Research Centers and Labs

The Game Design Future Lab (GDFL) focuses on digital game design, development, infrastructure for games, and emerging media.

The Game Innovation Lab brings together faculty and students from the School of Engineering and the greater NYU community doing research focused on games as an innovation challenge. The Lab's emphasis is on the technical / engineering / science side of games and simulations. Sample projects include user interface innovation (sensor-based tracking, multi-touch), network and video quality research, and research on games for learning.

Located in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the IDM XR Lab provides access to the latest XR equipment and informational workshops and tutorials.

At the Laboratory for Living Interfaces we study the interaction of organisms and their environment through scientific and design enquiries. Through experimental practice, we aim to understand how the design decisions of architects, city planners, and material scientists affect the ubiquitous living component of the spaces we inhabit: the environmental microbiome.

Low Pwr Lab is a research lab focused on climate-resilient, rugged and low-power computing for community-owned solutions, infrastructure & services. Our research focuses on demystifying ubiquitous technologies such as web hosting services and online multimedia platforms and investigating their environmental footprint.  

An interdisciplinary initiative dedicated to the study of disability and the development of accessible, assistive and rehab technologies.

NYU Tandon @ The Yard is a 14,000-square-foot virtual production and AR/VR/XR research facility within the Brooklyn Navy Yard, bringing research-grade emerging technology within reach of media, entertainment, and cultural sectors of the city.