Pedro Lopes keynote at VR Summit 2024 "VR’s Ultimate Display? It is the integration with your body" YouTube video by HCintegration

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🎙️ Throwback to #VRSummit2024!

Prof. Pedro Lopes blew our minds with his keynote on the "Ultimate Display" — VR that physically moves your body using electrical muscle stimulation. 🧠⚡

Watch the full talk 👇
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#VR #HCI #Haptics

🎓 Big congrats to Jannis Steinert for successfully defending his Master's thesis on Adaptive Human-Robot Collaboration with LPS @RUB Bochum! 🤖

His eye-tracking research links gaze patterns to operator cognitive states — paving the way for smarter, adaptive robots! 👁️✨

#KlaesLab #Robotics

📅 Save the Date: VR Summit 2026 returns to Bochum! 🚀

🛠️ VRS Hackathon: Oct 10–11
🎤 VRSummit: Oct 12–13
📍 Bochum, Germany

We are bringing the XR community back together for four days of innovation and networking. Clear your schedule, you won't want to miss this. 🌐

#VRSummit2026 #XR #VRresearch

Frontiers | Virtual Bodies for Real Humans - Avatars, Sensations and Emotions Our bodies are fundamental to how we experience and interact with the physical world, and they shape the way our minds develop. The human brain develops toge...

Submit here: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

#VR #Neuroscience #Embodiment #Science #VRresearch

🥽 Call for Papers: Virtual Bodies for Real Humans

We are hosting a new Research Topic in Frontiers in Virtual Reality! Hosted by Christian Klaes, Michael Wiesing & Art Pilacinski.

We're looking for research on embodiment, phantom touch & the emotional impact of avatars. 🧠✨

Huge congratulations to Dr. Aline Xavier Fidêncio for successfully defending her PhD thesis! 🎓✨

On Nov 10th, Aline presented her work on "Machine learning-based strategies for detection and application of neurobiological error-related reinforcement signals in BCIs." 🧠🤖

Not even a year until the next VRSummit and VRS Hackathon!
@vrsummit.bsky.social

For those who have missed this year's Summit, here are videos of most of the talks. #VRresearch
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Aaand the awesome @melslater.bsky.social concludes this year's VRS leaving everyone inspired!

#vrneurosky @vrsummit.bsky.social

VRS25 Day 2:t's time for our afternoon Keynote! 🌟 Presenting now: Martin Edwards.

#VRSummit2025 #VRresearch

Joining us (ONLINE) right now: Shunichi Kasahara! 💻 Day 2 #VRSummit2025

Up now: Tom Froese! His talk is starting. #VRSummit2025 #VRresearch

Great kickoff at the VR Summit. Keynote highlights: Zillah Watson is presenting!

#VR #XR”

They are starting! Live on stage the legendary @vrneuroscience.bsky.social telling participants their challenge @vrsummit.bsky.social

Time to kick off the VRS Hackathon @vrsummit.bsky.social

🌟 VRS Hackathon 2025—prizes revealed!
⏰ Registration closes in 2 days (Oct 17)
🎁 PICO 4 Ultra Enterprise + 500 € + 5× UnitedXR Europe tickets

📍 RUB-Makerspace | 🗓️ Oct 18–19 (VR Summit Oct 20–21)

🔗 Register now: vrs.rub.de

#VRresearch

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One week left till VRS 25!!!!

@vrsummit.bsky.social

Build XR that feels real—push haptics to the limit and redefine touch in VR. 🚀

👉 Register: vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/hackathon-2025

#VRSummit2025 #SenseGlove #HapticGloves #VRHackathon #XRInnovation #Bochum

🎉 Partner Announcement: SenseGlove joins VRS Hackathon 2025! 🤝

What this means for our hackathon participants:
• Nova 2 hands-on (wireless haptics: palm, force, vibro)
• Mentorship from the team
• Possibility of doing internships at SenseGlove
• Chance to support the EU PRESENCE Project
#VRresearch

Ten days until VR Summit 2025! ⏳

Neuroscientists, clinicians, devs & researchers exploring how XR reshapes cognition, learning, perception & healing. 🧠🚀

Hackathon 18–19 Oct • Conference 20–21 Oct

Register Now: vrs.rub.de

#VRSummit2025 #VRresearch #VirtualReality #Neuroscience #ImmersiveTech

Our next #Speaker_Spotlight for VRS25 ✨

• Christina “XaosPrincess” Kinne — social VR artist

• Michael Barngrover — XR4Europe; XR dev & community builder
• Tianyuan Zhang — XR/VR artist; creator of “Sensing Nature”

Oct 20–21 · Rotunde Bochum
Register: vrs.rub.de

#VRSummit #XR #VRresearch

🚀 Only 15 days left until VRS Hackathon 2025!

Join us Oct 18–19 at RUB Makerspace Bochum for 32 hours of haptic VR innovation. We'll explore haptic VR with cutting-edge headsets & gloves.

📍 RUB Makerspace, O‑Werk Bochum, Germany
👉 Register: vrs.rub.de

#VRSHackathon #HapticFeedback #VRresearch

@panxueni.bsky.social

VR is more than tech—it’s people. 🎥

Prof. Xueni Pan (Goldsmiths, UoL) shares why she’s excited for VR Summit 2025: a community of CS, neuroscience & creators using VR to make the world better.

What makes a great tech conference?
👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: vrsummit.rub.de

#VRSummit2025 #VR #VRresearch

VRS Hackathon poster: ‘VRS HACKATHON — Oct 18–19, 2025 | Bochum’ with students wearing VR headsets, large PICO logo, and Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) branding.

🚀 We’re partnering with PICO XR for #VRS25 in Bochum! PICO is sponsoring the Hackathon (Oct 18–19) and contributing a PICO 4 Ultra Enterprise headset for the winning team.

Join us Oct 18–21: vrs.rub.de/hackathon-2025

#PICO #VR #VRSummit #Hackathon #VRresearch

@andyfidel.bsky.social

📅 𝗩𝗥 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 — Oct 20–21, 2025 • Rotunde Bochum
👉 vrs.rub.de

#VRSummit #VRresearch #XR #HCI #GameStudies #Bochum #RUB

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 #SpeakerSpotlight 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗥𝗦𝟮𝟱! ✨

We are honored to present:
• Shunichi Kasahara — Sony Computer Science Laboratories (virtual)
• Gundolf S. Freyermuth — Co-founder & Prof. (emeritus), Cologne Game Lab,TH Köln (virtual)
• Andy Fidel — CEO & Creative Strategist, Spatial Networks (virtual)

📅 Oct 20–21, 2025 • Rotunde Bochum
🔗 Registration: vrsu.rub.de

#VRSummit #VRresearch #XR #HCI #AR #Bochum #RUB

Meet our next #SpeakerSpotlight for VR Summit 2025! ✨

We’re honored to present:

• Tiare Feuchtner — University of Konstanz
• Tom Froese — Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
• Skip Rizzo — USC Institute for Creative Technologies (Medical VR Lab) (presenting virtually)

#VRresearch