Carolina Cruz-Neira
Carolina Cruz-Neira | |
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| Alma mater | University of Illinois, Chicago Universidad Metropolitana |
| Occupation | Agere Chair in Computer Science, University of Central Florida |
| Known for | Computer Science and Engineering, CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment Software frameworks for virtual reality application development:CAVELib, VRJugger, Tweek, Maestro. |
| Awards | Member of the National Academy of Engineering, XR Hall of Fame, IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award 2007, Arkansas Research Alliance Scholar |
Carolina Cruz-Neira is an American computer scientist, researcher, designer, educator, and a pioneer of virtual reality (VR). She is known for inventing the cave automatic virtual environment (CAVE). She is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of the IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy, a XR Hall of Fame member, a Modeling & Simulation Hall of Fame member, and a Spark Star of the Museum of Discovery. Currently, she is the Agere Chair Professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF).
Her research interest are real-time visualization software frameworks, virtual environments, and applications in a broad range of disciplines. She is also an artist and dance producer having staged several virtual reality and immersive live dance performances as well as museum interactive installations.
Cruz-Neira was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2018 for contributions to immersive visualization and virtual reality.