The lab is equipped with 25 state-of-the-art multimedia workstations from Alienware, loaded with a variety of software and hardware tools necessary to support media creation. Each station is dual monitor touch screen enabled, with high speed network to the campus backbone, and numerous network segmentation elements to provide for a variety of experimental scenarios. Software is similarly current, with latest releases of the Adobe Creative Cloud, the Autodesk Entertainment Suite, Unity, Visual Studio Ultimate, and a host of over a hundred other software tools and packages. Each station is also dual-formatted for use with Linux and open source tools, which enables developers to experiment across platforms and browsers. Furthermore, the lab is the home of the Mobile Zone @ MAGIC, and provides phones, tablets, and devices of several varieties, as well as a plethora of other devices including the Raspberry PI, the Oculus Rift, the Leap Motion controller, a Steam Machine, and several other platforms both current and historical. Media is increasingly moving off of the desktop and onto an ever wider array of platforms, and this trend is reflected throughout the design and deployment of the laboratory. Even at a place like RIT, where high technology can seem commonplace, the laboratory stands out as a resource, a facility which represents capability and commitment to our mission. It is a place of building, and thus a place of learning.
