Immersive Innovation Series
The North Texas Innovation Alliance has launched an Immersive Innovation Program to highlight “the brightest and most innovative projects across North Texas” while providing hands-on learning experiences for its members.
Through the Immersive Innovation Program, NTXIA organizes hands-on innovation experiences, or field trips, quarterly. In addition to benefiting NTXIA membership, these field trips allow the innovation community across North Texas to showcase their research, pilot projects and campus environments to a diverse audience who is looking for solutions to a variety of challenges. These interactions serve as another opportunity for members to connect with companies and researchers who are at the forefront of cutting-edge technology that could directly impact the future standard of living and economic development in the region and allow NTXIA members to witness in real-time how emerging technologies and solutions can be applied in real-world settings.
“The feedback we have received thus far from the program has been phenomenal. It makes an incredible difference for our members to see these solutions live and to speak with these innovation hubs directly. This is another avenue for our members to be exposed to groundbreaking research and opportunities so they may best serve their communities and stakeholders. We are excited to see how the program will continue to grow throughout this year.”
Meet the Immersive Innovation Hosts
The Immersive Innovation Program kicked off at the National Science Foundation's newly opened eCAT Center at the University of North Texas, focusing on research across electric, connected and autonomous technologies for mobility. Here, members experienced autonomous shuttles, toured the outdoor testing facility and viewed demos of new self-driving cars and more.
In March, NTXIA members visited The Richardson IQ [Innovation Quarter] HQ at the University of Texas at Dallas. This location is a partnership between the University and the City of Richardson,. in an innovative research center, incubator and test ground. Nearly 40 NTXIA members experienced the 27,5000 square foot facility, which holds the City of Richardson’s newly established Office of Innovation & Placemaking Initiatives, as well as five newly created UT Dallas research centers and an extension of the university’s Venture Development Center. These centers include:
· MINTS (The Multi-Scale Integrated Intelligent Interactive Sensing Consortium)
· COSMO (Center for Smart Mobility)
· IQ Design
· CAIML (Center for Applied AI & Machine Learning)
· BEACONS (Batteries and Energy to Advance Commercialization and National Security)
