The National Science Foundation awarded a $715,369 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027.
The grant will support research to develop scalable design methodologies for distributed edge-cloud systems to enable multi-party augmented, virtual and mixed reality experiences. Key products will include innovations across the system stack to improve quality of experience and scalability as the number of users and devices increase. The research will also aim to improve device performance scalability through hardware parallelism and design methodologies scalability as system complexity grows. The grant recipients will disseminate results through open source software and publications, building on their previously released IlliXR system. The research has the potential to transform industries including medicine, education and manufacturing by enabling high-performance, energy efficient distributed applications.