Multifocal Augmented Reality Visual Informatics System

The Proposed Innovation. Holochip’s proposed innovation, the Multifocal Augmented Reality Visual Informatics System (MARVIS), is a spacesuit-integrated, head-decoupled, solid-state, augmented reality (AR) system designed to provide astronauts with an immersive, informative visual interface that significantly enhances decision-making capabilities and situational awareness (SA) during extravehicular activity (EVA). MARVIS provides accurate vergence and accommodation visual cues over a wide range of 35 cm to infinity while meeting the demanding optical requirements (i.e., eye box, eye relief and field of view) for integration within the Artemis Program Spacesuit helmet bubble (AHB). Further, MARVIS meets the extreme requirements associated with use and storage in space operations and 100% oxygen environment. These innovations enable the MARVIS to provide astronauts with a comfortable visual interface that addresses the physiological aspects of using an AR system periodically for up to 8 hr during a single EVA.