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• Augmented Reality: Present and Future

  Augmented reality (AR) technologies are very promising, as well as visually impressive – they bring us “remote” engineering maintenance, nearly-X-ray vision, and, of course, virtual chess that you can play. Have they already found their place in our daily lives? What challenges still have to be tackled for AR to become ubiquitous? For this article, we got our answers from Arseny Alexeev and Evgeny Alexeev, ITMO Fellows at the Research and Educational Center for Photonics and Optical IT.

  31.01.2025

• What Is the Metaverse?

  These days, metauniverse is a buzzword and is often used in entertainment. Fashion companies create unique outfits for virtual avatars, celebrities launch NFTs and perform live in metaworlds – even new metabanks and metahotels are opening online. But does the metaverse hold a promise for science and education? Will we one day have a meta-ITMO? And how will the associated technologies change in the near future? Let’s answer these questions with Alexander Kapitonov, dean of the Faculty of Infocommunication Technologies. 

  12.08.2022

• ITMO University Specialists Create AR Objects for 2019 St. Petersburg Open Tennis Tournament

  On September 16-22, St. Petersburg hosted the 24th international tennis tournament ATP 250 St. Petersburg Open. In addition to exciting sports matches, its spectators could enjoy augmented reality imagery created by ITMO University specialists. ITMO.NEWS spoke with the team to learn more about their successes and the challenges of developing AR for this project.

  15.10.2019

• ITMO University Specialists Develop AR Solution for the Second European Games in Minsk

  On June 21-30, Minsk (Belarus) hosted the second European Games, large-scale sports games with participants from over 40 countries. The opening and closing ceremonies included comprehensive immersion in augmented reality via the simultaneous use of mobile devices, information screens on the stadium and live TV broadcasts. The AR elements of the show were developed by ITMO University’s Laboratory of Interactive Visualization. Here is more on the work conducted by the unit. 

  05.07.2019