Our mission
The Immersion Lab's purpose is to propel research and education at MIT by:
- Providing the campus with an array of cutting-edge technologies to facilitate immersive experiences and the display and interaction with 3D, 4D, and other large data sets;
- Broadening interdisciplinary interest in immersive technologies at MIT and promoting collaborations across art, science, and technology;
- Supporting teaching in enhanced reality and mentoring MIT community members seeking to realize their projects using our facility;
- Bridging the domains of hardware and software—and encouraging cycles in which advances in one domain spark innovation in the other;
- Fueling experimentation and research in enhanced reality technologies through seed grants, shared equipment, symposia, and other resources;
- Adapting to evolving user needs and technological advancements.
Our first formal program is the MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program, in collaboration with NCSOFT, a founding member of the MIT.nano Consortium.
Our monthly seminar series, IMMERSED, is a mixture of lectures, demonstrations, and tutorials that explore how immersive technology and new modalities for manipulating and understanding data are shaping innovations across science, engineering, and art. See the schedule.
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