April 1, 2026
Last week, Sérgio Oliveira has given an invited talk at IEETA where he explained the topic of his PhD, as well as illustrated all the work conducted so far.
March 27, 2026
This week, Bernardo and Sérgio have given an invited class for the Micro-credencial Digital Health in Rehabilitation, where they presented the work conducted by the VAR Lab team for assisting stroke rehabilitation through XR technologies.
March 22, 2026
Our team has participated in IEEE VR 2026, where we presented 4 publications:
Addressing Personalized Virtual Reality for Stroke Rehabilitation through a Country Fair Game Approach: A proposal
Realizing the Potential of Pervasive Augmented Reality as a Tool to Support Newcomers On-boarding and Remote Factory Visits
Exploring a Shared Augmented Reality Experience for Co-located Co-Design and Maintenance on the Shop Floor
Exploring the Synergy of Combining eXtended Reality and a Robotic Arm for Supporting Scenarios of Remote Collaboration
Besides, the VAR Lab members were also part of the international program committee for the 5th International Workshop on eXtended Reality for Industrial and Occupational Supports (XRIOS).
March 16, 2026
This week, Paulo conducted a talk for highschool students in the scope of the Xperimenta UA event, talking about the research interest of VAR Lab.
February 25, 2026
This week, the VAR Lab members received various stroke survivors at IEETA, in the scope of a GAM Aveiro meeting, allowing them to test our most recent prototypes on Tangible XR interfaces for supporting rehabilitation scenarios.
February 10, 2026
Researcher Pedro Reisinho co-organized the University of Aveiro’s ninth edition of the Global Game Jam®️, the world’s largest game creation event held simultaneously in multiple countries, which brought together over 40 students from Aveiro and other institutions across Portugal to create 10 original games in 48 hours.
February 4, 2026
Congratulations to Walbert Monteiro, who visited the VAR Lab team in 2024 and stayed with us for some months and finished his PhD today.
January 19, 2026
Recently, Nuno Martins was elected President of ISEC. We are proud to have him as part of the VAR Lab team, although we will likely be seeing less of him in the near future. Wishing you all the best. 🥳
January 7, 2026
This week, the students from the Virtual and Augmented Reality course presented their practical assignments, taking advantage of the VAR Lab's state of the art equipment. They also conducted a demo session, based on their prototypes, in which IEETA members had the possibility to test their creations.
Congratulations to all the groups for their wonderful demos and presentations 🥳