Orlando Metacenter™ industries

AR/VR

• Orlando is home to the largest density of Unity licenses in the U.S.
• Orlando is building the first immersive Digital Twin.
• Orlando is the global epicenter of modeling, simulation and training which is the core of technology to create the metaverse.
• Orlando’s world-class entertainment, theme park and gaming industry provides large talents pools for creative and design.
• The Simulation Learning, Evaluation, Assessment and Research Network (SimLEARN) is the VHA’s program for simulation in health care training. 
• The Central Florida Chapter of the AR/VR Association is one of the largest and most active chapters. 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

• University of Central Florida’s Department of Computer Science employs faculty experts in machine learning and AI.
• Orlando-headquartered AdventHealth partnered with GE Health to open the nation’s largest ‘Mission Control’ command center using AI technology to monitor patients across the entire health care system.  It is the nation’s largest healthcare command center, at over 12,500 square feet with 78 workstations that were designed, built, and installed by Constant Technologies. Currently there are 50 team members on staff, with the available capacity to grow. Mission Control is built to evolve as the system and the needs of the hospital change and progress.
• Siemens’ Orlando operations use a digital twin and AI technology application called MindSphere to simulate power plant models.
• An industry leader in the application of innovative, third-wave, context-informed AI solutions for DoD research and development problems, SoarTech focuses on the development of intelligent software that reasons like humans, to automate complex tasks, simplify human-machine interactions, and model human behaviors. 
• Checkr is a background check company that helps employers hire candidates with criminal backgrounds and uses AI in its process.

optics & photonics | Modeling, simulation & training

3D RECONSTRUCTION

• Orlando has a uniquely competitive position for optics and photonics companies due to its longstanding history in aerospace technology and manufacturing.
• The region’s assets like the University of Central Florida’s College of Optics & Photonics (CREOL) and Central Florida Research Park give these companies a competitive advantage compared to other locations around the world.
• Orlando’s simulation industry is powered by more than 60 years of research and development, a workforce more than 60,000 strong, billions of dollars’ worth of investment and an ecosystem of connected infrastructure and specialized centers of excellence.
• From our early aviation roots as a training center for military pilots and later a community built to win the space race, Orlando’s storyline is one that begins and remains one of a community that welcomes and embraces simulation innovation.
• From aerospace and defense to education, healthcare and gaming, Orlando’s simulation technology sector is behind innovations with global impact.  

GAMING

• Orlando’s playground extends beyond its theme parks and outdoor recreation options into the digital world.
• Fueled by the creative minds behind world-class entertainment technology, Orlando is on the verge of explosive growth in its game technology sector. 
• Orlando houses nationally ranked schools including UCF’s FIEA and Full Sail University, which are consistently ranked every year in the Princeton Review’s Top Game Design Schools.
• The Orlando Game Space is a one stop shop for development and creative projects. Orlando Game Space is community of digital media professionals that provides support, guidance and connections for growing companies at every level.
• Indienomicon is a community that provides a streamlined platform to promote the game development industry with profiles of independent game studios Indienomicon hosts Indie Galactic Space Jam, a space themed game event in partnership with NASA and Space Florida each year.
• The Fortress is home to esports on Full Sail University’s campus. Built to recognize and support Armada – Full Sail’s collegiate-level esports team – The Fortress is a flexible live production space, designed to host everything from friendly campus game events to full competitive collegiate tournaments.

Semiconductors, sensors, network

IOT

• NeoCity, a technology district is Osceola County, Florida, is dedicated to the development of smart sensors, photonics, software applications and process improvements in science and engineering.

• The Center for NeoVation is one of the most technologically advanced manufacturing research centers in the western hemisphere. The Center is currently being utilized by imec, an international research & development organization active in the fields of nanoelectronics and digital technologies, as well as U.S. based foundry Skywater Technologies, which is the current operator of the fabrication facility.

• Skywater Technologies is a one of the country’s only pure-play foundries that combine agile development and quality volume manufacturing with trusted IP security to enable customers efficient development of highly differentiated technologies and rapidly deliver them to market.