Visualization, innovative interfaces, digital media and computer game development

Digital Media Lab is a unique digital-center open at the Higher Institute for ITIS. The laboratory works with giants of digital business such as Unity Technology, DigiPen and Mail.Ru Group.

Digital Media lab developers work on projects for the development of computer games on the platforms Unity and Unreal Engine, as well as the writing of narrative and game design.

Also we work on Augmented reality (AR) projects (AR is a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data.

At the laboratory we teach the theory of sound and its treatment, the creation of graphic arts as classical methods and using digital technology. Students here also learn the basics of 3D-animation, modeling, rendering and effects on Maya Autodesk and Blender platforms, as well as work with Nuke technology.

Major Fields of research: 

• Cultural and historical reconstruction with elements of augmented reality (virtual museums); 
• Computer game development, serious games development;
• Simulation of the manufacturing processes; 
• Innovative interfaces.

Key projects: 

• 3D reconstruction of the Great Bulgaria of the XIV century and Sviyazhsk Island;
• 3D reconstruction of the Interactive Museum of Kazan; 
• Talking Head (joint project with Machine Cognition lab).