The university invested $250,000 to create the lab in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, one of the most crowded programs on campus. The lab has been ramping up since last fall.
The new lab also is heavily focused on augmented reality (AR)...
“Augmented reality is an incredible way to interact with the real world,” said Rajesh Gupta, a UC San Diego computer science professor who raised the public and private money needed to open the lab.
“Ten years from now you might been somewhat crippled without AR glasses.”
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