The Lab of Visualization and Game Development (Digital Media Lab or DML in brief) is a unique digital center of the Higher Institute of ITIS where both undergraduate and graduate students are trained in program tracks Software Engineering: Game Development and Software Engineering: Virtual Reality respectively.

Lab projects development:

• Computer game development
  • Serious games development 
  • Mobile games development 
  • Computer graphics for game processes 
  • Game design development
  • Character animation
  • Game narration
  • Node-based editor for NPC behavioral visual programming
  • Problems of AI programming for the games.

• Problems of cultural heritage object reconstruction, presentation and monitoring
• Noninvasive methods of cultural heritage object examination
• Cultural and historic virtual reconstructions
• Imenkovo settlement of the VII century, near the town of Tetyushi
• Great Bolgar, XIV century
• The island town of Sviyazhsk
• Chudov and Voznesensky monasteries in Moscow Kremlin
• Visualization of Kazan University symbolism: secrets, methods, techniques
• The Volga Fur Road as a part of the Silk Road

• Different aspects of automated record keeping systems both for archeological studies and landmark condition monitoring
  • Development of dynamic knowledge base for multi-factorial correlation mapping in archeological studies
  • Development of effective algorithms for two-phase flaw detection of landmark frescoes in situ with the use of mobile devices equipped with the IR sensors
  • Active info locality to the GIS data
  • Localization of multi-factorial research in 3D landmarks
• Interactive museum expositions
  • Kazan panorama – the interactive museum of the city of Kazan
  • The museum of wooden architecture – the island town of Sviyazhsk
  • The project of Lobachevsky museum in KFU

• Emergency, industrial and experimental process simulations
  • Emergency test site
  • Biotechnology virtual lab
  • Node-based editor for virtual lab scenario visual programming

• Architectural concepts
  • Interactive 3D projects of architectural structures
  • Architectural interiors with virtual reality immersion
  • 3D visualization cross-platform SaaS tools in public planning of the architectural environment  
• Distributed rendering of highly realistic 3D scenes Р
• Oil deposit visualization with the use of high performance graphic suite (Paraview) and distributed computing.

• Package of virtual open surgeries
  • Highly realistic manipulation of organic tissue analogues
  • Problems of realistic feedback in virtual surgeries
• Problems of anthropomorphic social agent creation
  • Two-phase system of emotional response rules
  • Uncanny valley problem solution through the correct mimic responses and adequate emotions
  • Effective training of the anthropomorphic social agent based on the realistic neuron networks
• 360^о full-dome interactive movies
• “Reanimated” pictures

• Hardware-software complexes for diagnostics and rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders
  • for motor and cognitive rehabilitation
  • for certain exercise repetitions
  • for rehabilitation of locomotor functions and vestibular disorders
  • for training precise motions combinations
  • for schoolchildren testing
• Dynamic suspension simulators
  • “Mauritania” level content for “KAMAZ-Dakar” car simulators
  • Technologies of full immersion application development
  • Other 3D-simulators

• Virtual environment immersive ability upgrade
  • Use of VR helmets (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift) 
  • Use of visualization systems with stereoscopic effects (NettleBox)
  • Use of motion capture systems (Motion Capture, Perception Neuron, Microsoft Kinect, Leap Motion)
  • Use of innovative feedback means (GloveOne, Dexmo)
  • Presentation system of archeological artefact demo with stereo mode support and use of non-contact navigation