Michael Wiesing

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...
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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)

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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.

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If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

I got the same one, lmao.

Reminder that our VRS hackathon will be already in one month! If you haven't already it's now a good time to register!
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Meet our next #SpeakerSpotlight for VR Summit 2025! ✨

Featuring:
Jowita Guja (AGH University)
Mar Rus-Calafell (RUB )
Marco Gillies (Goldsmiths, University of London)

📅 Summit Oct 20–21

Register/submit: vrs.rub.de

#VRSummit #XR #VR #HCI #Neuroscience #VRresearch #VRcademicSky

Hi all—Stella here, the conference baby! 👶💫

Did you know children are welcome at VRS (free of charge)?
We’ll have a nursing space and a diaper-changing table on site.
Can’t wait to meet the next generation of VR researchers, artists, and developers! 🥽✨

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: vrs.rub.de

#VRresearch #VR

Wait! Are you telling me, Gavin is eventually escaping his natural environment, the Zoom window, but will be there in Person and in 3D at this years VRS? What a time to be alive! 🥳

Our next #SpeakerSpotlight for VR Summit 2025! ✨

Featuring:
Gavin Buckingham (Univ. of Exeter)
Jason Friedman (Tel Aviv Univ.)
Jeroen Smeets (VU Amsterdam)

📅 Summit Oct 20–21 • Rotunde Bochum

Register/submit: vrs.rub.de

#VRSummit #XR #VR #HCI #Neuroscience #VRresearch #VRcademicSky

Join our team at In-Mind: We are looking for 2 new editors and 3-4 people for our social media team!

Our next #SpeakerSpotlight for VR Summit 2025! ✨

Featuring:
- Christian Klaes (RUB)
- Corinna Weber (SNAP GmbH)
- Cristiana Costa (VR Health Champions)

📅 Summit Oct 20–21 • Rotunde Bochum

Register/submit: vrs.rub.de

#VRSummit #XR #VR #HCI #Neuroscience #Bochum

Here we go—our first #SpeakerSpotlight for VR Summit 2025! ✨

Featuring:
Abraham Mhaidli — MPI-SP
Antonella Pomè — HHU
Alex Fuentes Raventós — UB

📅 Summit Oct 20–21 • Rotunde Bochum

Register/submit: vrs.rub.de

#VRSummit #XR #VR #HCI #Neuroscience #Bochum

Some small updates and optimizations later.

It's made with a particle system and dynamic

Small environment I created for a colleague 🙂
#VRresearch

PlayStation VR2 Eye Tracking Hacked To Work On SteamVR PlayStation VR2's eye tracking and adaptive triggers can now be used on PC, thanks to a mostly open-source mod of Sony's SteamVR driver.

#VRresearch
www.uploadvr.com/playstation-...

A promotional image for the Economy in Metaverse social VR survey.

We are excited to support Nem x Mila's newest #socialVR survey entitled #EconomyInMetaverse! It only takes about 15 minutes to complete, so we would greatly appreciate your participation and help in spreading the word! 💙💛 #survey #VRcademicSky
⏬Responses open until 8/16⏬
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