A new gaming policy is being implemented on a test basis at UW Seattle’s Odegaard Learning Commons (OUGL) in response to numerous complaints by students unable to access a computer to complete their academic work. Effective May 1, gaming is prohibited on computers in OUGL from 11:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to take a brief confidential survey to provide feedback on the policy, which will be reviewed this summer.

Computer science researchers at UW and Cornell are using latest vision algorithms to process a collection of digital photos into 3-D building reconstructions, reports the New York Times. To acquire photos in every part of the world and increase the quality of current 3-D models, people worldwide are playing the PhotoCity game, and its iPhone version, a capture-the-flag-type competition. See Mary Gates Hall and more. Read The Daily article (March 30, 2010).