Released on December 2, 2021
AdventHealth Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation Greg Welch (left) and Assistant Professor Gerd Bruder from UCF’s Institute for Simulation and Training (right) were honored for their innovative work.

AdventHealth Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation Greg Welch and Assistant Professor Gerd Bruder from UCF’s Institute for Simulation and Training won an Innovation Award at the 2021 TechConnect World Conference for a new way to magnify objects in augmented reality (AR).

Bruder and Welch’s invention, which is awaiting a patent, resulted from research looking for ways to improve wearable headgear people use when entering AR environments. The new tech allows the user to magnify objects in real time, mimicking how our eyes naturally magnify and adjust objects with the blink of an eye.

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