Verizon Demo Day

VERIZON CONNECTED FUTURES III

VERIZON FUNDED 12 PROTOTYPING PROJECTS IN VIRTUAL & AUGMENTED REALITY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO NYC UNIVERSITY TEAMS

The Verizon Connected Futures Prototyping and Talent Development program, in partnership with NYC Media Lab, supports development of new media and technology projects from universities across New York City, linking students and faculty with industry experts.

Verizon has awarded 12 New York City university teams for the creation of new prototypes, with a specific investment in virtual and augmented reality (AR/VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. 11 projects by students from Columbia University, New York University, Pratt Institute, The School of Visual Arts, and The New School participated in the program. Teams worked specifically with leadership within Verizon Envrmnt, which builds immersive experiences for leading companies in advertising, digital media, professional sports and retail.

The demos will be on view in a private Demo Day event at Verizon at Alley, taking place on Friday, March 23rd, 2018. Read more here.

The NYU Tisch teams presenting at the Demo Day include: 

Runway in Store

Luqian Chen, Jingfei Lin

NYU ITP

Runway in store is a projection-based Augmented Reality photo booth that enhances customers’ experience in fashion store and improves brand awareness via social media.

Impromptu

Corey Bertelsen, Maria Mishurenko

NYU Game Design

Impromptu is a multi-user AR experience that empowers non-musicians to participate in an audio visual jam session.

GLIMPSE: Inventing America

Roi Lev & Anastasis Germanidis

NYU ITP

Inventing America is an AR journey taking us back to the 1620s when the first immigrants arrived in what is now New York City.