As another academic year draws to an end, it’s high time to recap some of the hard work our people have been doing in the lab. From the computational neuroscience side of things, this spring we had a total of three students defending their thesis under our guidance. The extended team of students and supervisors for this […]
Our researchers recently published an article titled “Attention is withdrawn from the area of the visual field where the own hand is currently moving“. What follows is an human readable summary of the exciting work. The core question is simple: how does the brain work in terms of computation? One theory that has been gaining […]
By Madis Vasser June 27th-29th saw the first VECTOR (Virtual Environments: Current TOpics in psychological Research) workshop in Tübingen, Germany. I had the great opportunity to take part in the event, give some presentations and hear some interesting ideas. Here is what happened in three days dedicated to virtual reality, psychology, medicine and computer science: […]
Our very own Madis Vasser was featured in today’s Voices of VR podcast with Kent Bye, giving a brief interview about our lab’s work and the future of VR. The talk was recorded back in march at IEEE VR 2015, where we were giving a research demo on change blindness in VR, made with our […]
By Madis Vasser I’ve just returned from a week-long trip to Arles, France to attend IEEE VR 2015, the “premiere international conference & exhibition on VR”, held since 1993. Outside of the academic circle the event is hardly known, although it is marketed to academics, industry workers and also regular end-users. I was was there on […]
The Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Lab at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu, Estonia provides video game development, virtual reality (VR), and computer graphics education both inside and outside the uni and a study place for our students.
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Are you ready to bring your dream computer game to life? University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science and CGVR laboratory recently hosted an electrifying event that brought together gaming enthusiasts of all skill levels, though, mostly focusing on beginners. An Educational Challenge Tartu Ülikooli Mängujämm 2024 was an exciting event where participants had less […]
The University of Tartu Pro Game Jam 2024, held from January 26th to 28th, was a collaborative event catering to both gaming enthusiasts and professional developers. The event encompassed two parallel tracks: the Global Game Jam 2024 for junior participants and an advanced game development challenge for seasoned professionals. Splitting of Juniors and Pros The […]