News
April 30, 2024
Today, our group participated in the event Xperimenta UA 2024. We received various students interested in learning more about XR technology.
April 25, 2024
Recently, VAR Lab members Beatriz Sousa Santos, Bernardo Marques, and Samuel Silva were present at Eurographics 2024, where they presented their educational papers:
"An Overview of Teaching a Virtual and Augmented Reality Course at Postgraduate Level for Ten Years"
"Tackling Diverse Student Backgrounds and Goals while Teaching an Introductory Visual Computing Course at M.Sc. Level"
April 23, 2024
For the next six months, VAR Lab will receive Walbert, a Colleague from Brazil, who will stay with us to learn more about our research interests and develop his technical skills.
April 19, 2024
Today we received PhD students in Rehabilitation from ESSUA, who were interested in learning more about what VAR Lab does, as well as trying some of our demos.
April 16, 2024
Today, our team was in the Rovisco Pais Rehabilitation Center to conduct a new user study with stroke survivors and healthcare professionals.
April 12, 2024
This week, Professor Paulo Dias was present at Laval Virtual 2024, where he had the chance to explore the most recent industry trends, as well as try new hardware devices.
April 9, 2024
In the scope of the Human-Computer Interaction Course, our students are currently conducting their first paper prototype evaluations, aiming to collect feedback that will guide their design and development process for the high-fidelity prototypes later in the semester.
March 25, 2024
Recently, Researcher Bernardo Marques visited Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania, where he had the opportunity to learn more about their own Virtual and Augmented Reality Research group, led by Professor Tomas Blazauskas, as well as share ideas on similar topics of research.
March 12, 2024
Recently, Professor Paulo Dias taught an open lecture on Virtual and Augmented Reality at ESTGA, elaborating on the research conducted at the VAR Lab research group.
March 8, 2024
This Week, Professor Beatriz Sousa Santos and Researcher Bernardo Marques taught an invited lecture on the use of Virtual Reality for Stroke Rehabilitation at ESSUA.
March 1, 2024
Last week, Professor Paulo Dias participated in the event “Meeting with the Scientist”, where he introduced young students from Aveiro to the VAR Lab interests. Will they be joining us in a few years? We sincerely hope so!
February 28, 2024
Also this week, our team spend some time at the Bosch Factory, where we continue to pursue the use of Pervasive AR for Industry scenarios.
February 27, 2024
This week, we had the opportunity to test the Oculus Quest 3 at our laboratory. We had a wonderful time with the equipment, it seems quite promising for the future of XR technologies.
February 14, 2024
This month, our researcher Tiago Araújo started giving classes at ESAN. All the best for you in this new adventure!
January 29, 2024
We end January with a team-building event, joining new faces with some senior collaborators of the VAR Lab.
January 26, 2024
Today, Beatriz and Bernardo participated in the the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Innovation, Research & Experiences in Education (SOIREE), where they presented an overview of the Virtual and Augmented Reality Class, which is currently celebrating its 10th Edition.
January 19, 2024
During the winter holidays, our laboratory went through some changes..... How do you like our new painting?
January 9, 2024
Also this week, the students from the Virtual and Augmented Reality course conducted a demo of their prototypes, in which IEETA members had the possibility to test their creations.
January 8, 2024
This week, the students from the Virtual and Augmented Reality course presented their practical assignments, taking advantage of the VAR Lab's different sets of equipments.
Congratulations to all the groups for their wonderful demos and presentations.
