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The City of Calgary has officially unveiled the Council-approved Wave Tech Centre on Monday.
According to the city, the centre was funded with contributions from Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) through its Regional Innovation Ecosystems program. The centre is located in a renovated ground floor space in the city-owned Andrew Davison building downtown.
“As part of the Smart Cities program led by The City’s Information Technology team, Wave Tech Centre is a facility designed to help City teams explore new and emerging technologies to enhance the lives of Calgarians”, says the city of Calgary.
“Through experimentation, city employees can gain a deeper understanding of how technology can improve the services they deliver and help the city adopt innovative solutions for our community.”
The Wave Tech Centre includes a Virtual Reality (VR) immersion room designed to “push the boundaries of how we experience and interact with virtual reality.” It also includes an advanced high composure infrastructure and a robofabrication.
Calgarians will also have access to emerging technologies for experimentation including digital fabrication, augmented and virtual reality equipment and virtual reality equipment, artificial intelligence, quantum infrastructure, internet of thing, cloud computing and software, says City of Calgary.
The centre will accelerate the digital transformation of city services to offer modernized services that will help make life better every day for Calgarians. Wave Tech will also inform city investment decisions and maximize the return on investment for our organization.
City of Calgary has organized a multi-day launch event which kicked off on Oct. 21, 2024 and runs until Oct. 30, 2024.
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