{"687957":{"#nid":"687957","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New ADC XR Makerspace Opens Doors to Extended Reality","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECurious students, faculty, and staff gathered on the first floor of the ISyE Main Building to celebrate the opening of a new interdisciplinary hub for immersive technologies in research, education, and human-centered engineering. On January 23, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/xr.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAllen-Davidson-Coleman (ADC) XR Makerspace\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E opened its doors with a mission to expand access to a wide range of extended reality (XR) tools for the ISyE community.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Makerspace offers a wide range of equipment to support XR projects and experimentation, including Apple and Meta headsets, augmented reality glasses, haptic gloves, motion-tracking cameras, and 3D printers, enabling student and faculty research and exploration in extended reality.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EXR is an umbrella term encompassing everything that merges physical and virtual worlds. It includes augmented reality (where digital objects are added to the physical world), mixed reality (where digital elements can interact with the physical world), and virtual reality (which uses a completely virtual environment). \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dongwooyoo\/\u0022\u003ESteven Yoo\u003C\/a\u003E, graduate student and XR Captain who leads a team of five other student crew members who will operate the Makerspace, said that exploring XR in an industrial engineering context enables a more human-centered approach, allowing engineers to better understand how real people interact with their design solutions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing focused on optimization, mathematics, and operations research is great, and that can be proven in the theoretical world. But we wanted to emphasize and cover the application and see if our model actually succeeds whatever the case is that industry needs,\u201d Yoo said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo mark the opening, PhD students led an open-house showcase featuring XR projects that encouraged attendees to try on headsets, interact with immersive environments, and experience the virtual worlds they had built.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/lanns\/people\/shae-cole\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EShae Cole\u003C\/a\u003E, a Nuclear Engineering graduate student, shared a mixed-reality application he and his teammates made in the makerspace. In the application, the user could pick up a virtual wand and use it to locate an unknown radiation source by following where the wand produced the highest readings on a Geiger counter. Cole said that his application could be adapted for use in training or research, to assist those who work with radiation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERobotics graduate student, Chuizheng Kong\u003Cstrong\u003E, \u003C\/strong\u003Eutilized motion-tracking capabilities with virtual reality headsets. He was able to track a human\u0027s motion and transfer it to a humanoid robot, overcoming the challenge of manually controlling each of the dozens of robot motors.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile many of the projects displayed were proof-of-concepts for more robust use cases in industry, it underscored Yoo\u2019s sentiment of interdisciplinary and real-world applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think that what ISyE does really well is looking at the application base. You saw [projects], between robotics, healthcare, and assembly. And I think that\u0027s where part of an interdisciplinary field that we\u0027re in this department specifically,\u201d Yoo said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoing forward, Yoo shared that the ultimate goal is to push XR into new realms and cement the idea that Georgia Tech is the place to do research and work in XR. He hopes the space will provide a space for people to invent, see their theoretical models come to life, and provide a leading community of XR creators.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDesigned for curiosity, collaboration, and creativity, the ADC XR Makerspace is open to anyone for classwork, research, or exploration. Guided by experienced student leaders and supported by faculty leadership from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/mohsen-moghaddam\u0022\u003EMohsen Moghaddam\u003C\/a\u003E (director), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/alan-erera\u0022\u003EAlan Erera\u003C\/a\u003E (strategic advisor), and faculty advisors \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/frederick-benaben\u0022\u003EFrederick Benaben\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/benoit-montreuil\u0022\u003EBenoit Montreuil\u003C\/a\u003E, the space is built to encourage curiosity and collaboration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about the ADC XR Makerspace, click \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/xr.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt the opening, ISyE students, faculty and researchers brought the space to life with an open-house showcase of XR projects, inviting attendees to slip on headsets and step directly into virtual worlds they had created.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On January 23, The Allen-Davidson-Coleman (ADC) XR Makerspace welcomed the ISyE community, by providing access to a wide range of extended reality (XR) tools. 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