Welcome to the UW Reality Lab
Introduction
The UW Reality Lab brings together an interdisciplinary team of UW faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates working in 3D computer vision and perception, object recognition, graphics, spatial audio, game science and education, distributed computing, stream processing, databases and computer architecture, and privacy and security.
Housed in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, the UW Reality Lab aims to advance the state of the art in virtual and augmented reality by developing new technologies and applications, educating the next generation of researchers and technologists, and supporting robust collaborations with industry.
The UW Reality Lab includes a Reality Studio. The Reality Studio explores and promotes research and educational endeavors for effective production and clear storytelling for and in immersive environments. The Studio develops, creates, and supports all forms of content in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.
The UW Reality Lab also includes the Reality Lab Incubator, which provides undergraduate students the opportunity to research and develop solo or team AR/VR projects outside of the classroom, with an advisor.
With our various labs, projects, and classes, the total scope of the UW Reality Lab encompasses hundreds of researchers, students, and faculty.
The UW announced the Reality Lab in January 2018 (press release).
Our Mission
Research
Guide the latest academic research in the area of AR/VR, Graphics, Vision, Interaction, and more.
Education
Design and teach courses in AR/VR to educate the next generation of developers.
Collaboration
Foster collaboration between industry and academia and also between academic departments.
