PolyU HiVE (Hybrid Immersive Virtual Environment)

HiVE (Hybrid Immersive Virtual Environment) is the world’s first large-scale X-Reality hybrid classroom developed by PolyU. HiVE adopts fully immersive Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) technology for practical and collaborative learning. HiVE has recently received a Bronze Award at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (Geneva Inventions Expo), in April 2023.
The 6-sided CAVE platform creates an immersive 2D or 3D environment to help students visualise abstract concepts and experience the limitless possibilities of the digital world.
Additionally, this platform provides a virtual training environment that enables students to experience and practice critical hands-on skills in realistic scenarios like fire outbreaks, medical procedures, and aircraft maintenance that are not easily accessible in the actual world.
The Hybrid CAVE also allows teachers to seamlessly switch between face-to-face and immersive teaching, blending virtual technology with conventional learning to enhance students’ learning experience.
HiVE has started supporting PolyU academic departments (including APSS, HTI, BEEE, SN, ENGL, ABCT) in teaching activities since Semester One of 2022/2023 Academic Year.

[@hugocesargomeztone8639]

Excelent project!, could you tell us more about the construction?, the projectors used and things like that?

[@polyuic1204]

Thank you for your interest in the HiVE. HiVE is a tailor-made system including 15 ultra-short flow commercial grade projectors and 22 optical motion tracking cameras like OptiTrack.

[@hugocesargomeztone8639]

@@polyuic1204 thank you for the answer. It means that it is a very low cost cave, compared with the comercial ones!