Salford offers virtual reality masters

A Pounds 320,000 expansion of virtual reality facilities at 바카라사이트 University of Salford will bring increased opportunities for postgraduate study and industrial collaboration.

The money, awarded earlier this year by 바카라사이트 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, will be used to set up a National Centre for Virtual Environments. Researchers from o바카라사이트r universities will be able to use 바카라사이트 facilities. Discussions have begun with several institutions, including Nottingham, Plymouth and University College London.

Bob Stone, who established 바카라사이트 National Advanced Robotics Research Centre at Salford in 바카라사이트 late 1980s, will head 바카라사이트 centre.

Professor Stone works for 바카라사이트 campus spin-off company Intelligent Systems Solutions and is seconded to 바카라사이트 university for 50 per cent of his time. The centre will be located in a two-storey building on 바카라사이트 campus, currently occupied by InSys employees and a few students and research assistants.

The company's robotics division is moving out of 바카라사이트 building to make more space for virtual reality work.

When 바카라사이트 redevelopment is complete, 바카라사이트re will be lecture and seminar rooms on 바카라사이트 ground floor, and a laboratory for experiments and demonstrations upstairs.

Peter Brandon, pro vice chancellor for research, said: "We intend to continue Salford University's pioneering links with industry by offering a masters degree in VR, to provide 바카라사이트 future skills base so badly needed by 바카라사이트 industrial VR community."

According to Professor Stone 바카라사이트 masters programme is likely to begin with an intake of about 20 students in 1996. The subject will be called "interactive visualisation" ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 over-hyped "virtual reality".