GuestXR calls for social-impact applications integrating extended reality technologies

Project news

GuestXR calls for social-impact applications integrating extended reality technologies Organisations and individuals can now apply to access innovative Extended Reality technologies for the development and implementation of an application addressing societal issues g.tec medical engineering, www.gtec.at GuestXR is a European project that develops an immersive virtual social environment integrating a machine learning agent designed to unlock…

GuestXR - World Haptics conference

Presenting a GuestXR paper at the World Haptics conference

Conferences

Presenting a GuestXR paper at the World Haptics conference Jeanne Hecquard and Claudio Pacchierotti, from project partner Inria, attended the IEEE World Haptics 2023 conference, which took place on July 10th-13th in Delft (the Netherlands). During the event, Jeanne Hecquard, PhD Student at Inria, presented the work “Fostering social empathy in Virtual Reality through physiologically…

Presenting GuestXR during the Sonar festival in Barcelona

Conferences

Presenting GuestXR during the Sonar festival in Barcelona Project partners Umut Sayin, from Eurecat, and Bernhard Spanlang, from Virtual Bodyworks, disseminated GuestXR during the popular Sonar festival, celebrated in Barcelona between June 13th-15th, 2023. The presentation was held on June 15th during the session “Open Mic: Creative tech with social impact”, dedicated to social entrepreneurship…

Partners from Maastricht University run a local symposium on body perception

Local stakholder events

Partners from Maastricht University run a local symposium on body perception Prof. Beatrice de Gelder, project partner from Maastricht University, organised through the Brain and Emotion laboratory the symposium “How body relevance drives brain organization” on June 14th, 2023. The event, where GuestXR research was presented, featured discussions on the topic of body perception from…

GuestXR partners hold a webinar on hate speech in extended reality platforms

Webinars

GuestXR partners hold a webinar on hate speech in extended reality platforms GuestXR partners Dani Shanley, post-doctoral researcher from the University of Maastricht, and Esen Küçüktütüncü, PhD candidate at the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona, recently participated in the webinar “Hate Speech in the Metaverse”, hosted by the Immersive Democracy Project on June 1st, 2023.…

Exhibition of a poster based on GuestXR research during the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting

Exhibition

Exhibition of a poster based on GuestXR research during the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting Vojta Smekal, PhD candidate at Maastricht University, has exhibited a poster based on GuestXR research during the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society held between May 19th-24th, 2023, in St. Pete Beach (Florida, United States). The poster, entitled…

GuestXR real-time pre-processing module introduced during the BCI & Neurotechnology Spring School 2023

Conferences

GuestXR real-time pre-processing module introduced during the BCI & Neurotechnology Spring School 2023 Dr. Christopher Guger, CEO & Founder of g.tec medical engineering GmbH, has participated in the BCI & Neurotechnology Spring School 2023, celebrated in a virtual format on April 17th-26th. During his speech, entitled “The brain-computer interface Universe”, he introduced g.tec’s task within…

GuestXR partners from Reichman University hold a seminar on social and legal implications of Artificial Intelligence

Conferences

GuestXR partners from Reichman University hold a seminar on social and legal implications of Artificial Intelligence GuestXR partners from the Advanced Reality Lab of Reichman University, in collaboration with the Sammy Ofer School of Communication, have organised a symposium on Artificial Intelligence, open to a wide audience, on April 23rd, 2023. The event, which included…