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ARTSLab in the News

February 4, 2026

ARTSLab was recently featured in two articles highlighting its work at the intersection of art, technology, and innovation, including student-led projects and a NASA-funded VR initiative.

Read more below:

https://www.dailylobo.com/article/2026/01/unm-artslab-merges-technology-and-art

https://finearts.unm.edu/neon-forge-expanding-immersive-art-through-nasa-funded-vr-innovation/

CITH Workshop: Moon in My Room

Students will learn how to work with PBR materials in Blender and then how to export a 3D asset from Blender for use in Unity. Using this asset, they will then create a small AR application for Android in Unity 6 that will allow them to place the moon in their...