The Gail Rubini
New Media Design Lab

Where students design the future.

About the Lab

The Rubini Lab is located in the FSU Innovation Hub at the heart of the University on Landis Green. It is available for use by all FSU students, faculty, and staff. The lab supports digital creative design and prototyping including immersive design in XR, 2D design in Adobe Suite, and 3D design in Unity and Unreal. The Rubini Lab now offers interdisciplinary classes, workshops, and one-on-one mentoring opportunities in new and immersive media design.

Combined with the other resources at the Hub - the Digital Fablab, Electronics Lab, and collaborative workspaces, the Rubini Lab serves a critical role in FSU's design ecosystem as we work to educate, inspire, and support our students in designing solutions to the vexing, complex and wicked challenges of our day using Design Thinking and emerging technologies.

The Gail Rubini New Media Design Lab was made possible through a generous gift from Gail Rubini.

Equipment

  • 14 - 3D Design Workstations

    Alienware Aurora R15’s with 38” curved displays

  • 14 - High-end VR Headsets

    Vive XR Elite

  • 6 - 2D Design Workstations

    Microsoft Surface Studio

  • 6 - 3D Printing Workstations

    with CAD software.

  • XR Demo Spaces

    Several open spaces for using and demonstrating VR apps with hi-def displays.

  • 12 - Assorted VR and AR Headsets

    Oculus Rift, Quest 2, Vive, Magic Leap, Hololens, Google Glass

  • 4K Projection Experiences

    Epson EpiqVision Ultra LS800

Software

  • The Lab offers a variety of development software and tools used for making immersive and interactive media

    • Unity

    • Unreal

    • Godot

    • Git

    • Visual Studios

    • Notepad++

    • Python x64 3

  • The Lab offers a range of 3D design software that empowers students to create cutting edge environments and assets

    • Autodesk Revit, Fusion, and Maya

    • Blender

  • The 2D design resources offered by the Lab allow students to develop materials and resources to enhance their creative skills.

    • Adobe Creative Suite

    • Inkscape

    • GIMP

Gail Rubini

(1950 - 2022)
Professor Emeritus, FSU Department of Art

An artist and designer working in the field of new media and publishing in interactive media, Gail Rubini was focused on collaborative projects in visualization and public installation work that includes video and sound. Rubini worked with FSU for over 20 years. She was Chair of the Art Department for her first six years and moved into the classroom to teach design courses in 1995. Gail felt that designers are an integral part of our lives and expanding use of design has come to dominate public space. She felt that her time here was a wonderful opportunity to teach students design and Gail saw many of them become successful professionals in the field.

Gail was more than an artist and teacher; she was a mentor, colleague and dreamer. She cared deeply for the many students who passed through her life and made an impact on far more individuals than she realized. Gail’s fierce passion for design and teaching is commemorated and perpetuated through the Gail Rubini New Media Design Lab and the many teachers and students it supports.