Grant: CCI Applied Research and Development Grants
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
$40,000.00
Multi-User Virtual Reality Using 5G Networks
FY 2022-23
Summary
Sheridan College's Screen Industries Research and Training Centre (SIRT) will work with Niagara Falls-based partner Marion Surgical to combine several new and emerging technologies to prototype a virtual reality surgical simulation and training metaverse platform. The platform will allow for immersive real-time collaboration and utilize existing character pipelines to generate realistic and diverse avatars with greater accessibility through reduced hardware and application delivery costs. International surgical professionals will be enabled to train students around the globe at a low hardware cost. With the creation of this platform, Marion Surgical will be able to expand their existing simulators as a metaverse to collaborate with international partners and healthcare experts.
Program
CCI Applied Research and Development Grants
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CCARD-2022-00475
Name nom
Mowat, Vicki
Department département
Research
Organization id
22156
Institution établissement
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2022
Competition year année de concours
2022
Award amount
40000
Program id
CCARD
Program name en
CCI Applied Research and Development Grants
Program name fr
ICC Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
97
Committee name en
Scholarships and Fellowships Internal Decision Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de décision interne - Bourses
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Installment
inst:1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Multi-User Virtual Reality Using 5G Networks
Application summary
Sheridan College's Screen Industries Research and Training Centre (SIRT) will work with Niagara Falls-based partner Marion Surgical to combine several new and emerging technologies to prototype a virtual reality surgical simulation and training metaverse platform. The platform will allow for immersive real-time collaboration and utilize existing character pipelines to generate realistic and diverse avatars with greater accessibility through reduced hardware and application delivery costs. International surgical professionals will be enabled to train students around the globe at a low hardware cost. With the creation of this platform, Marion Surgical will be able to expand their existing simulators as a metaverse to collaborate with international partners and healthcare experts.
