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Virtual Reality meet Machine Learning

Posted on April 7th, 2021 by Marco Otte

In VR it is normal for users to use handheld controllers to interact with their virtual environment. However, sometimes using these controllers can interfere with other equipment such a physiological sensors or sometimes a user might not be able to … Continue reading →

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Credibility of DeepFake

Posted on March 31st, 2021 by Marco Otte

Credibility of Deepfakes Deepfakes, i.e. videos merging images and audios from different sources, blending them so as to generate a fully plausible clip, initially generated attention for their entertainment purposes: finally, it was possible for anyone to appear superimposed on … Continue reading →

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Getting rid of Cyber Sickness

Posted on March 16th, 2021 by Marco Otte

The VU Network Institute has recently been asked by the VU Department of Human Movement Sciences for help with the development of two VR based tests to measure “visual dependency” in relation to motion sickness susceptibility. Motion sickness is gaining … Continue reading →

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For over ten years, the Network Institute has been studying the digital society, in an interdisciplinary approach. The institute brings together a unique combination of scientists from informatics, social sciences and humanities.
Network Institute: The hub for interdisciplinary research on the digital society