PFI: A Consortium for Fulldome and Immersive Technology Development

该创新伙伴关系（PFI）项目是新墨西哥大学（UNM） (NSF PFI毕业生（0227806）和美国印第安人艺术研究所（IAIA）之间的III型（a:C）合作伙伴关系，一个新加入PFI项目的机构（定义为从未成为PFI受助者的机构）——寻求运用新墨大在fulldome技术方面的经验，将已经存在的非正式合作伙伴关系和努力正式纳入一个联盟，通过一系列协调的活动，包括研究、开发和应用，将fulldome推向多表面沉浸式环境，这些活动包括由合作伙伴专业知识驱动的一系列问题。从科学和信息可视化到仿真再到新型交互设备的使用。拟议的综合项目有三个主要重点：1)工具开发：全穹顶的硬件和软件，以及如何将这些空间用作互动剧院和扩展到多表面环境的核心研究，作为可视化工具和教育和体验场所；2)集成与内容开发：可视化、仿真、复杂系统、安全、教育等关键应用领域的开发；3)教育和劳动力发展：为新产业建立一支受过良好教育的劳动力队伍，并通过新的方式引入新的社区，交流科学，加强学习，扩大这些新技术的使命和服务。这项拟议研究的一个更广泛的影响是，该财团将在新墨西哥州（一个少数族裔占多数的州）创造一个新的高科技产业。虽然新墨西哥州是国家实验室和其他国防部/能源部设施的所在地，但它在大多数经济指标中排名垫底。新墨西哥大学（一所为西班牙裔服务的机构）将加入美国印第安艺术研究所（IAIA）（三所国会特许的高等教育机构之一，也是一所经认可的部落机构），共享通过该项目开发的设施和专业知识。拟议的项目将利用国家科学基金会PFI赞助的“数字普韦布洛项目”（0227806）的经验，该项目有助于为新墨西哥州不断发展的数字媒体产业奠定基础。最后，这项工作将把全壳技术的可用性扩大到更广泛的空间，可用于教育stem相关领域的普通人群。项目开始时的合作伙伴是学术机构：新墨西哥大学（牵头机构）、美国印第安人艺术研究所（IAIA）；研究机构：圣达菲研究所；和私营部门组织：图形遗产技术研究与整合研究所，圣达菲综合体（红鱼集团和洛斯阿拉莫斯视觉分析）和Sky Scan。

This Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) project--a Type III (A:C) partnership between the University of New Mexico (UNM), an NSF PFI graduate (0227806), and the Institute for American Indian Arts (IAIA), an institution new to the PFI Program (defined as one that has never been a PFI grantee)--seeks to apply UNM's experience in fulldome technology to formalize already existing informal partnerships and efforts into a consortium that will move fulldome to multi-surface immersive environments through a coordinated set of activities that include research, development, and applications over a range of problems driven by partner expertise, from scientific and information visualization to simulation to the use of novel interactive devices. The proposed integrated program has three main thrusts: 1) tool development: hardware and software for fulldomes and core research into how these spaces can be used as interactive theaters and extended to multi-surface environments, as visualization tools and as educational and experiential venues; 2) integration and content development: development of key applications areas including visualization, simulation, complex systems, security, and education; and 3) education and workforce development: building an educated workforce for the new industry and bringing in new communities through new ways to communicate science, enhance learning, and expand the missions and services of these new technologies.One of the broader impacts of the proposed research is that the consortium will create a new high tech industry within the state of New Mexico, a majority-minority state. Although New Mexico is home to the national laboratories and other DOD/DOE facilities, it ranks at the bottom of most economic indicators. The University of New Mexico (a Hispanic-serving institution) will join the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) (one of three congressionally chartered institutions of higher education and an accredited tribal institution) to share the facilities and expertise developed through this project. The proposed project will leverage the experience with the NSF PFI sponsored 'Digital Pueblo Project' (0227806) which helped to lay the foundation for the growing digital media industry in the state of New Mexico. Finally, this work will broaden the usability of fulldome technologies to a wider range of spaces that can be used to educate the general population in STEM-related areas. Partners at the inception of the project are Academic Institutions: University of New Mexico (UNM) (lead institution), Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA); Research Institute: Santa Fe Institute; and Private Sector Organizations: Institute for the Study and Integration of Graphical Heritage Techniques, Santa Fe Complex (Redfish Group and Los Alamos Visual Analytics), and Sky Scan.