UCLA XR Initiative (XRI) serves as a hub for UCLA faculty and students to meet, discuss, and practically experiment with VR/AR/MR and related technologies. XRI provides a space for exploring imaginative ways of teaching, learning, and creating knowledge with and along XR. XRI aims to both catalyze and facilitate transdisciplinary conversations and collaborations surrounding XR to generate innovative research, artistic practices, and discovery of creative solutions to our world’s grand challenges.
UCLA XR Initiative Mission Statement
Map of UCLA XR Spaces
Website: https://computing.sscnet.ucla.edu/services/innovation-studio
Contact: Joy Guey (joy@sscert.ucla.edu)
Websites: http://support.dma.ucla.edu/fablab/ https://support.dma.ucla.edu/shootroom/
Contact: Jonathan Cecil (jonathancecil@ucla.edu)
Contact: Chris Cabrera Thompson
ccthompson@english.ucla.edu
Kaplan Hall 211
415 Portola Plaza, Westwood, Los Angeles
Website: http://games.ucla.edu/
Contact: Tyler Stefanich (tyler@games.ucla.edu)
Location: Broad Art Center Room 5250
Website: http://artsci.ucla.edu/home
Contact: vesna@arts.ucla.edu
Location: Rieber Hall
Contact: Steve Greim (steve@orl.ucla.edu)
Website: https://humtech.ucla.edu/labs/elixr-lab/
Contact: Thomas Garbelotti (tom@humnet.ucla.edu) or Andrew Jessup (andrew@humnet.ucla.edu)
Location: Boelter 2808
Website: https://samueli.ucla.edu/makerspace/
Contact: Jacob Schmidt (schmidt@seas.ucla.edu)
Website: https://idre.ucla.edu/technology-sandbox
Contact: Lisa M. Snyder (lms@idre.ucla.edu)
Location: Fowler Rm A163
Website: https://ioa.ucla.edu/labs/dal
Contact: Deidre Whitmore (dal@ioa.ucla.edu)
Location: 3691 Lenawee Ave, Los Angeles CA 90016
Website: https://www.aud.ucla.edu/about/ideas-campus
Contact: Guvenc Ozel (guvenc.ozel@aud.ucla.edu)
Locations: Charles E. Young Research Library Research Commons
Website: https://drc.ucla.edu/labs/sil/
Contact: Anthony Caldwell (acaldwell@humnet.ucla.edu)
Locations: Powell Library room 331 & Charles E. Young Research Library Research Commons
Website: https://www.library.ucla.edu/use/computers-computing-services/lux-lab
Contact: Doug Daniels (dougdaniels@library.ucla.edu)
Location: Melnitz Hall, School of Theater, Film and Television, Room 1470
Website:
Contact: Steve Anderson, PhD. (sfanders@tft.ucla.edu)
Location: UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Room 48-136.
Website: http://lonn.semel.ucla.edu/
Contact: Nanthia Suthana, PhD. (thelnnlab@gmail.com)
Location: Engineering 4 Building, Rm. 18-111
Website: http://bionics.seas.ucla.edu/index.html
Contact: Jacob Rosen Ph.D. (jacobrosen@ucla.edu)
Bridge Innovation Studio
Digital Archaeology Lab
English Digital Media Lab
Game Lab
Humtech eliXR Lab
IDRE Tech Sandbox
Neuromodulation & Neuroimaging Lab
Lux Lab
Media Arts Lab
Samueli Makerspace
Scholarly Innovation Lab
Have an interesting project you’d like to showcase or want to get involved?
Or find us on Slack at #xr-initiative!
The XR Initiative at UCLA acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
