Department Of Computer Science & Computer Engineering
Games Technology Research Lab

Computer games have grown from being developed by a small team of people to being major commercial projects produced by number of teams working for years. It is a rapidly growing industry at the leading edge of contemporary development worth multi-billion dollars. Today, computer games have become part of everyday lives and are usually played in real time, allow very complex player interaction and provide a rich and dynamic virtual environment. As the complexity of games has increased, development roles have become defined. So games developers now have clearly marked areas of specialist knowledge and skills.

The Department has developed close links with a number of game companies and government bodies such as Sony Foundation , Microsoft, Tantalus, Torus Games and Multimedia Victoria. With support from the Games Industry, the Department has established a Games Technology Laboratory headed by Dr. John Rankin. This laboratory is an active group of staff and postgraduate researchers involved in exciting research and development in Games Technology. The Laboratory also organises seminars, regular discussion forums and industry presentations.