AMD and Crytek partner to create advanced VR h/w and s/w for universities
VRFirst initiative is the result of partnership between AMD and Crytek, created to design ready-made VR solution for developers, students and researchers in colleges and universities. AMD will setup new labs and equip them with the new Radeon Pro Duo graphic cards featuring LiquidVR SDK (the most powerful and fastest VR creator platform) as part of GPUOpen initiative.
The new labs will be compatible with various head mounted displays from Oculus, HTC etc and can generate huge 16 teraflops of compute power. VR First Lab at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul is the first such lab and is already operational since January 2016.
“We’re on the cusp of an immersive computing era enabled by GPUs and game engines” said Raja Koduri, senior vice president and chief architect, Radeon Technologies Group, AMD. “We need a new generation of developers whose educational foundation includes mastery of game engines and GPU programming. We’re dedicated to nurturing that future, and see the collaboration with Crytek and the VR First initiative as a key step in realizing the goal of expanding immersive experiences outlined in our VR Ready Programs.”
“VR First labs will become key incubators for nurturing new talent in VR development and creating a global community well-prepared to innovate in this exciting and emerging field,” said Cevat Yerli, CEO, Crytek. “VR experiences, harnessing the power of the CRYENGINE and developed using world-class Radeon™ hardware and software, will have the potential to fundamentally transform how we interact with technology.”
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