The meta-Innovation Center enhances the information and intelligence capabilities, big data visualization, and electro-optical-mechanical integration of Fudan University’s laboratory buildings. Focusing on in-depth integration of fields like machine vision, digital arts, and psychological and behavioral sciences, it provides students with a cutting-edge hands-on environment. The Center features several thematic labs, each dedicated to specific areas including AI, VR/AR applications, digital arts, LIDAR, machine vision, and biomimetic design. Supported by public services such as CNC machining and 3D printing, these labs have created a comprehensive, multi-tiered ecosystem for innovative practice, promoting the blending of disciplines and diversifying skill sets.

The Fudanverse is Fudan University’s teaching metaverse that incorporates advanced AI technology within a multiplayer immersive virtual simulation platform. This self-developed 3D virtual space offers high-fidelity, real-time simulations of various devices and the underlying physics algorithms for experiments, successfully addressing safety challenges like accidental radiation exposure and equipment damage. Utilizing WAN multi-client synchronization technology, the Fudanverse supports simultaneous online interaction for over 100 participants. It is also compatible with various devices, greatly enhancing accessibility to immersive learning. In its virtual labs, students enjoy extensive experimental freedom under the remote guidance of teachers and can even simulate the consequences of operational errors. This boundaryless educational model significantly broadens the temporal and spatial limits of education, opening new avenues for exploring the correlation between teaching outcomes and methodologies.