An invited talk hosted by the New York University Abu Dhabi delivered by our coordinator.

The GET Lab’s coordinator, Associate Professor Despina Michael-Grigoriou has been invited and delivered a talk entitled “How to address human needs through Virtual Reality”, hosted by the Assistant Professor Domna Banakou at New York University Abu Dhabi. The invited talk took place on 24th of October, 2024 and was attended by the NYUAD staff and … Read more

A new innovative haptic device developed at GET Lab

Α new wearable haptic device designed and developed through the PhD work of our PhD student Ali Najm who is conducting his PhD at our GET Lab. The modular design, of our developed system namely HRH device, supports a wide range of actuators, enhancing its versatility for various applications. A comparison of our proposed system … Read more

A new EC funded project under Horizon-Europe MSCA scheme for GET Lab

A new European project for our lab entitled “Restorative Effects of Haptic and Visual Sensory Supplementation of Nature Sounds in VR of Nature for Deaf people”, with the acronym ReSens-Nature, begun in September 2024. The ReSens-Nature project aims to investigate the impact of nature sounds within Virtual Environments on people with hearing impairments in a … Read more

Assoc. Prof. Despina Michael-Grigoriou awarded the CUT Female Personality Award!

The GET Lab coordinator, Associate Professor Despina Michael-Grigoriou awarded the CUT Female Personality Award 2023. The awarded is granted to the female personality, for her outstanding and continuous multifaceted contribution to the Science, the University and the Community, being an inspiring role model for early career academics and researchers. The award ceremony took place on … Read more

Euro XR conference 2023 – Call for Participation

EuroXR Association would like to cordially invite you to contribute to the 20th EuroXR International Conference – EuroXR 2023, to be held collocated with the Immersive Tech Week from November 29th to December 1st 2023, at De Doelen, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.euroxr-association.org/conference2023 Our GET Lab coordinator, Despina Michael-Grigoriou, serves the Euro XR 2023 as an … Read more

VR Teacher Event at CUT

Join us at the event of the VRTeacher project that we participate in, this Thursday, 27 April 2023, 17:00 at Cyprus University of Technology. Our post-doctoral researcher Christos Kyrlitsias, will give a talk on the VR application developed for training purposes of the teachers. Free registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vrteacher-tickets-620741924807 VRTEACHER is a project funded under the … Read more

GET Lab PhD Student’s project accepted into prestigious Concepcion X program

We are pleased to announce that one of our Ph.D. students, Ali Najm, and his project have been accepted into the prestigious Concepcion X program. The program is dedicated to supporting innovative projects with the potential for significant social and economic impact. Ali’s research focuses on exploring the conceptual effects of haptic sensation in extended … Read more