computer. It allows users to engage in digital content and interact with holograms in the world around them. Running Microsoft’s Windows 10, it blends the physical and digital worlds.
One element of the Helsinki project used the Hololens to reproduce the airport operational control centre (AOCC) in a mixed reality environment. Hololens opens the possibility of accessing the AOCC from any location on or off site which gives experts the option of input to situations remotely.
“Mixed reality, which combines augmented and virtual reality, is more than a new interface. It is a new way of looking at the world and allows things to be done in a new way,” said SITA Lab.
“It enables digital and physical data to exist together. Our early research shows there are potential uses for airlines and airports for operations, maintenance and training. “We need to learn how to interact in this environment. In the same way that we moved from computers to smartphones and voice recognition, now we go beyond the screen.”
