Michael Wiesing

I can't tell you all how proud and happy I am that this sees the light of day! Thank you to everyone involved. 🙏

Note to self: Add a fallback idle animation for when the headset is removed…

First demo session successfully done. More later

My outfit for today’s first live demo of our virtual Museum. I’ll be giving a remote tour from Barcelona for participants at the “Freedom of Expression in XR” workshop at the Council of Europe, where three of our lab members are present as experts today.

Funfact: The environment is based on the model I made once about the O-Werk in Bochum Germany, which also happened to be the location of the @vrsummit.bsky.social in the last two years.

It's been a while since I showed screenshots of new environment, but I was not lazy in the meantime. May I present: The Museum. Optimized for Quest 3 in standalone with currently up to four users. #VRresearch

My way of testing multiplayer scenarios. 😅

If the avatar lags, it is not my own: Readiness potential as an objective biomarker of embodiment in virtual reality The sense of embodiment — the subjective experience of owning and controlling one’s body — is crucial for self-awareness. Virtual Reality (VR) allows …

"If the avatar lags, it is not my own: Readiness potential as an objective biomarker of embodiment in virtual reality"

Interesting approach to use readiness potentials to measure body ownership.

Fingers crossed!

Técnico de Investigación área de Educación y Psicología En la Facultad de Educación y Psicología de la Universidad de Navarra, formamos a profesionales con espíritu de servicio, pensamiento crítico, compromiso ético y ganas de aportar su conocimiento a la ...

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Are you into VR and cognitive rehab? Looking for a research technician to work with me in Pamplona @unav.edu on developing a multimodal XR system for stroke rehab (VYSIUM HEALTH).

This project is financed by the Government of Navarra and FEDER.

Apply here or DM me!

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
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hbI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=29M_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4zL...

Aaand the awesome @melslater.bsky.social concludes this year's VRS leaving everyone inspired!

#vrneurosky @vrsummit.bsky.social

And the first laptop exploded. #TooIntenseHacking @vrsummit.bsky.social

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

Thanks man!

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

Fun fact: this is already the third room at the UB I’ve recreated as a virtual replica. At some point, I could build my own virtual campus.
The other two rooms are also included in the repository.

Just added a new small Unity scene to the collection of currently seven virtual environments I created over the years. They are all free to reuse under Creative Commons and are all optimized for standalone VR. Here's the repository tinyurl.com/OpenEnvironm...
#VRresearch

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

Our Dagstuhl Seminar with @panxueni.bsky.social, @vrneuroscience.bsky.social and @pedrolopes.org is now official!

Invites will be sent next week by the admins, but stay tuned for the outcomes next July!

www.dagstuhl.de/en/seminars/...

Today I’m at a workshop on Freedom of Expression in Immersive Realities at the @coe.int in Strasbourg. Interesting discussions with the Council on how to ensure freedom of expression in VR. #VRresearch

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

📅 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

#VRresearch

What I love about organizing a conference is that I can now sneak myself into the speaker spotlight among people much more talented than me.