Virginia Tech is one of five universities from across the nation to receive an academic research grant from Microsoft to explore the potential uses of its HoloLens devices for advancing research in the area of mixed reality and the possibilities of holographic computing. The research team includes Doug Bowman, professor of computer science; Ivica Ico Bukvic, associate professor in the School of Performing Arts; Bill Carstensen, professor and head of the Department of Geography; Denis Gracanin, associate professor of computer science; Mike Horning, assistant professor of communication; Chris North, professor of computer science and associate director of Virginia Tech’s Discovery Analytics Center; Todd Ogle, senior director for networked knowledge environments in Virginia Tech’s Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies; Nicolas Polys, director of visual computing with the Virginia Tech Research Computing Group and affiliate research professor of computer science; and Ben Knapp, director of the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology.
