The Game Research and Immersive Design (GRID) Lab serves as an innovative and creative center for students, faculty, and staff research and project development. Its focus is the research and development of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experience and technology, serious and educational games, simulations, computer animation, and motion capture. The GRID Lab provides Ohio University with the personnel, facilities, and tools to create such interactive digital media and technologies.
20+
student employees each semester
$7+ million
funded in grants
6,000 sq ft
facility open 24/7
Virtual Reality and Game Development
Prof. John Bowditch, GRID Lab Director, explains how our new major in VR and game development blends technology, creativity and storytelling.
Creating Interactive Digital Media
The GRID Lab focuses on the research and development of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences and technology, serious and educational games, simulations, computer animation, and motion capture.