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October 8, 2026
Paulo and Sérgio have been attending IEEE ISMAR on-site, where they presented the following works:
From Standardization to Personalization: Navigating the Dual Demands of Adopting eXtended Reality for Rehabilitation Recovery
Exploring a Virtual Pet as an Adaptive Agent in Personalized VR Rehabilitation: A Country Fair Serious Game for Stroke Survivors
From the Lab to the Shop Floor: Investigating eXtended Reality Use in Industrial Scenarios through a Human-Centered Lens
Forgetting the Binders: A Pervasive Augmented Reality Platform for Supporting Maintenance on the Shop Floor
October 6, 2026
It’s a wrap! The XREHAB – 2nd International Workshop on eXtended Reality for Rehabilitation, co-located with IEEE ISMAR 2026, has successfully come to an end! A big thank you to everyone who made this edition possible.
It was a great opportunity to bring together researchers, practitioners, and professionals working at the intersection of eXtended Reality and rehabilitation, fostering discussions, knowledge exchange, and new ideas for the future of the field.
October 1, 2026
Today we received our colleagues from ESSUA to help us brainstorm some new prototypes for VR-based stroke rehabilitation.
September 29, 2026
Today, we received the students from two distinct classes of the RVA - Virtual and Augmented Reality course in our laboratory to explore our devices! Looking forward to see your prototypes later on!
September 25, 2026
IEETA has been represented in the event 'European Research Night' with members of the various groups showcasing various areas of interest through distinct demonstrations. Paulo, Pedro, David and Daniel represented the VAR Lab with some demos.
September 15, 2026
Our Coordinator, Bernardo Marques, has received the 2026 Early Career Investigator Award by the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation. The work carried out at UA to explore the potential of Virtual and Augmented Reality in the physical and cognitive rehabilitation of stroke survivors has received yet another international recognition.
https://www.ua.pt/pt/noticias/16/99263
July 31, 2026
Our group will take a summer break to recharge our minds and bodies. We will be back soon with new ideas and projects! See you soon.
July 28, 2026
In the past week, Beatriz, Fabio and Tiago were present in IV 2026, presenting several works from the VAR Lab group.
July 28, 2026
Recently, Bernardo, Pedro, Sérgio, Fábio and Guilherme conducted a lecture for the BEST Summer School, together with the IEETA Girls bootcamp!
July 24, 2026
Another week, another demonstration for a new set of student visitors, in the scope of Academia Verão UA 2026.
July 6, 2026
The VAR Lab members have been participating in Academia Verão UA 2026, showcasing some of our demos to students of distinct levels!
July 1, 2026
Sérgio Oliveira is currently attending ECSCW 2026, were he is presenting two publications on stroke rehabilitation using XR:
Comparing Methods for Integrating Personalized eXtended Reality in Stroke Rehabilitation
From Isolation to Social Interaction: A Collaborative eXtended Reality Framework for Co-located Stroke Recovery
June 27, 2026
This past Friday, Beatriz, Bernardo, and Carlos had the pleasure of attending Paula Amorim's PhD defense at UBI, Covilhã. It was an excellent presentation, showcasing the dedication and hard work behind this important milestone.
Congratulations, Paula! Wishing you continued success in your academic and professional journey.
June 24, 2026
Also this week, Samuel Silva and Fábio Barros are attending IHIET-FS 2026, presenting the works:
BEHOLD: An Extensible Eye-Tracking 2 Infrastructure Supporting Multimodal, 3 Multi-Device Interaction Evaluation
An Adaptive XR Platform for Multimodal Public Speaking Training and Performance Assessment
Designing Together at a Distance: 2 Mediating Industrial Remote Co-Design 3 Through eXtended Reality Technologies
June 23, 2026
Daniel Emídio and Paulo Dias are participating this week at GEM 2026, showcasing several demos in MR to enhance seismic risk visualization communication.
June 17, 2026
Sergio Oliveira is currently presenting his PhD work at XR Salento 2026, entitled:
Virtual or Tangible? Understanding the Role of Object Type on eXtended Reality Social Interaction for Stroke Rehabilitation
May 28, 2026
This week, we received another class from the ESSUA MSc in Medical Imaging Technologies, to learn more about how XR can assist in healthcare contexts.
May 18, 2026
Recently, some of the VAR Lab members have assisted in a class for the ESSUA MSc in Physiotherapy, some how some of our works usign XR may be relevant for such domains of application.
May 13, 2026
Today we received Professor Haider Al-Juboori from Ireland, who conducted an invited talk for IEETA members, under the scope of the ERASMUS+ program, entitled:
SETU-Initiatives from Digital World to AI-Powered Immersive Technologies
He also had the opportunity to test some of our XR-based on-going works on Stroke Rehabilitation, being a participant in two distinct user studies.
May 6, 2026
Samuel was present at EUROGRAPHICS 2026, where he presented the work:
SpeakEase: A Virtual Reality Framework for Public Speaking
May 2, 2026
In the past week, Pedro and Bernardo have given an invited talk for the students of the Master Degree in Game Design and Development, showcasing how to conduct a user evaluation, by illustrating concepts and methods with their own VR-based prototype.
April 15, 2026
Bernardo and Sérgio have given another invited class for a new set of students, in the scope of the Micro-credencial Digital Health in Rehabilitation.
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 🥳
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