SiViRT Shows its Stuff at SXSW
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r. Yusheng Feng and a group of students from The University of Texas at San Antonio’s College of Engineering had a chance to show what the college’s Center for Simulation, Visualization, and Real Time Prediction (SiViRT) has to offer when they participated in The University of Texas System’s Sixth Street Showcase at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 8, 2014, in Austin, Texas. The showcase was organized by The University of Texas System’s Office of Technology Commercialization, and included groups from The University of Texas Austin, The University of Texas at San Antonio, The
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University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, The University of Texas Health Science Center-Tyler, Texas State University, Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University. Dr. Yusheng Feng, SiViRT director and professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was a featured presenter at the event, and spoke about interactive technology and virtual realty. “We are living in a digital age in which our real world is mixed with virtual reality,” he said. “The applications of combining omniscient sensing, powerful computing and immersive visualization can only be
limited by our own imagination.” UTSA students Ehren Biglari, Michael Lasch, Jacob Kantor, Brittany Schier, Aaron Stout, and Daniel Portillo had the chance to demonstrate some of the technology featured in the SiViRT lab. “The showcase was amazing,” said Lasch, a SiViRT undergraduate research assistant. “I really enjoyed the opportunity to show off the technology that SiViRT has been working on. My favorite part of the event was interacting with all of the other students and professors from other UT campuses. It opened up the door for future collaborative work.”