Octave Immersive Research Facility

A world-class multi-modal immersive research facility at the University of Salford housing advanced display topologies, high-performance compute, and distributed systems for mixed reality, generative AI, and human-scale VR experimentation. The lab supported over 25 years of research including world firsts in collaborative mixed reality, brain scanning in phobia treatment, real-time human reconstruction from cameras, and telepresence, and served hundreds of SMEs through ERDF-funded programmes.

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University of Salford (1997-2022)

• Over 25 years of expertise in immersive technologies, high performance compute, distributed systems, machine learning, and latterly generative AI.

  

  • Technical director of multimillion pound multi-model mixed reality lab at the NICVE Virtual Reality Research Centre.
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  • Primary expertise in novel display topologies and high performance Hardware and Edge.

  

  • This is big data running in human scale VR with Prof Rob Aspin in 2019.

  

  

• Human scale mixed reality experience

  • Very strong track record and research in immersive systems
  • 2004 VETS programme R&D engine assembler demo’d at Farnborough Air Show for Euravia Systems

  

• Multi decade career supporting research and SMEs at UoS

  • VETS ERDF (2001-2008: Consultancy, training and immersive product for 100’s of SMEs)

  • Cyber foundry & AI foundry (2019-2022: Detailed R&D for SME’s in immersive/AI/cybersec intersection)

  • One of the Cyber Foundry projects became a book and product.

    • Convergence and Disruption in Digital Society — Money, Secure Communication, Digital Objects and Generative AI in Spatial Mixed Reality (arxiv.org)

      

  • Combining acoustics and vision in my world class multi-modal lab:

  • Supporting PhDs

  • world firsts -

    • Human eye gaze connection in collaborative mixed reality over distance

  • Brain scanning in proving treatment of fear of heights

  • Reconstruction of humans in real time from cameras

  • Nurse training, immersive education, digital twins

  • Telepresence, including Gaze Contingent Telepresence Display

  • Wavefield synthesis with immersive vision

  • 2002 VETS programme Heaton Park refurbishment visualisation rendered in Octave Multi-Modal lab 2013

  

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