Digital Design Studio

[8] The DDS also has secured research grants from the EPSRC;[9] and NESTA;[10][11] AHRC;[12][13] Scottish Enterprise;[14][15] the EU FP6&7, and an RCUK Academic Fellowship.

[16] In 2010, in collaboration with NHS Education for Scotland, the DDS set up two networked research centres located in Inverness and Stornoway.

[17] Each research centre was equipped with a passive stereo projection suite and a range of haptic devices in order to deliver medical training.

[19] 2D and 3D Dentistry project Funded by NHS Education for Scotland and in collaboration with the University of Glasgow and the Centre for Health Science, this project is in the process of producing detailed virtual anatomy of the human head and neck for anatomical training, a series of training videos for best practice in decontamination in dentistry.

DDS is in partnership with ARUP Acoustics [35] and working on various research projects related to sound and auralization, including SoundLab [36] and modelling virtual concert halls for music rehearsal [37]