News (2018)20 December 2018|HCI-UHHIEEEVR 2019 Workshop - Applied VR for Enhanced HealthcarePhoto: UHH HCIThis workshop aims to explore how fundamental understanding of VR can be applied into various healthcare settings and to bring together expert...15 November 2018|HCI-UHHLiving labs for laboratory and field studiesPhoto: David Pereiras/ShutterstockScientists from the Department of Informatics at the University of Hamburg are building a unique combination of laboratories to combine novel forms of...13 November 2018|PublicationBest Paper at ICAT-EGVE 2018Photo: ICAT-EGVE 2018Our paper "Effects of Embodiment on Generic and Content-Specific Intelligent Virtual Agents as Exhibition Guides" won the best paper award at...12 November 2018|EventVisit from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof. Dr. YunusPhoto: UHH-HCIProf. Dr. med. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and member of the UN Secretary-General's Sustainable Development Goals Advisory Group...9 November 2018|InterviewInterview about Virtual Reality in WDRPhoto: WDRFor the radio show WDR 5 Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke was interviewed about VR technology. The full episode is available here:27 October 2018|InterviewArticle in Schweizer HandelszeitungPhoto: Schweizer HandelszeitungThe Schweizer Handelszeitung features an interview with Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke about the challenges and limitations of using haptics in virtual...5 October 2018|InterviewReport about HCIPhoto: NDRThe Hamburg Journal reports on the study program Human-Computer-Interaction. The full Rreport can be seen here.4 October 2018|HCI-UHH1.9 million euros for a new joint research project for the treatment of neurological diseasesPhoto: RetroBrain R&D GmbHScientists from the Department of Computer Science of the University of Hamburg are developing digital games in the joint project "EXGAVINE: Motion...4 October 2018|InternationalPaper at IROS 2018 selected as award finalistPhoto: ieee irosIROS KROS Best Paper Award on Cognitive Robotics This distinction is to promote interdisciplinary research on cognition for technical systems and...30 July 2018|InternationalCourse and Paper at SIGGRAPHPhoto: SIGGRAPHTogether with researchers from Facebook Reality Labs, NVIDIA, Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley, Prof. Dr. Frank...26 July 2018|InternationalKeynote at SVR 2018Photo: SVRProf. Dr. Frank Steinicke will give the keynote the 20th Symposium one Virtual And Augmented Reality (SVR) in 2018. SVR is the premier Brazilian...29 June 2018|InterviewInterview about the future of robots and humansPhoto: Hamburger AbendblattScientists from the University of Hamburg answer "The 100 Great Questions of Life" in the Hamburger Abendblatt. Frank Steinicke and Judith Simon of...3 April 2018|InterviewInterview with PC MagazinPhoto: WEKA MEDIA PUBLISHING GmbHProf. Dr. Frank Steinicke was interviewed for a story about the future of tourism and traveling for the PC Magazin. The full interview can be...24 March 2018|PublicationHonorable Mention for Best Demo AwardPhoto: IEEEVRThe bachelor thesis work of our student Daniel Vogel received the honorable mention for the best demo at the IEEE VR 2018. Paul Lubos and Frank...11 January 2018|HCI-UHHInterview about CESPhoto: WDRWDR features an interview in their Meinungsmagazin with Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke about the start of the CES and Virtual Reality. The fill interview...
