[1st-mile-nm] IAIA announces $575, 000 research grant for Digital Dome

[Richard Lowenberg]

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 The Institute of American Indian Arts announces $575,000 research grant 
 to develop interactive technology for the Digital Dome

 February 8, 2012 //

 The Institute of American Indian Arts is proud to announce that it has 
 received a $573,321 grant from the Department of Defense: Research and 
 Educational Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and 
 Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MIs). The project entitled Fulldome 
 Development for Interactive Immersive Training Capabilities will support 
 the research the development of interactive technology for fulldome 
 theaters.

 The research project will build on an existing partnership between the 
 IAIA and the University of New Mexico’s Art, Research, Technology & 
 Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab). IAIA is one of three partners in a 
 2010-2012 National Science Foundation Partnership for Innovation (NSF 
 PFI) grant to the University of New Mexico (UNM) entitled “A Consortium 
 for Fulldome and Immersive Technology Development”.

 The project will further develop this existing research to deliver true 
 interactive immersive environments. The primary objective is the 
 development of real-time interactivity for fulldome technology through 
 the use of external devices and gestural navigation. Fundamental 
 research problems in group interaction, perception, and interactive 
 display will be investigated.

 IAIA will collaborate with the UNM ARTS Lab to develop curriculum and 
 deliver a series of courses in the areas of immersive media, interactive 
 visualization, 3D animation, computer programming, and fulldome 
 technology. Through these courses, students will work alongside 
 professional researchers and computer programmers to engage in hands-on 
 studies, experiments, and techniques to develop an interactive 
 environment. Students will also have an opportunity to work as paid 
 interns on the project.

 Ethan Bach, Director of the Digital Dome @ IAIA, will serve as the lead 
 Principal Investigator. David Beining, Associate Director for Immersive 
 Media at the University of New Mexico ARTS Lab, will serve as 
 co-Principal Investigator. Jonathan Strawn, UNM ARTS Lab technical 
 director, and Charles Veasey, IAIA’s Lab Technician and software 
 developer, will serve as key project personnel.




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