Posts by IC Staff

Interactive Commons featured twice in Cleveland Magazine story, “Why Cleveland Owns the Future of Virtual Reality”

The breadth and uptake of extended reality in Cleveland, Ohio positions us as leaders in the nation. Thrilled that the HoloAnatomy® Software Suite and our work with CMA on The Cleveland Krishna were both featured as examples of our pioneering status in Cleveland Magazine’s new article, “Why Cleveland Owns the Future of Virtual Reality.” Click…

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HoloAnatomy startup company AlensiaXR Announced

After years developing, packaging, and supporting the HoloAnatomy® Software Suite all in-house at the Interactive Commons at CWRU, we are excited to announce its next chapter as a standalone company, AlensiaXR. Headed by Microsoft alum Mark Day, this Ohio-based XR company will take over the management and distribution of the HoloAnatomy® Software Suite as it…

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Revealing Krishna honored with Peggy Ezekiel Award from USITT

CMA’s Revealing Krishna exhibit was awarded both Outstanding Achievement and Board Choice Award for Sound Design from the United States Institute for Theater Technology (USITT) on November 9th, 2022. The Peggy Ezekiel Award has been given out since 1985 and is recognized as the oldest award given by the Institute. It recognizes achievement in scenic,…

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Dr. Mark Griswold receives two CWRU Innovation Week Awards

IC Faculty Director Dr. Mark Griswold was honored with two awards during CWRU’s Innovation Week 2022 — the Discovery Award (MR Fingerprinting) and the Top Product Award (HoloAnatomy® Software Suite) — as recognition of his “remarkable achievements in research and entrepreneurship.” Click here to read the full list of honorees.

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Revealing Krishna honored in Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards

We are thrilled that “Revealing Krishna” – our collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art – has been honored by Fast Company’s 2022 Innovation by Design Awards in the category Experience Design. Click here to read the full list of honorees. Congrats to the whole Krishna team! “The Story of the Cleveland Krishna” HoloLens Experience…

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Application for IC Fellows Cohort 2023

The IC is accepting applications for the next IC Fellows Cohort. If you are interested in using the Microsoft HoloLens in your classroom or have an idea for integrating mixed reality (MR) or 3-D digital content into your course, the IC Fellows Cohort program will guide, inspire, and help you create customized applications and give…

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CMA’s “The Story of the Cleveland Krishna” Exhibit video walkthrough

The Cleveland Museum of Art posted a full walkthrough of “The Story of the Cleveland Krishna,” the mixed reality museum experience that the IC developed as the feature of their Revealing Krishna exhibit. In case you missed the real thing, or just want to revisit it, click below: “The Story of the Cleveland Krishna” HoloLens…

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IC featured on NBC Nightly News

We were thrilled to host NBC Nightly News at the CWRU SOM Health Education Campus to show them our work with medical anatomy education (the HoloAnatomy® Software Suite) and some of our new developments with Dr. Cameron McIntyre and his team in surgical planning in mixed reality. The segment was aired on Sunday, August 7th…

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