We are happy to announce that our Ph.D. candidate, Maria Christofi, recently had her work “A Virtual Reality Simulation of Drug Users’ Everyday Life: The Effect of Supported Sensorimotor Contingencies on Empathy” published in Frontiers in Psychology, which is the most-cited Multidisciplinary Psychology journal in the world. You can view the paper here. Additionally, you … Read more

We are excited to share that our paper “Asch conformity experiment using immersive virtual reality“, published in Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, is among the top 10% most downloaded papers of the journal! According to the CAVW journal, among work published between January 2018 and December 2019, ours received some of the most downloads in … Read more

We have announced the ‘PhD Fellowships – RISE Doctoral Training Program’ at RISE CoE (rise.org.cy). If you are interested to apply at positions of the GET Lab’s affiliated Multidisciplinary Research Group, VR for Well Being, please look at the topics under “MRG: Virtual Reality for Well-Being (VR-Well-Being)” http://www.rise.org.cy/en-gb/vacancies/job-listings/phd-fellowships-rise-doctoral-training-program/ Thematic Area: VR for Well Being: Physical … Read more

We have announced the internship programs at RISE CoE (rise.org.cy). If you are interested to apply at positions of the GET Lab’s affiliated Multidisciplinary Research Group, VR for Well Being, please look at the internships projects under “MRG: Virtual Reality for Well-Being (VR-Well-Being)” http://www.rise.org.cy/en-gb/vacancies/rise-coe-internship-programs/

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2020#IWD2020 #EachforEqual This article was originally published on rise.org.cy on 8 March 2020. To celebrate International Women’s Day 2020 with the theme #EachforEqual, RISE caught up with Dr Despina Michael-Grigoriou, RISE Visual Science Research Pillar Leader and Virtual Reality for Well-being multidisciplinary research group leader, and here is what we have for you. … Read more

PhD posts, starting January 2020The last date to apply for postgraduate studies is Friday, 15 November 2019.For applications, click here. Two (2) posts in any of the topics: “Motor rehabilitation (or physical condition improvement) using Virtual Reality techniques” “Mental well being through VR” “Virtual Reality for Well being” Candidates should possess: A Bachelor’s Degree and … Read more

PhD Fellowships at RISE with a placement at MIRALab (University of Geneva) on VR for Well Being. The Research Centre on Interactive Media, Smart System and Emerging Technologies (RISE) in Nicosia, Cyprus (rise.org.cy), announces five (5) PhD Fellowships under various Multidisciplinary Research Groups (MRGs): http://www.rise.org.cy/en-gb/media/news/announcement-of-rise-phd-fellowships/ The opening includes topics on VR for Well-Being: VR-based motor … Read more