The University of Washington’s CoMotion innovation hub has quietly announced that it’s closing public access to its MakerSpace and shrinking its headquarters, which launched with fanfare just three years ago as an incubator focused on virtual and augmented reality startups.
UW officials said their primary obligation is to serve the students, staff and faculty of the university and that their needs will continue to be met. The changes, said CoMotion director François Baneyx, are driven in part by the creation of three new student-focused makerspaces on campus. The reorganization will create efficiencies and “synergies” with other UW initiatives.
