DEV Studio Merges Technology With the Humanities

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The studio offers a home for interdisciplinary work with extended reality.

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Varun Wescott '25, covered in reflective sensors
Neukom/ITC XR Fellow Claire Preston watches as XR for the Humanities Fellow Varun Wescott 鈥25, covered in reflective sensors, tests out the motion capture machine in the DEV Studio. The sensors interact with 26 cameras positioned around the perimeter of the room. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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A spacious room tucked in the basement of North Fairbanks has morphed over the years, serving at times as a movie theater, offices, and a production studio. Now, it鈥檚 home to the , which helps 大香蕉视频 community members integrate cutting-edge  with interdisciplinary research, teaching, and learning.

The DEV Studio, which started out with a few pieces of equipment in Berry Library not long before the pandemic, is part of .

鈥淚t鈥檚 a place where people can go ask interdisciplinary questions and really play with the technology in interesting ways,鈥 says director .

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With a built-in balcony, large open floor space, and mobile furniture鈥攖he turquoise and green upholstered chairs and tables are on wheels鈥攖he studio is easily transformed to meet the research and classroom needs of students and faculty members.