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Research: Blended Reality
INTRODUCTION
The HP Blended Reality Grant draws upon CCAM’s role in connecting the arts and sciences through experimental technology and collaborative research.
Since 2016, the grant has supported a range of faculty and student led research at Yale.
Current Research Themes
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The Machine as a Mind
While machine learning and artificial intelligence are often described in terms of science fiction narratives, they are not... Read more...![](https://ccam.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/featured_page_image/public/unity-2018.4.30f1-personal-demo.unity-verb-collective-version-1-pc-mac-linux-standalone-_dx11_-4_22_2021-9_18_53-am-1024x621_0.png?itok=2C3DU7rA)
Emergent Play
Play is one the primary means by which we learn to navigate the world around us, it is the way that we poke and prod at... Read more...![](https://ccam.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/featured_page_image/public/dsc3819-1024x683_0.jpg?itok=Ov5LXLFf)
Spatial Gestures
With new media such as AR and VR we are no longer working with two dimensional abstractions, when we model a building we can... Read more...![](https://ccam.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/featured_page_image/public/healthxr_0.jpg?itok=UaiV_UVo)
(Re) Constructing Industry
Industry in a global economy is vast and highly distributed. At the same time, that large scale requires every element to... Read more...![](https://ccam.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/featured_page_image/public/digitizingthematerialworld_0.jpg?itok=CbmVrcYi)
Digitizing the Material World
It has been said that when we change the way that we see the world, the world that we see changes. Using new technologies... Read more...![](https://ccam.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/featured_page_image/public/theenvironment.jpg?itok=6SIuxDj5)
The Environment
A saying that we reference often at the Blended Reality Laboratory is that when you change the way you see the world the world... Read more...![](https://ccam.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/featured_page_image/public/justin-berry-class-vr-1024x575.png?itok=F1LyA-VN)