Overview
Indiana University's Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL) provides new opportunities to achieve excellence in research, education, and creative activities. As a part of a rich environment of distributed visual computing, IU's facilities include some of the world's most advanced virtual reality and visualization technologies. The AVL is a unit of the Research Technologies Division of University Information Technology Services with facilities on IU's Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses.
Indiana University has a long history of involvement in leading-edge technologies including computer graphics, scientific visualization, networking, and physical science simulations. Through a "Renaissance team" approach which joins subject matter experts with computer scientists, visualization specialists and interface designers, advances in virtual reality and high-performance computing are being creatively applied to real-world situations.
In establishing partnerships, the AVL seeks to engage leaders in their fields to creatively apply advances in virtual reality, high-performance computing, and networking with the goal of increasing understanding, productivity, and competitiveness. Partnerships are tailored to the visualization, computational, and networking needs and expertise of individual researchers, organizations, and corporations.
