- Calit2 was established in 2000 as a collaborative research institute between UCSD and UCI to bring together faculty from different disciplines to work on emerging technologies through multidisciplinary teams. - It has over 1000 researchers working across both campuses in fields like nanotechnology, biomedicine, digital arts and more. - Calit2 has established numerous partnerships internationally and in industry, and has facilities like clean rooms, virtual reality labs and more that enable cutting edge research. - One example is how Calit2 worked with NASA to reduce the time to receive satellite images during wildfires, and has since used VR to help plan fire response.