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Technologies have radically altered and reconstructed the relationships between humans, computation, and environment. As the diagram shows, we believe AI, Digital twins, Metaverse, and XR are essential for fusing design and computation to connect humans. These technologies provide promising opportunities to empower us to rebuild a better world, physically and digitally. We look forward to sharing our expertise and lab resources, incubating new ideas, and cultivating creativity and the digital culture of UC.

eXtended Reality lab ( XR-Lab)

USING EXTENDED REALITY TO SOLVE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS.

eXtended Reality Lab (XR-Lab) explores how people engage with simulated scenarios through Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality and promotes communication and collaboration through XR for education, health, safety, and professional training in both academic and industry settings.

Extended Reality (XR) is an emerging umbrella term for all the immersive technologies virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR).

Location: Digital Future Building, Cincinnati Innovation District.

Lab Director

Ming Tang, Registered Architect, RA , NCARB, LEED AP (BD+C),  Professor at the School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of Cincinnati.

XR-Lab facilities
High-end VR-ready computers. All workstations are equipped with Unity, Unreal Game engines, and various modeling and animation software and connected to various HMDs. VR headsets (Oculus Quest pro, rift; HTV Vive Pro eye. Eye-tracking devices + analytical software (Tobii Eye Tracking Glasses, Tobii Screen-based eye-tracking), 360 cameras. The XR-Lab also has full access to the following shared facilities at Digital Future and the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning ( DAAP).

The VR/AR Center at Digital Future

The VR/AR center at Digital Future features a 20×30 ft. 14-camera (Arqus 5 Wide) Qualisys motion capture volume for full-body, facial, and hand tracking, a 20×30 ft. multi-user VR volume for up to four simultaneous users, and a variety of AR/VR systems such as the Microsoft Hololens 2, high-end tethered systems (Vive Pro 2, HP G2 Reverb Omnicept, Varjo VR2) with HP VR backpacks, and portable all-in-one systems (Oculus Quest 2, Vive Focus 3).

Additional capabilities also include a whole-body (Teslasuit) and hand (Manus) haptic feedback, Biometric data capture (eye-tracking, heart rate, skin response), Shimmer GSR sensor, 360 video filming services (Insta360), AR/VR and simulation development services, and Environmental scanning and photogrammetry services.

Computer lab at DAAP. The computer graphic center (CGC) at DAAP includes 40 high-end workstations equipped with 3D modeling software such as Maya, 3dsMax, Rhino, and graphic, video, and audio editing programs. The Lab also provides plotters, scanners, and IT tech support.

Students funded through lab

Summer 2023

Dr. Ruixu Liu (Postdoc Research Associate)
Aritakula, Rishi Tej ( DF Lab Fellow)
Mikhail Nikolaenko ( DF Lab Fellow)
Aayush Kumar

Spring 2023

Dr. Ruixu Liu (Postdoc Research Associate)
Aritakula, Rishi Tej ( DF Lab Fellow)
Yang, Zhixiao
Wahl, Ethan
Sparsh Priyadarshi
Qianhong Ji
Mikhail Nikolaenko
Landon Polack

Fall 2022

Aritakula, Rishi Tej ( DF Lab Fellow)
Yang, Zhixiao (CIC)
Alismaili, Mana (CIC)
Wahl, Ethan (CIC)
Sparsh Priyadarshi (CIC)

summer 2022

Aritakula, Rishi Tej (CIC)
Wahl, Ethan (CIC)

Spring 2022

Jain, Rakshita (CIC)
Dhingra, Anshumi (CIC)
Aritakula, Rishi Tej (CIC)
Ritzler, Brooke (CIC)
Lecy, Julia (CIC)
Wahl, Ethan (CIC)
Wickman, Allie (CIC)
Chism, Nick (CIC)
Gao, Songyue (CIC)

Fall 2021

Yang, Zhixiao (CIC)
Alismaili, Mana (CIC)
Mendenhall, Joshua (CIC)
Harshberger, Will (CIC)
Al-Abdali, Raya (CIC)
Harper Lamb ( Urban Health)
Lauren Southwood ( Urban Health)
Joy Mullappally (ODOT)
Nick Chism (ODOT)

summer 2021

Rishyak Kommineni (CIC)
Mana Alismaili (CIC)
Ryan Tinney ( Urban Health)
Karolyn Hasselfeld ( Urban Health)
Kommineni Rishyak (ODOT)
Nathan Dininger (UHP)

Spring 2021

Fischer Drew (CIC)
Nguyen Ha (CIC)
Yang Zhixiao (CIC)
Nagy, Jessica (CIC)
Kommineni Rishyak (ODOT)
Phan Hang(ODOT)
Dongrui Zhu(ODOT)
Snigdha Bhattiprolu(ODOT)

Fall 2020

Fischer Drew (CIC)
Nguyen Ha (CIC)
Yang Zhixiao (CIC)
Nagy, Jessica (CIC)
Kommineni Rishyak (ODOT/OCJS)
Dongrui Zhu (OCJS)
Rubi Qiu (OCJS)
Snigdha Bhattiprolu(OCJS)

Summer 2020

Kommineni Rishyak (ODOT)
Jing Tian (ODOT)
Dongrui Zhu (OCJS)
Rubi Qiu (OCJS)

Spring 2020

Jing Tian (ODOT)
Morgan Raman (ODOT)
Dongrui Zhu ( Book)

Fall 2019

Jing Tian (ODOT)
Ganesh Raman (ODOT)

Summer 2019

Dongrui Zhu (ODOT)
Ganesh Raman (ODOT)

Students with independent study before 2019

Ph.D Students: Niloufar Kioumarsi

Graduate students: Turan Akman, Michael Rogovin, Craig Moyer, Shinji Miyajima, Seth Davis, Sagar Desai

Undergraduate students: Ivan Klus, Laura Kennedy, Alex Bowman, Andrew Letourneau,

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Contact

Ming Tang. Director of XR-Lab. Digital Future Building. Room 200. School of Architecture and Interior Design, 7215, College of DAAP, University of Cincinnati E-mail: tangmg@ucmail.uc.edu Phone: 513-556-1856 Mail: PO Box 210016, College of DAAP : 5470 Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0016 , USA
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