Join XRPeds at one of our upcoming events or workshops! Scroll down to view listings of our previous events and presentations.
Past Events
Dr. Hieftje presented on Invite Only VR in a Webinar Hosted by SRNT
Dr. Hieftje was the first speaker of a new webinar series called "Meet the Author," hosted by the Adolescent Network for the Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT). She discussed past and current work on Invite Only VR.
HBCU Technology Conference 2022 presented by HP
Our very own Dr. Hieftje and Justin Berry joined longtime collaborator, Dan Roy, in a panel discussion entitled "Involving Students in XR Design and Development" at the 2022 HBCU Technology conference presented by HP. Please join us at this virtual event! Register here!
SIGGRAPH 2022
"Immersive Media and Virtual Accessibility in Healthcare"
Games for Change 2022
Dr. Weser will be speaking at Games for Change 2022 in New York City. The festival takes place from July 13-14 and will have both live and virtual components! Dr. Weser’s talk, Developing and Evaluating a VR Wheelchair Locomotion Interface, will be airing virtually throughout the conference.
Dr Hieftje was a judge for the XR Brain Jam at the Games for Change Conference
July 11, 2022: Dr Hieftje was a judge for the XR Brain Jam at the Games for Change Conference, New York City, NY.
Using Education to Prepare the NHS and Social Care Workforce to Deliver the Digital Future
Delivered by Yale University in Partnership with Health Education England.
International Association of Gaming Advisors Summit 2022
Dr. Hieftje is a keynote speaker at IAGA 2022 in Boston, MA. Attend in person from June 27-29.
Serious Play 2022
Dr. Hieftje will present at Serious Play 2022 in Orlando, Florida on June 14th. Come see her talk on The Use of AR/VR in Health Applications for Youth at 10:15 am.
Dr. Weser invited to speak at the Biweekly Research Series hosted by the Human Engineering Research Laboratories in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
On April 29, 2022, Dr. Weser spoke to the University of Pittsburg interdisciplinary research team known as HERL about the concrete interface for virtual reality locomotion.
Dr. Weser featured as invited speaker in research presentation and panel entitled “Virtual Reality as a Research Tool”
The public lecture took place on April 28, 2022, and was jointly sponsored by Yale’s Blended Reality Program, HP, and Intel. Dr. Weser discussed her work on the wheelchair interface for virtual reality navigation. The lecture can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/LnT7yiJRCJI