Welcome to the Duderstadt Center’s “living room”. Come and enjoy our newest resource.
Open Hours:
Design Lab 2 is open 24/7
Location: 1365 Duderstadt Center
Contact: designlabsInfo@umich.edu
Digital Media Development
Design Lab 2 is outfitted with flexible Windows workstations that can have custom software or hardware installed by request in order to meet the needs of student project teams leveraging the space for digital development. These workstations are equipped with VR-capable graphics cards and VR headsets and are intended to also support a variety of peripheral devices that students may wish to incorporate into their digital project pipelines. Additionally, the space includes large digital displays suitable for presentation, media editing or livestreaming making it an effective location for events that highlight playable demos, new technologies or screenings to a large audience.
Design Lab 2 features:
- XR stations for development and demonstrations
- Meta Quest Pro VR Headset w/
- HP Z2 Tower G4 Intel Xeon E-2136 6C 80W CPU
- 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 2666
- NVIDIA Quadro 8GB RTX 4000
- Z Turbo Drive 512GB
- Meta Quest 2 VR Headset w/
- Dell Alienware New x15 R2
- Meta Quest Pro VR Headset w/
- Curved Ultrawide 37” displays for media editing & presentation (byo laptop)
- Large 3D capable digital displays
- Stereo turntable with USB
- Design Lab Software List
Meeting
Students, you are welcome to gather here to collaborate with others, play games, rehearse or warm up for recordings, hold student group or club meetings, play vinyl records or digital files, or watch films.
We invite project teams, clubs and classes to gather here in the company of others. DMC Fellows on site during staffed hours will help facilitate the sharing of resources.
Ad hoc meetings: Open to all when the room is not in use. The room may be closed for regularly scheduled classes or events, if so you may need to wait until the event is finished to enter.
Regular meetings: Clubs, project teams and select classes may request regular meeting times. Groups that need the Lab’s resources receive priority. To submit your request for a regular meeting time, please contact dc-scheduling@umich.edu.
Presenting
Clubs and academic units are invited to join the DMC and its Duderstadt Center Partners in presenting public events in Design Lab 2.
We host workshops, design competitions, project showcases, special guest speakers, screenings, design reviews, and more (what ideas do you have?). Maximum attendance is 25 – 40 guests, depending on the event’s activities.
To schedule an event in DL2, please send email with who/what/when details to dc-scheduling@umich.edu.