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Emerging Analytics Center at UA Little Rock
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The Donaghey Emerging Analytics Center is an academic department within UA Little Rock.
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The results were amazing! These talented students created their own games, and we were thrilled to showcase a beta version of their work at Nerd Night here at UA Little Rock where the campus community got to play what they built.
Students testing the flappy-bird like game they created in Unity 101
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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🎮 The Emerging Analytics Center is proud to partner with Little Rock School District to bring game development education to students!
Unity 101 Course title screen
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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🌍 We were thrilled to welcome Global Ties Arkansas to the Emerging Analytics Center!
October 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Thanks for inspiring our future game developers, Jay!
#MetroLittleRock #UALittleRock #UALR #EAC #MetroHighSchool #LittleRockEducation #GameIndustry #CareerTalk
Group photo of Ms. Regina Howard's Metro High School students in blue polo uniforms standing with guest speaker Jason Zak and EAC colleagues in a classroom. A presentation screen is visible in the background.
October 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Our Metro High School students got an inside look at the video game industry today! 🎮
EAC member Jason Zak shared how he turned his artistic talents into a career in game development. Students learned what it's really like working in this exciting field.
Four adults standing in a school hallway in front of a bulletin board that reads "Embrace the Possibility." From left to right: man in green polo shirt, woman in burgundy blazer, man in light blue dress shirt, and woman in blue polo.
October 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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The EAC developed Terrain 360 as an example of the power of a VR application built around a terrain dataset, revolutionizing the way we analyze geographical features.
Presenter pointing at a large-scale geological visualization showing terrain layers, oil pumps, and subsurface data in vibrant colors within the CAVE immersive display system.
October 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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🌍 Geology Meets Innovation at the EAC! 🚀
The UA Little Rock Geology Department recently experienced Terrain 360 in the Emerging Analytics Center's CAVE system, and it was a game-changer!
Group gathered around an immersive curved screen display showing a realistic outdoor scene with rocks, trees, and a stream in the EAC CAVE virtual environment.
October 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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If you missed the event but grabbed our exclusive Snapchat filter, keep using it to show your Trojan pride! 📸👨‍🍳
Here's to our champions and the amazing UA Little Rock community that supports them!
#UALittleRock #BBQatBailey #TrojanPride #CelebrationofChampions #LittleRockTrojans
Person using the BBQ at Bailey Snapchat filter, featuring a white chef's hat with UA Little Rock branding and a chef's apron graphic with "BBQ @Bailey Celebration of Champions" text, taken inside the Emerging Analytics Center with EAC signage visible in background.
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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What a celebration! 🎉🏆
Thank you to everyone who joined us today for BBQ @ Bailey! It was incredible to see our Trojan community come together to celebrate our championship teams.
Snapcode for the BBQ @ Bailey event filter.
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Join us for BBQ at Bailey on October 8th 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM @ the Bailey Alumni & Friends Center for BBQ, music, and more!🍴🍖
For more information check out the event page at ualr.edu/event/bbq-at...
#UALittleRock #BBQatBailey #TrojanPride #CelebrationofChampions #SnapchatFilter
A smiling man with glasses and a beard shown in a Snapchat filter overlay showing a chef's hat and white apron that reads 'BBQ @ Bailey celebration of CHAMPIONS' and the UA Little Rock EAC logo at the bottom
October 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Check out our NEW filter! 👨‍🍳
The Emerging Analytics Center created an exclusive BBQ @ Bailey Snapchat filter for our Celebration of Champions. Get ready to show your Trojan pride and celebrate our championship teams.
A snapchat QR Code that takes you to our BBQ @ Bailey snapchat filter.
October 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Gameplay that's Hauntingly Fun:
Tap to splat sneaky spooks before they escape
Race against time in this thrilling AR challenge
Watch your score soar with every successful splat
Immersive spectral adventure right in your hands
Screenshot of Spook Splat AR gameplay showing an augmented reality scene with blue ghost characters positioned on circular platforms arranged in a 3x3 grid. The scene includes spooky Halloween decorations like carved pumpkins, bare trees with twisted branches, tombstones, and a large skull decoration in the background. The game interface shows a menu icon, the number 18, and a score of 500 points with a ghost mascot icon. The AR scene is overlaid on a real-world table surface.
October 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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GET READY TO SPLAT! 💥 The Emerging Analytics Center presents AR Spook Splat - now available on the Google Play Store!

👻Enter the Graveyard: Scan our special image target and watch as mischievous ghosts emerge from your screen in spine-tingling augmented reality!
Spook Splat AR menu screen with navigation buttons and a ghost background.
October 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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🚗 BLAST FROM THE PAST 🚗
Throwing it back to an incredible collaboration between the EAC and LRSD Metro Campus! "Automotive Services 360" is an immersive virtual tour of the Automotive Service Program, complete with a car driving simulator game.
Screenshot of Automotive Services 360 driving simulator showing a purple sports car with red taillights on a race track. The track features red and white curbing along the edges, with dramatic mountains and a red sunset sky in the background. The UI displays '10:48' at the top center, 'Back to Tour' button in the top right, and 'Checkpoints: 1/3' in the top right corner.
September 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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🚀 STEM Students - Your Future Starts Here! 🚀
Are you majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math? Don't miss the upcoming STEM Career Fair this fall! Join us to connect directly with employers and explore full-time, part-time, co-op & internship opportunities.
A promotional banner for a STEM Career Fair showing people at information tables in the background. The banner displays "STEM Career Fair" in large black text, with event details "Sept. 25, 2025, Noon -3:00 pm" below. The University of Arkansas Little Rock Career Services logo appears in the bottom right corner on a maroon background.
September 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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EXCITING NEWS! The Emerging Analytics Center is thrilled to announce that Insects AR is now LIVE on the Google Play Store!

What makes it special?
Hold up trading cards and watch incredible insects come to life in augmented reality!
A butterfly on a card with information about butterflies underneath. Insect AR menu screen with navigation buttons and a flora background.
September 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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“Secure Frameworks for User Motion Data in Virtual Reality”
A masters thesis by EAC graduate Jayasri Sai Nikitha Guthula
A person wearing a blue VR headset and red shirt stands against a blue gradient background, pointing upward with one hand while holding a mobile device in the other. They're wearing white shorts and sneakers. Three white-bordered interface elements float around them - two showing blue checkmarks and one displaying what appears to be a mobile device or card. The illustration uses a modern, flat design style with the person casting a shadow on the ground, suggesting an interactive virtual or augmented reality experience.
September 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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From precision motion sensors that capture every gesture to custom-printed objects that bridge the physical and digital worlds, we're exploring how these tools can create more immersive and interactive virtual experiences #EAC #UALittleRock #MotionTracking #3DPrinting #VRResearch
A smiling student wearing a red beanie and red shirt demonstrates experimental VR tracking technology. They're wearing VR goggles with a distinctive red 3D-printed circular tracking device mounted on the front, featuring multiple sensors and components.
August 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Back in 2016, the Emerging Analytics Center team had a fantastic time at The Virtual Reality Summit, organized by the Rising Media which took place from 11th April to the 12th April 2016 at the Javits Center in NYC!
Screenshot of NY1 News broadcast transcript from April 24, 2016, showing a news anchor in a hospital gown holding a tablet, with the story discussing virtual reality applications in medical education and the Emerging Analytics Center's VR prototypes displayed at the Virtual Reality Summit. Trade show booth scene with a person wearing VR goggles while seated, surrounded by several attendees observing the demonstration. A laptop is visible on a white tablecloth-covered table, and exhibition banners are visible in the background at the Javits Center.
August 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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From deconstruction to Unity integration, it's this blend of technical curiosity and collaborative learning that drives innovation at the Emerging Analytics Center.
#UALittleRock #EAC #InnovativeTech #SenseGlove #NovaHaptic
A blue SenseGlove Nova haptic glove worn on a hand, showing the device's fingertip sensors and wrist-mounted control unit against a carpeted floor background. Disassembled SenseGlove Nova haptic glove showing internal components including wiring, sensors, and mechanical parts, with the blue outer shell opened to reveal the technology inside on a wooden desk surface.
August 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The Fall Semester is here and the Emerging Analytics Center is ready to roll! Our team is buzzing with excitement as we welcome students back for another incredible year of data-driven discovery.
#EmergingAnalytics #UALittleRock #InnovativeTech #CAVE #EAC
Students standing inside a CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) immersive VR system, observing a projected virtual dinosaur skeleton display. The room-sized cube has projectors creating a 3D virtual environment on multiple walls and the floor, with colorful projected imagery visible. A control panel on the right shows 'Cadaver Controls' with options to manipulate the virtual specimen.
August 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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We had the pleasure of hosting the second week of Episcopal Collegiate School’s 3D Animation Camp at the Emerging Analytics Center (EAC) from July 14 -18.
August 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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On Wednesday, July 30, the Girls Who Code campers had an amazing time at the Emerging Analytics Center, diving into the world of cutting-edge virtual reality technology!
August 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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🎉 Huge shoutout to all the brilliant minds who joined us for the EAC's VR Summer Camp 2025! 🚀
Locked in and leveling up! One of our VR Summer Camp students dives into an immersive experience using the Meta Quest 3. We love seeing that spark when the virtual world clicks. Collaboration in action! Our VR Summer Camp students worked together to design, build, and test their virtual creations in Unity. From coding to playtesting, this team brought serious creativity to the table!
August 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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The Summer Laureate University for Youth (SLUFY) students had an incredible experience at the Emerging Analytics Center, where they explored cutting-edge virtual reality technology!
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM