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Hey! My name is Samira Mantri I’m very excited to be the new Administrator at the NYU Future Reality Lab starting in January! This is my first post so I thought it would be great to introduce myself. I’m a senior at NYU majoring in computer science and minoring in game design. With my knowledge

When HTC Vive released their ultimate mixed reality (MR) Vive Pro, we were all surprised that a front-facing dual camera is integrated into the headset. Users can see a stereo passthrough video by each eye obtaining a separate image from the stereo camera. Ken told me about one of his idea that is having a

I spend a lot of time imagining what it would be like when SmartPhones become replaced by wearables, to the point where mixed reality becomes the norm. I often look at everyday interactions through the prism of this question. For one thing, once the wearables replace the SmartPhone, I suspect I will end up spending

The biggest shock I experienced when moving to New York was that there was no place without noise. Sirens, cars, and loud music on the street by my apartment, traffic and construction on the way to work, squeaking subway trains and loud music in the stations, the loud background noise of the air conditioner in

Illustration by Kris Layng depicting the augmented reality classroom of the future, as envisioned by the Future Reality Lab. These middle school kids are studying cell cycles,  collaborating by interacting with floating 3D objects that seem to be emanating from blocks below. The room is bright and sunny and they are having a wonderful time,

I have recently finished a collaborative project with the Guggenheim Time-based Media Lab and NYU CS as the lead programmer for the restoration of a software-based web artwork. Called Unfolding Object (by the artist John F. Simon Jr.), the piece was a Java Applet. Java Applets have been deprecated for some time, so almost no

Recently, I uploaded a repo to FRL’s Github that includes the multi-user iPad system that I have been working on. If there are any questions anyone has on how to use it, be sure to send them my way! We are looking to set up workspaces that will make it easier for people at the

One of my favorite components of research is learning about the mathematics behind the algorithms I’m implementing. I might be an odd one out — many programmers I’ve talked to tend to focus on how to use their tools best, skimming over exactly how their tools work in the first place. But for me, I

As the title indicates, this is my first FRL post, and I am so happy to join this platform where people share their amazing ideas and insights. So please allow me to do a brief introduction. My name is Longkun, and I am a coffee fanatic like most of the people in this lab. During

One of the nicest things about using vim as a text editor is that the key bindings allow you to control the entire program with very few movements away from the home row of keys. The main exception to this rule is that in order to exit out of text insertion mode, you need to