The power of play
A new collaboration between MIT.nano and NCSOFT, a video game development company based in South Korea, will seek to chart the future of how people interact with the world and each other via the latest science and technology for gaming. The creation of the MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program, says Brian W. Anthony, the associate director of MIT.nano, arose out of a series of discussions with NCSOFT, a founding member of the MIT.nano industry consortium. “How do we apply the language of gaming to technology research and education?” Anthony asks. “How can we use its tools — and develop new ones — to connect different domains, give people better ways to collaborate, and improve how we communicate and interact?” As part of the collaboration, NCSOFT will provide funding to acquire hardware and software tools to outfit the MIT.nano Immersion Lab, the facility’s research and collaboration space for investigations in artificial intelligence, virtual...