๐ Big congrats to Jannis Steinert for successfully defending his Master's thesis on Adaptive Human-Robot Collaboration with LPS @RUB Bochum! ๐ค
His eye-tracking research links gaze patterns to operator cognitive states โ paving the way for smarter, adaptive robots! ๐๏ธโจ
#KlaesLab #Robotics
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Save the Date: VR Summit 2026 returns to Bochum! ๐
๐ ๏ธ VRS Hackathon: Oct 10โ11
๐ค VRSummit: Oct 12โ13
๐ Bochum, Germany
We are bringing the XR community back together for four days of innovation and networking. Clear your schedule, you won't want to miss this. ๐
#VRSummit2026 #XR #VRresearch
Submit here: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
#VR #Neuroscience #Embodiment #Science #VRresearch
๐ฅฝ Call for Papers: Virtual Bodies for Real Humans
We are hosting a new Research Topic in Frontiers in Virtual Reality! Hosted by Christian Klaes, Michael Wiesing & Art Pilacinski.
We're looking for research on embodiment, phantom touch & the emotional impact of avatars. ๐ง โจ
Huge congratulations to Dr. Aline Xavier Fidรชncio for successfully defending her PhD thesis! ๐โจ
On Nov 10th, Aline presented her work on "Machine learning-based strategies for detection and application of neurobiological error-related reinforcement signals in BCIs." ๐ง ๐ค
Not even a year until the next VRSummit and VRS Hackathon!
@vrsummit.bsky.social
For those who have missed this year's Summit, here are videos of most of the talks. #VRresearch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hbI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=29M_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4zL...
Aaand the awesome @melslater.bsky.social concludes this year's VRS leaving everyone inspired!
#vrneurosky @vrsummit.bsky.social
VRS25 Day 2:t's time for our afternoon Keynote! ๐ Presenting now: Martin Edwards.
#VRSummit2025 #VRresearch
Joining us (ONLINE) right now: Shunichi Kasahara! ๐ป Day 2 #VRSummit2025
Up now: Tom Froese! His talk is starting. #VRSummit2025 #VRresearch
Great kickoff at the VR Summit. Keynote highlights: Zillah Watson is presenting!
#VR #XRโ
They are starting! Live on stage the legendary @vrneuroscience.bsky.social telling participants their challenge @vrsummit.bsky.social
Time to kick off the VRS Hackathon @vrsummit.bsky.social
๐ VRS Hackathon 2025โprizes revealed!
โฐ Registration closes in 2 days (Oct 17)
๐ PICO 4 Ultra Enterprise + 500 โฌ + 5ร UnitedXR Europe tickets
๐ RUB-Makerspace | ๐๏ธ Oct 18โ19 (VR Summit Oct 20โ21)
๐ Register now: vrs.rub.de
#VRresearch
Build XR that feels realโpush haptics to the limit and redefine touch in VR. ๐
๐ Register: vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/hackathon-2025
#VRSummit2025 #SenseGlove #HapticGloves #VRHackathon #XRInnovation #Bochum
๐ Partner Announcement: SenseGlove joins VRS Hackathon 2025! ๐ค
What this means for our hackathon participants:
โข Nova 2 hands-on (wireless haptics: palm, force, vibro)
โข Mentorship from the team
โข Possibility of doing internships at SenseGlove
โข Chance to support the EU PRESENCE Project
#VRresearch
Ten days until VR Summit 2025! โณ
Neuroscientists, clinicians, devs & researchers exploring how XR reshapes cognition, learning, perception & healing. ๐ง ๐
Hackathon 18โ19 Oct โข Conference 20โ21 Oct
Register Now: vrs.rub.de
#VRSummit2025 #VRresearch #VirtualReality #Neuroscience #ImmersiveTech
Our next #Speaker_Spotlight for VRS25 โจ
โข Christina โXaosPrincessโ Kinne โ social VR artist
โข Michael Barngrover โ XR4Europe; XR dev & community builder
โข Tianyuan Zhang โ XR/VR artist; creator of โSensing Natureโ
Oct 20โ21 ยท Rotunde Bochum
Register: vrs.rub.de
#VRSummit #XR #VRresearch
๐ Only 15 days left until VRS Hackathon 2025!
Join us Oct 18โ19 at RUB Makerspace Bochum for 32 hours of haptic VR innovation. We'll explore haptic VR with cutting-edge headsets & gloves.
๐ RUB Makerspace, OโWerk Bochum, Germany
๐ Register: vrs.rub.de
#VRSHackathon #HapticFeedback #VRresearch
@panxueni.bsky.social
VR is more than techโitโs people. ๐ฅ
Prof. Xueni Pan (Goldsmiths, UoL) shares why sheโs excited for VR Summit 2025: a community of CS, neuroscience & creators using VR to make the world better.
What makes a great tech conference?
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: vrsummit.rub.de
#VRSummit2025 #VR #VRresearch
VRS Hackathon poster: โVRS HACKATHON โ Oct 18โ19, 2025 | Bochumโ with students wearing VR headsets, large PICO logo, and Ruhr-Universitรคt Bochum (RUB) branding.
๐ Weโre partnering with PICO XR for #VRS25 in Bochum! PICO is sponsoring the Hackathon (Oct 18โ19) and contributing a PICO 4 Ultra Enterprise headset for the winning team.
Join us Oct 18โ21: vrs.rub.de/hackathon-2025
#PICO #VR #VRSummit #Hackathon #VRresearch
@andyfidel.bsky.social
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๐ฉ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ โ Oct 20โ21, 2025 โข Rotunde Bochum
๐ vrs.rub.de
#VRSummit #VRresearch #XR #HCI #GameStudies #Bochum #RUB
๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ #SpeakerSpotlight ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ! โจ
We are honored to present:
โข Shunichi Kasahara โ Sony Computer Science Laboratories (virtual)
โข Gundolf S. Freyermuth โ Co-founder & Prof. (emeritus), Cologne Game Lab,TH Kรถln (virtual)
โข Andy Fidel โ CEO & Creative Strategist, Spatial Networks (virtual)
๐
Oct 20โ21, 2025 โข Rotunde Bochum
๐ Registration: vrsu.rub.de
#VRSummit #VRresearch #XR #HCI #AR #Bochum #RUB
Meet our next #SpeakerSpotlight for VR Summit 2025! โจ
Weโre honored to present:
โข Tiare Feuchtner โ University of Konstanz
โข Tom Froese โ Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
โข Skip Rizzo โ USC Institute for Creative Technologies (Medical VR Lab) (presenting virtually)
#VRresearch
๐จ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ: Posters & Demos now due ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ!
Submit โ vrsummit.rub.de/submit
Join us in Bochum ๐ฎ๐ฌโ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฐ๐ for ๐ฉ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ โ where XR meets human cognition.
#VRresearch
@vrneuroscience.bsky.social
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