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  • 02 December 2024
    Designing VR experiences on mobile devices for hospital education
    In our latest research, we focused on hospital hygiene procedures, and evaluated four different designs to leverage Virtual Reality training on tablets and smartphones. The results have been just published in the prestigious IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies and focus especially on how to best embed the traditional e-learning test questions into the virtual experience.
  • 15 May 2024
    VR Biofeedback for anxiety mitigation: not just a placebo
    We created a biofeedback experience that allows users to control several elements and events in virtual reality through breathing (speed and depth), heart rate, and skin conductance as shown in this video. A study that has just appeared in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies shows that our VR biofeedback has anxiety mitigation effects superior to placebo and also increases sense of presence in VR.