{"59881":{"#nid":"59881","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Qualcomm Establishes Augmented Reality Game Studio at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EQualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) has joined forces with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to establish the Qualcomm Augmented Reality Game Studio, a research and design center aimed at pioneering new advancements in mobile gaming and interactive media.\u0026nbsp; Located on Georgia Tech\u2019s Atlanta campus, the game studio will build upon Qualcomm\u2019s newly announced augmented reality platform and related graphics technologies to produce new application concepts and prototypes. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech continues to be at the forefront of augmented reality innovation,\u201d said Matt Grob, senior vice president of engineering and head of corporate research and development at Qualcomm.\u0026nbsp; \u201cFor more than 12 years, the university\u2019s Augmented Environments Lab has been researching ways to enhance a user\u2019s senses by creating interactive computing environments.\u0026nbsp; Now, with Qualcomm\u2019s new augmented reality platform, we are working together to further advance the user experience by extending virtual gaming experiences into the real world.\u201d \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Qualcomm Augmented Reality Game Studio will be led by acclaimed augmented reality researcher and Associate Professor of Interactive Computing Dr. Blair MacIntyre, director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Augmented Environments Lab.\u0026nbsp; The lab is part of Georgia Tech\u2019s GVU Center, a world-renowned research center that brings together students and faculty from across the institute to study problems at the intersection of people and technology. In collaboration with Professor Tony Tseng and his students from\nthe Interactive Design and Game Development program at Savannah College\nof Art and Design, MacIntyre will combine the skills and creative insight of students with expertise in augmented reality technology, game development and the arts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cPowerful processors and sophisticated graphics engines in today\u2019s mobile devices have only recently reached the point where they can meet the computing requirements for augmented reality,\u201d said MacIntyre.\u0026nbsp; \u201cBy collaborating with Qualcomm, we\u2019ll have access to both the high-end hardware and core augmented reality technology that will enable us to push the envelope in game development.\u0026nbsp; We are very excited to work with Qualcomm as we explore new frontiers in augmented reality gaming.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Qualcomm: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EQualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is the world leader in next-generation mobile technologies.\u0026nbsp; For 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of wireless communications, connecting people more closely to information, entertainment and each other.\u0026nbsp; Today, Qualcomm technologies are powering the convergence of mobile communications and consumer electronics, making wireless devices and services more personal, affordable and accessible to people everywhere.\u0026nbsp; For more information, visit Qualcomm around the Web:\u003Cbr \/\u003Ewww.qualcomm.com\u003Cbr \/\u003ECorporate Blog: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.qualcomm.com\/blog\u0022 title=\u0022www.qualcomm.com\/blog\u0022\u003Ewww.qualcomm.com\/blog\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwitter: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/qualcomm\u0022 title=\u0022www.twitter.com\/qualcomm\u0022\u003Ewww.twitter.com\/qualcomm\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFacebook: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Qualcomm\u0022 title=\u0022www.facebook.com\/Qualcomm\u0022\u003Ewww.facebook.com\/Qualcomm\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech and the GVU Center:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the world\u0027s premier research universities.\u0026nbsp; Ranked seventh among U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u2019s top public universities and the eighth best engineering and information technology university in the world by Shanghai Jiao Tong University\u2019s Academic Ranking of World Universities, Georgia Tech\u2019s more than 20,000 students are enrolled in its Colleges of Architecture, Computing, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Management and Sciences.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe GVU Center at Georgia Tech is an interdisciplinary institute-wide research center dedicated to the challenge of unlocking and amplifying human potential through technical innovation in computing technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will lead effort to innovate new concepts in augmented reality gaming using Qualcomm technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech will lead effort to innovate new concepts in augmented reality gaming using Qualcomm technologies."}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2010-06-30 14:29:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:59","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59882":{"id":"59882","type":"image","title":"Blair MacIntyre in Lab","body":null,"created":"1449176239","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:19","changed":"1475894517","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:57","alt":"Blair MacIntyre in Lab","file":{"fid":"191021","name":"10P1000-P75-001.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10P1000-P75-001_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10P1000-P75-001_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2043248,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/10P1000-P75-001_0.jpg?itok=ZH51b3WX"}},"59883":{"id":"59883","type":"image","title":"Blair MacIntyre and ARhrrr","body":null,"created":"1449176239","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:19","changed":"1475894517","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:57","alt":"Blair MacIntyre and ARhrrr","file":{"fid":"191022","name":"10P1000-P75-004.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10P1000-P75-004_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10P1000-P75-004_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2309818,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/10P1000-P75-004_0.jpg?itok=eTB32xn7"}}},"media_ids":["59882","59883"],"groups":[{"id":"1216","name":"Digital Lounge - Gaming"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4980","name":"ar"},{"id":"1597","name":"Augmented Reality"},{"id":"9690","name":"Blair"},{"id":"1946","name":"GVU"},{"id":"4979","name":"macintyre"},{"id":"10219","name":"qualcomm"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}