UPM offers the 3d Labs service which is a platform that allows students to carry out laboratory practices virtually, that is, from anywhere with internet access. Virtual labs or actual classroom practices emulate several purposes:

• Facilitate realization anytime through Internet
• Virtually accelerate processes in real life require lengthy periods
• Improve the utilization of facilities, classrooms and available physical resources and save costs in laboratory consumables
• Bid practices otherwise would not be possible for safety reasons (for example, in the case of nuclear technology)

The student or user, through his avatar (your character in the virtual world) can do internships within the space created for this purpose. Upon entering the Grid, the avatar is a central welcome, consisting of central buildings and a virtual meeting point as well as a region or island for each project, where, besides laboratories which perform the virtual practice, the avatar can evolve and interact with other users in virtual meeting rooms, video rooms and recreational areas.

The platform is built on open source software OpenSim. The laboratories have been housed in the local center servers while a common system, GridLabUPM, the links and manages technically integrated manner. The architecture is therefore decentralized.

The GATE service is entrusted with the technical management of the platform, support and counseling, support for projects by fellow staff and other actions to promote this service.

Some laboratories have labels indicating:

• [working]: The laboratory is operational and running.
• [in cosntruccion]: Still it is not available and can not access it.
• [beta]: A laboratory tests. You can access the lab but this might still not work perfectly. If you detect a problem, you can contact us via the form on this same portal.

Open Labs

Some labs are accessible not only for UPM students but for anyone who wants to work with them. We call them "Open Laboratories ".

You can access these laboratories and make practical proposals whenever the schedule allows the subject.