Alcatel-Lucent and Georgia Tech Develop First Prototype of a Mobile Augmented Reality...

Alcatel-Lucent and Georgia Tech Develop First Prototype of a Mobile Augmented
Reality Interface for 3D Virtual Collaboration Environments
Development result of the Alcatel-Lucent University Innovations Program 4G
Center of Excellence

LAS VEGAS, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CTIA Wireless -- Alcatel-
Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Georgia Institute of Technology
today announced the development of the first widescale distributed mobile
Augmented Reality (AR) - the addition of computer-generated graphic images
onto a real-life environment - interface prototype. The prototype is the
first development resulting from the Alcatel-Lucent 4G Center of Excellence
established in 2007 at Georgia Tech.
As part of the Alcatel-Lucent University Innovations Program, Alcatel-
Lucent and the Georgia Tech Broadband Institute formed a team on the
university campus dedicated to developing sophisticated new gaming and
entertainment applications, identifying the network challenges that accompany
such high-bandwidth applications and creating solutions to those challenges.
Focusing on Augmented Reality, the Alcatel-Lucent and Georgia Tech team
have created a prototype that enables users to collaborate with colleagues in
a virtual world from their mobile device.
"Augmented Reality technology - enabled by new business models for
advertising, social networking and media - merges the physical and the virtual
worlds. Next-generation technology is required to access these high-bandwidth
3D environments so that the mobile device can provide the 'magic window' into
the virtual world," said Jessica Stanley-Yurkovic, vice president of North
America marketing for Alcatel-Lucent. "Our partnership with Georgia Tech and
the work we are doing there is a critical first step toward developing
services and technologies that go beyond today's capabilities toward a next-
generation user experience."
In addition, the team has developed an advanced interface for a
multiplayer online game that enables players to "collect" items from their
favorite TV shows and then share these items with others in the real world
using location and presence information.
"This program is a fine example of interdisciplinary activity at Georgia
Tech," said Nikil Jayant, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and
Director of the Georgia Tech Broadband Institute. "In its role as a forward-
looking industry partner, Alcatel-Lucent is propelling our multi-college
competencies to new levels of technical excellence and relevance."
Additional Augmented Reality concepts will be featured in the Alcatel-
Lucent CTIA booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center Hall C3, #2613.
Alcatel-Lucent University Innovations Program
Alcatel-Lucent is teaming with leading universities to uncover new
opportunities for ultra high bandwidth applications (wireless and wireline) to
help visualize the future. Through this program, Alcatel-Lucent will support
the development of new communications services that bring value to society:
consumers, educational and non-profit institutions, and business. These
applications and services will be based on creating innovations utilizing key
emerging technologies and trends such as convergence, mobility, broadband and
ultra-high bandwidth applications.
About the Broadband Institute
The Georgia Tech Broadband Institute (broadband.gatech.edu) is a
multidisciplinary center that seeks to understand and advance the ever-
evolving array of broadband technologies and services. The Institute brings
together the best minds in academia and industry to define significant
research problems in all aspects of broadband communications. Areas of
expertise span wireless and optical systems and multimedia communications,
including the contemporary themes of sensor networks, cognitive radio,
information security, distribution of personalized content, mobile gaming, and
such residential applications as aging in place.
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that
enable service providers, enterprise and governments worldwide, to deliver
voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in
fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies,
applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that
enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on
the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a
local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global
services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and
innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent
achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007 and is incorporated in France,
with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-
Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
SOURCE Alcatel-Lucent

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dsweeney@alcatel-lucent.com, all of Alcatel-Lucent; or Nikil Jayant,
+1-404-894-7285, jayant@gatech.edu, of The Georgia Tech Broadband Institute