Menu
Salina Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Home
  • Visit Salina
    • What To Do
    • Where To Stay
    • Where To Eat
    • Transportation
      • Fly Salina
    • Sports
      • Survey VS USA Wrestiling
      • HapDumont9UStateBaseball
    • Meeting & Event Planners
      • RFPs
    • Salina A&E Calendar
    • Arts in Salina
    • Salina Visitors Guide
    • Visitor Request Info
    • Visit Salina Blog
  • Community Info
    • Imagine Salina
    • Entertainment Calendar
    • Community Calendar
    • Chamber Calendar
    • Chamber International Trips
    • Smoky Hill Silver
    • Coupons
  • Get Involved
    • Blue Coat Ambassadors
    • Leadership Salina
    • 2025 Mid America Farm Expo
    • Salina Area Young Professionals
    • Salina Military Affairs Council
    • Volunteer
  • Membership
    • 2025 Annual Membership Meeting
    • Business Directory
    • Inquire About Membership
    • Member Only Events
    • Membership Benefits
    • ChamberNET Mailings
    • Business Hall of Fame
      • BHOF Nomination Form
    • Member Login
  • Economic Development
    • Imagine Salina
    • Legislative Advocacy
    • Project OPEN
    • Plan Room
    • Aviation Innovation & Maintenance Center
  • News
    • Chamber Connection Newsletter
    • Social Media
    • Biz Buzz
    • Salina Business 365
  • About Us
    • Board of Directors
    • Meet Our Team
    • Contact Us
    • Career Opportunity
  • KANSAS YP Summit 2025
    • Sponsors
    • Registration
    • Lodging and Community Info
  • Home
  • Visit Salina
    • What To Do
    • Where To Stay
    • Where To Eat
    • Transportation
      • Fly Salina
    • Sports
      • Survey VS USA Wrestiling
      • HapDumont9UStateBaseball
    • Meeting & Event Planners
      • RFPs
    • Salina A&E Calendar
    • Arts in Salina
    • Salina Visitors Guide
    • Visitor Request Info
    • Visit Salina Blog
  • Community Info
    • Imagine Salina
    • Entertainment Calendar
    • Community Calendar
    • Chamber Calendar
    • Chamber International Trips
    • Smoky Hill Silver
    • Coupons
  • Get Involved
    • Blue Coat Ambassadors
    • Leadership Salina
    • 2025 Mid America Farm Expo
    • Salina Area Young Professionals
    • Salina Military Affairs Council
    • Volunteer
  • Membership
    • 2025 Annual Membership Meeting
    • Business Directory
    • Inquire About Membership
    • Member Only Events
    • Membership Benefits
    • ChamberNET Mailings
    • Business Hall of Fame
      • BHOF Nomination Form
    • Member Login
  • Economic Development
    • Imagine Salina
    • Legislative Advocacy
    • Project OPEN
    • Plan Room
    • Aviation Innovation & Maintenance Center
  • News
    • Chamber Connection Newsletter
    • Social Media
    • Biz Buzz
    • Salina Business 365
  • About Us
    • Board of Directors
    • Meet Our Team
    • Contact Us
    • Career Opportunity
  • KANSAS YP Summit 2025
    • Sponsors
    • Registration
    • Lodging and Community Info

K-State Salina and Pure Imagination Studios announce $41 Million Spatial Computing Studio and Learning center

9/1/2023

0 Comments

 
Picture
Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus, in partnership with Pure Imagination Studios, the Salina Airport Authority and the state of Kansas, will establish a $41 million, one-of-a-kind spatial computing studio and learning center.
As announced by the Kansas Department of Commerce and Pure Imagination Studios, the Kansas Advanced Immersive Research for Emerging Systems, or K-AIRES, will house the headquarters for Pure Imagination Labs on the K-State Salina campus.

The $41 million project is the most significant investment in the campus's infrastructure to date. This project will add a new three-story, approximately 55,000-square-foot facility that will bring with it more than 100 new jobs to the Salina area and propel the community to the forefront of the spatial computing industry.

The studio and learning center at K-State Salina will feature state-of-the-art equipment and immersive technology that will enable the studio to transform the education experience and establish new frontiers. The new facility will allow faculty and researchers to leverage immersive environments to reimagine what 21st-century education should be: the hands-on application of embedded industry projects with collaborative, multidisciplinary problem solving driving the learning experience.

"K-AIRES brings world-leading simulation and artificial intelligence capabilities to the major industry sectors of Kansas, with a heightened focus on aerospace, advanced manufacturing and defense," said Alysia Starkey, K-State CEO and dean. "Once complete, this facility will provide exciting and engaging ways to educate and train students in the enabling technologies of the future. We also expect large-scale research grants, sponsored research projects and targeted industry partnerships to support the growth of local and state workforce and economic development."

Spatial computing is an overarching term encompassing digital encounters that relate to objects and positions within the physical world. This incorporates augmented reality, mixed reality and virtual reality simulations of real-world places.

"This transformative technology is set to revolutionize every facet of the industry, from education and storytelling to public safety," said Joshua Wexler, co-founder of Pure Imagination Studios. "The choice to anchor the studio at K-State Salina stems from the institution's thriving ecosystem and the state's resolute commitment to challenging the status quo. This partnership stands as an investment in the local community and economy with the potential to propel Kansas to the forefront of the spatial computing industry."

Pure Imagination Studios is an award-winning independent entertainment studio best known for combining proprietary technology with groundbreaking storytelling. They develop original content and work with some of Hollywood's most recognized entertainment studios, including DreamWorks, FOX, The LEGO Group, Netflix, Marvel Entertainment and Warner Bros.

"We are establishing the world's first-of-its-kind spatial computing studio and training facility," said Wexler. "It is an innovation hub at the forefront of the fourth industrial revolution ... Together, we aspire to reshape the narrative of human progress, leaving an indelible legacy of positive change."

The new facility is planned to break ground in late fall 2023.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Salina Area Chamber of Commerce

    Archives

    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    May 2022
    February 2022
    December 2021
    June 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Salina Area Chamber of Commerce.  All Rights Reserved.
120 W. Ash  |  Salina, KS 67401
P: 785.827.9301 | [email protected] | sitemap
MemberClicks