CREATE Immersive Technologies (CITech)

近年来，增强现实、虚拟现实和其他数据驱动的高级可视化工具——统称为沉浸式技术——在全球范围内得到了迅速发展和采用。这些技术为基于信息的决策、远程办公、自动化、安全增强以及许多其他方面提供了大量的机会。在这场创新和技术扩散的浪潮中，加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省发挥着关键作用，被公认为沉浸式技术的全球中心。寻求利用沉浸式技术的行业正在迅速扩张，这为创新带来了令人兴奋的挑战和机遇。这些条件创造了跨学科合作的需求，将行业领域的专家与那些在沉浸式技术开发和实施方面具有实际理解和能力的专家联系起来。创建沉浸式技术（CITech）的教师团队及其合作伙伴旨在提供一个独特的项目，为沉浸式技术快速增长的就业市场提供跨学科研究、培训和技能发展。拟议的培训计划包含了丰富的行业支持和全面的计划，以加速加拿大各种工业和服务部门的本科生和研究生的就业准备和就业能力，这些部门越来越多地将虚拟现实，增强现实和先进的可视化技术融入他们的实践中。预计学生参与的项目是应用驱动的，将促进学生、教师和外部合作伙伴之间的跨学科合作，以解决制造业、卫生、教育和社区参与部门的实际问题。该计划的课程和工作坊单元强调公平、多元化和包容（EDI）、创业精神、同侪指导和行业参与，将为学员提供独特的个人和团队专业发展机会。

In recent years, augmented reality, virtual reality and other data-driven advanced visualization tools - collectively referred to as immersive technologies - have been rapidly developed and adopted across the world. These technologies are opening up a multitude of opportunities for information-based decision making, telecommuting, automation, safety enhancement, and many others. In this surge of innovation and technology diffusion, the province of British Columbia in Canada is playing a key role and is recognized as a global hub for immersive technology. The sectors that are seeking to leverage immersive technologies are rapidly expanding and this is generating exciting challenges and opportunities for innovation. These conditions create the need for interdisciplinary collaboration that link sector domain experts with those that have practical understanding and competency in immersive technology development and implementation. The team of faculty and their partners in this CREATE Immersive Technologies (CITech) aim to offer a unique program to enable interdisciplinary research, training and skills development for the rapidly growing job market in immersive technologies. The proposed training program has incorporated rich industry support and a comprehensive plan to accelerate job-readiness and employability of undergraduate and graduate students in various industrial and service sectors in Canada that are increasingly integrating virtual reality, augmented reality and advanced visualization techniques into their practices. The projects anticipated for participating students are application-driven and will foster interdisciplinary collaboration among students, faculty members and external partners towards solving real problems in manufacturing, health, education, and community-engagement sectors. The course and workshop modules of the program - with an emphasis on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), entrepreneurship, peer mentorship and industry involvement - will offer trainees unique opportunities for both personal and team-based professional development.