‘augmented reality’
Vanderbilt researcher receives nearly $2.7 million in NSF and NIH funding to explore how augmented reality can ease loneliness in older adults
Sep. 12, 2022—As the population of older adults continues to boom across the U.S., Vanderbilt researcher Nilanjan Sarkar is partnering with Lorraine Mion of the Ohio State University and two Middle Tennessee long-term care (LTC) facilities to investigate how augmented reality technologies can ease loneliness among residents. Sarkar, the David K. Wilson Professor of Engineering and a...
New Year’s card features Engineering and Science Building in augmented reality
Jan. 9, 2015—Circumstances standing in the way of a traditional groundbreaking at the School of Engineering led to a high-tech solution – all in a day’s work for our professors and students. When stakeholders in the new Engineering and Science Building met to work out a schedule for the event, one hurdle after another presented itself. Then...
Engineering professors edit journal’s special issue on augmented reality
Mar. 6, 2014—Vanderbilt engineering professors Jules White and Doug Schmidt, and University of Illinois professor Mani Golparvar-Fard, are guest editors of the February issue of Proceedings of the IEEE, the most highly-cited general interest journal in electrical engineering and computer science. This special issue – Applications of Augmented Reality – delves into the notion of bridging the...