The Interactive Commons (IC) at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) was established in 2014 as a center to connect individuals from across our campus and our region through advanced visualization to further research and education.
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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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
IC Fellows Showcase Presentation April 26th
The IC is thrilled to welcome the general campus community to the inaugural IC Fellows Cohort showcase presentation on Tuesday, April 26th from 10:00am to 1:00pm. This open house-style event will begin with remarks from the Provost and will include in-person demos of the newest HoloLens classroom applications developed by the Interactive Commons. For the…
Inaugural IC Fellows Cohort
The first ever IC Fellow Cohort began in the Fall 2021 semester. This group met weekly and worked together with the IC to become fluent in the application and best practices of mixed reality as a teaching tool, and received support in the design, build, and execution of their courses from a team of experts…
MaineHealth Innovation: Augmented Reality for Neonatal Resuscitation Video
IC Collaborator Partner MaineHealth posted this video showcasing their pilot app, which leverages MR technology to simulate essential neonatal procedures in hospitals across the globe. The app was built by the Interactive Commons and is headed out to its first round of beta testing. Watch the full video here.
Jointly published article with WEF on XR Technology
In collaboration with his advisory council colleagues at the World Economic Forum (WEF), IC Faculty Director Mark Griswold has co-authored a paper: “Immersive Media Technologies: The Acceleration of Augmented and Virtual Reality in the Wake of COVID-19”
Crain’s Cleveland on ‘Revealing Krishna’ as an all-Cleveland project
Crain’s Cleveland Business published a great story on the Revealing Krishna exhibit as a group, all-Cleveland project put together by innovative groups at CWRU in partnership with CMA. Delighted to have been a part of the team! Read the full article