{"id":509,"date":"2024-03-15T08:45:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/?page_id=509"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:03:09","slug":"ivs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/ivs\/","title":{"rendered":"IVS &#8211; Immersive Virtual School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The goal of the IVS research program is to transform remote learning experiences through the design, development and refinement of new software frameworks combining immersive technologies (virtual reality), personalization, and gamification for engaging experiences. We will make a fundamental advance towards allowing remote learners in virtual classrooms to benefit from similar experiences afforded by physical classrooms, with added advantages of remote learning and virtual reality (VR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eye-Tracking-Enhanced Interactions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Naznin Sharmin Shishir, Richard Zhao. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3723498.3723695\">Is the Jedi Force Pull Method Effective? Evaluating Eye-Tracked Object Grabbing in VR<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG 2025)<\/em>, Graz, Austria, April, 2025. [<a href=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/04\/2025fdg-eye_tracked_VR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link<\/a>] Acceptance Rate: 48%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emotion Recognition with AI:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Michael Shomoye,&nbsp;Richard Zhao.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cexr.2024.100082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Automated Emotion Recognition of Students in Virtual Reality Classrooms<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Computers &amp; Education: X Reality<\/em>. 5:2024, December, 2024. [<a href=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/2024xreality-VR_emotion_recognition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Voice Assistance<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Farhan Aslam,&nbsp;Richard Zhao. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/CoG60054.2024.10645616\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/CoG60054.2024.10645616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Voice-Augmented Virtual Reality Interface for Serious Games<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Games (CoG)<\/em>, Milan, Italy, August, 2024. [<a href=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/05\/2024cog-voice_augmented_VR_interface.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca\/~richard.zhao1\/bibtex\/2024cog-voice_augmented_VR_interface.bib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BibTeX<\/a>] Acceptance Rate: 41.1%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VR Interactions and Collaborations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tyler Hartleb, Haedong Kim, Richard Zhao, Faisal Aqlan, Hui Yang.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18260\/1-2--43621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exploring Magic Interactions for Collaboration in Virtual Reality Learning Factory<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &amp; Exposition (ASEE 2023)&nbsp;Proceedings<\/em>, Baltimore, USA, June, 2023. [<a href=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2023\/06\/2023asee-Magic_Interactions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca\/~richard.zhao1\/bibtex\/2023asee-VR-Interactions.bib\">BibTeX<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Haedong Kim, Tyler Hartleb, Khalid Bello, Faisal Aqlan,&nbsp;Richard Zhao, Hui Yang.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1115\/1.4063089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Behavioral Modeling of Collaborative Problem Solving in Multiplayer Virtual Reality Manufacturing Simulation Games<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering<\/em>. 2023. [<a href=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2023\/08\/2023JCISE-Behavioral_Modeling.pdf\">Link<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca\/~richard.zhao1\/bibtex\/2023JCISE-Behavioral_Modeling.bib\">BibTeX<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AI Virtual Assistant:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hannah Ava Sloan, Richard Zhao, Faisal Aqlan, Hui Yang, Rui Zhu.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.18260\/1-2--41234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adaptive Virtual Assistant for Virtual Reality-based Remote Learning<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &amp; Exposition (ASEE 2022)<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Proceedings<\/em>. Minneapolis, USA, June, 2022. [<a href=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2023\/06\/2022asee-virtual-assistant.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca\/~richard.zhao1\/bibtex\/2022asee-virtual-assistant.bib\">BibTeX<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Funded by NSERC Discovery Grant.&nbsp;<em>Immersive Teaching and Learning Environments<\/em>. 2022-2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The goal of the IVS research program is to transform remote learning experiences through the design, development and refinement of new software frameworks combining immersive technologies (virtual reality), personalization, and gamification for engaging experiences. 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