The INI-GraphicsNet (International Network of Institutions for Advanced Education, Training and R&D in Computer Graphics Technology, Systems and Applications) builds worldwide one of the greatest centers for new Media and forms of communications - including the related of information and application technology.

At the locations Darmstadt, Rostock, Guimarães (Portugal), Providence and Omaha (USA), San Sebastian (Spain), Seoul (South Korea), Singapore and Trento (Italy), more than 370 employees and about 550 part-time researchers gather an annual volume of research of 40 million EURO.

The center of this network of research is Darmstadt. Beside the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD) it comprises also the Computer Graphics Center (ZGDV) and the Interactive Graphics Systems Group (GRIS) as well as the INI-GraphicsNet Foundation. Prof. Dr.-Ing. José L. Encarnação is the initiator and director of the INI-GraphicsNet.

The research of the INI-GraphicsNet has its main focus on applied mission oriented research up to the development of technology and application prototypes, respectively. The network cooperates intensely with local universities. Because of the decentral network structure the INI-GraphicsNet have access to a wide spectrum of core competencies, qualified expertise and important high ranking research results, from the top of the international development. A large number of spin-off corporations further develop the prototypical research into marketable products.