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The Use-me project update: Interactive screen placed

Posted on February 16th, 2022 by Marco Otte

Last week we placed a Interactive screen with sensors in the main hall of the NU building at Vrije Universiteit (VU). What could be displayed on the large interactive screen you are seeing in the main hall of the NU … Continue reading →

Posted in Event, News, VRblog | Tagged digital society, interactive screen, interdisciplinary research, virtual reality

Virtual Reality helps Crime Research

Posted on February 15th, 2022 by Marco Otte

Last Monday on 07/02/2022, Iris van Sintemaartensdijk defended her PhD thesis about preventing burglaries in urban neighborhoods. One part of her study is to use a virtual environment (VE) to study the effects on criminal behavior when using special signs. … Continue reading →

Posted in News, VRblog | Tagged digital society, interactive screen, virtual reality

Seminar “Cyber Security in and for the Global South”

Posted on November 23rd, 2021 by Marco Otte

Cyber Security research and education in the Global South, for example in Indonesia, has many (research) challenges. The legal, political and technological landscape in Indonesia is different from the European. Design of Cyber Security education in Indonesia, raises many questions, … Continue reading →

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