After nearly 36 years with NASA at Kennedy Space Center, William Little is pleased to join the VRARA Central-Florida-Orlando Advisory Board. Prior to retiring, Bill created and led of the KSC Augmented/Virtual Reality Lab. The AVR Lab’s charter is “… to investigate the AR and VR technologies coming onto the market, learn how they work, understand their strengths and weaknesses, and recommend potential applications of these technologies to the work we do at KSC, processing spacecraft, launch delivery systems, and ground support equipment.”
In his role as the AVR Lab lead, Bill made extensive use of NASA’s Office of STEM Education (OSTEM) and Pathways internship programs to bring students from colleges and universities across the country to KSC to work in the lab and learn about the growing world of Extended Reality (XR) research and development. His experience of mentoring members of the Artemis generation, along with his involvement in numerous public and education outreach activities for NASA, have instilled in Bill a passion for advocating STEM education at all levels, from elementary to post-graduate. Bill brings that dedication to the VRARA Advisory Board, and looks forward to continuing his advocacy of XR technology as a learning tool in government, industry, and academia.
