'Alexa, turn on the [space] lights'

Lockheed Martin, Amazon and Cisco are testing virtual assistant deep space video conferencing. With the Orion spacecraft soaring through its mission, the capsule will soon enter the Distant Retrograde Orbit of the Moon while tests of various capsule and service module systems progress. Inside Orion, teams from Lockheed Martin, Amazon, and Cisco have been busy working through the Callisto demonstration - a combination of Alexa and WebEx video conferencing software aimed to enable the presence of virtual assistants and reliable video conferences on future human deep space flights. Overall, the Callisto demo aims to prove/gather data on how common forms of communication can be carried into space exploration, not just to allow comforts and familiarities on Earth, but also for vital, mission-critical comms. The video conferencing element could also be applied on Earth, where entities could benefit from compressed bit rates while still maintaining image quality. (NASA SpaceFlight 11/23/22) "Alexa, turn on the lights"; Lockheed Martin, Amazon, Cisco test virtual assistant, deep space video conferencing - NASASpaceFlight.com