The University of West Florida recently opened a new $31 million science and engineering building featuring a 985 square foot holodeck installed by NavTech (1). The holodeck allows students to become virtual characters representing themselves in an interactive 3D world (2). The four-story building contains 22 labs, 11 classrooms, offices, and meeting rooms to support the newly developed science and engineering department (3).

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Distributed on February 28, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Holodeck at UWF
PENSACOLA, Fla.- The students of the newly developed science and engineering department welcomed
a new $31 millionbuilding designed and built last February that features a 985 square ftholodeck
installed by NavTech.
The holodeck provides a 3-D, interactive, virtual world in which students are able to become characters
that represent themselves in a virtual world. The holodeckbuilding stands four-stories high and
features 22 labs, 11 classrooms, along with office space and meeting rooms. Technologies are already
used in military, government, medicine, psychology, industry and networked entertainment programs,
and are now at the hands of the students at the University of West Florida.
Director of the School of Science and Engineering,Leo terHaar said, “The department may look like it’s
about fancy equipment and exotic labs.” But quickly added, “It’s really about teaching and learning,
scholarship and creativity, service and community.”
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