I was fortunate to attend CHI PLAY 2025 on-site at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh alongside one of my co-organizers Dr. Mark Hancock. Not only was this my first time attending CHI PLAY, it was also the first time
We’re proud to highlight the incredible contributions of our team members at the Games Institute’s International Conference on Games and Narrative, held from Monday, March 3rd to Thursday, March 6th, 2025, at the University of Waterloo. This bi-annual
We are excited to share that our research paper titled "Seeing Is Not Thinking: Testing Capabilities of VR to Promote Perspective-Taking" has been awarded Best Paper at IEEE VR 2025. This collaborative work brings together researchers from multiple
The field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is constantly evolving, demanding robust methodologies and effective tools for researchers and practitioners alike. Our two new publications in the Interacting with Computers journal, within the special issue "Methods in human-computer interaction research
Our HCI Games Group members are set to present their research at CHI PLAY 2024, held from October 14-17, 2024, in Tampere, Finland. This year, Lennart Nacke, Hilda Hadan, Sabrina Alicia Sgandurra, Sebastian Cmentowski, Reza Hadi Mogavi, Derrick M. Wang,
New Publication: Dr. Eugene Kukshinov and Co-Authors Explore Power Dynamics in Social Virtual Reality
Dr. Eugene Kukshinov gave a talk at the Newhouse Impact Summit 2024 on Immersive Storytelling Technologies (Syracuse, NY)
PhD Student Jalaja Shanmugalingam Receives Mitacs Funding for Innovative VR Project
Research Presentation at ACM DIS '24
Exciting News: Lennart Nacke Named University Research Chair
We are excited to welcome Dr. Geneva Smith, who joined our HCI Games Group on July 1st, 2024, as a postdoctoral scholar. Dr. Smith completed her PhD in Software Engineering from McMaster University in 2023, where her research in the
Early-career researchers often feel like small fish in a big pond, surrounded by towering giants of knowledge. However, considering this apparent drawback overlooks a potential opportunity for networking and collaboration.