Gamification Group | Virtual Reality

March 23, 2020 In IMMERSIVE, Virtual Reality By Henrietta Jylhä

Best paper award: User satisfaction and continued use of immersive technologies and journalism

In the age of Internet and oversaturation with information, immersive media and technologies such as 360-degree videos and virtual reality (VR) are gaining more interest in the public. In particular, it is believed that they can help us pause, notice, and ultimately better grasp human...

November 4, 2019 In Augmented Reality, Event, Interaction design, Virtual Reality, Wearables, WEARTUAL By Oğuz 'Oz' Buruk

Design Workshops on Wearables, Games and Extended Reality

Gamification Group is organizing a workshop series on the topics of WEARABLES, BODY and GAMES. In these workshops, we will give a close look to distinct facets of these interdisciplinary topics by bringing together players and professionals from different related disciplines. Our aim is to...

January 24, 2019 In Augmented Reality, Reports, Virtual Reality By Max Sjöblom

Immersive Final Report

Click here to access the permanent Tampere University repository for the report. Download the report directly here: Immersive Final Report Virtual and augmented reality technologies have moved from being regarded as esoteric technological curiosities to being increasingly considered a part of everyday life. While these technologies have...

January 30, 2018 In Augmented Reality, IMMERSIVE, News, Virtual Reality By Mila Bujic

XR Bulletin January 2018

Developing AR applications has very recently become more attractive than it has ever been before. As Apple launched the ARKit (September 19, 2017, with iOS 11) and Google launched ARCore (August 25 2017, first preview), app developers were given the possibility to jump into AR...

December 12, 2017 In Augmented Reality, IMMERSIVE, News, Virtual Reality By Mila Bujic

XR Bulletin December 2017

As this is our first blog in the XR Bulletin series, it seems appropriate to first shortly introduce the state of virtual reality (VR) to this day. For those of you who are complete beginners, first have a look at this HTC’s post - VR...