June 18, 2025
Over the years UCF’s academic work in the tech field has earned national recognition, with the university producing 25% of engineering and computer science graduates in Florida. This future-focused momentum is helping to advance Orlando’s tech hub, which ranks as the second-fastest-growing in the South, according to CommercialCafe.Florida’s Orlando metro area — including Sanford and…
November 1, 2024
Carolina Cruz-Neira, Agere Chair Professor in the UCF Department of Computer Science, was honored by the National Center for Simulation (NCS) with her induction to its 2024 Hall of Fame, a testament to her groundbreaking work and global acclaim in modeling and simulation, virtual reality, interactive visualization, high-performance computing and digital twins. She was one…
June 24, 2024
Virtual reality pioneer Carolina Cruz-Neira, Agere Chair Professor at the UCF Department of Computer Science, has been inducted into the inaugural Augmented World Expo (AWE) XR Hall of Fame. With her induction, she joins an elite international group of 100 researchers, entrepreneurs, artists, advocates and others selected for building the augmented reality and virtual reality…
November 17, 2020
One of the most exciting and enjoyable aspects of working in a large research university is the myriad opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. I oversee a small themed experience graduate program at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. We must partner with industry and other academic disciplines in order to provide an educational experience that…
February 14, 2020
A computer scientist known worldwide for creating the CAVE system, a fully immersive virtual reality environment within a room-sized cube, has joined the faculty of the University of Central Florida. Carolina Cruz-Neira, based in the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science, is a pioneer in the areas of virtual reality and interactive visualization, having created…