Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid

COMPUTERWORLD magazine has granted the 2016 Computerworld Award for Innovation in Education to the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). This award highlights the platform UPM Virtual Labs, an initiative that considers at the forefront of technological transformation in education.

The jury has taken into consideration the efforts made by the University to incorporate advances and opportunities offered technological transformation in such a critical sector for society as education. In this sense, COMPUTERWORLD has valued the platform UPM Virtual Laboratory, which provides laboratory practices to their students through Internet.

This award, given each year, is a recognition to the company or agency that more effort has shown in the dissemination and use of information technology and, ultimately, is a further step in the consolidation of the Digital society.

COMPUTERWORLD Awards, now in its twenty-first edition, try to distinguish individuals, companies and institutions related to the sector of Information Technology for the work done over the last year.

The COMPUTERWORLD Awards 2016 will take place the 29th of September, at 19.30, at a ceremony to be held at the Hotel Ritz in Madrid.

Faster and safer 3D practices

3D Service Laboratories UPM is a platform that allows students of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid perform laboratory practices virtually, from anywhere with an internet connection through an avatar or virtual character. The system facilitates the development of these practices, accelerating virtually processes that in real life can take a long time, it allows safe practices (for example, in the case of nuclear technology) and optimizes the use of facilities.

Students create an avatar or virtual character that can function in laboratories where the practices are carried out and interact with other users in virtual meeting rooms, video rooms and recreational areas.

The Cabinet of Tele-Education (GATE-UPM) is responsible for the development of this platform, built on open source OpenSim software, managed in conjunction with professorate of the UPM.

Learn more about the Virtual Labs in the web http://3dlabs.upm.es