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PRESENCE @presencexr.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

On 5 November, we hosted a hands-on, HoloMIT SDK workshop at UPC as part of the PRESENCE project. Students, many new to Unity, built their first multi-user XR experiences and shared valuable onboarding feedback. 🚀 It was a great experience. presence-xr.eu/upc-workshop...

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Michael Wiesing @vrneuroscience.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Having a great time at our @dagstuhl.de Seminar on virtual bodies, showing off @presencexr.bsky.social technology like this Gaussian splatting avatar, a scan of Frank Steinicke, fully rigged & animated, that Ke Li is demoing to Victoria Interrante. #GaussianSplatting #VirtualReality #Avatars

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Michael Wiesing @vrneuroscience.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Researching XR, haptics, or intelligent virtual humans? Submit your work to our new Frontiers in Virtual Reality Research Topic: "Presence in Extended Reality." Deadline: Dec 27, 2026. Read the full scope and submit here: www.frontiersin.org/research-top... #XR #VirtualReality #Haptics #VR

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Frontiers | Presence in Extended Reality: Holoportation, Haptic Interaction, and Intelligent Virtual Humans

The PRESENCE project envisions transforming the XR landscape by overcoming key technological limitations. This Research Topic is inspired by the project: htt...

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i2CAT Research & Innovation Centre @i2cat.net · 06/07/2026

🌐🫂We are proud to coordinate @presencexr.bsky.social, a @horizoneu.bsky.socialproject aimed at building a more human and effective #XR ecosystem that will reshape how we communicate by elevating the sensation of "truly being there" 🎥 f.mtr.cool/zmuvatgrlm #i2CATresearch

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Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

open.substack.com/pub/melslate... Introducing a short XR drama, including a representation of me, with a variety of atypical virtual characters and including how they were created. Also a polemic about the impact of AI on society by a famous German speaker. For running in the Meta Quest browser.

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

There are two interesting and unusual conferences in mid-May. Human Rights and Immersive Realities, with the Council of Europe in Strasbourg: lnkd.in/e8y_jYpM Embodiment at the Biennale, Venice: ub.edu/eventlab/Venice Hope to see you there!

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

melslater.substack.com/p/weird-stuf...

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Embodiment: 20 Years On: Beatrice de Gelder, Mavi Sanchez Vives, Olaf Blanke and I have put together a fantastic programme associated with the Biennale in Venice 21-22nd May, 2026. Please see www.ub.edu/eventlab/Ven... We hope you can join us!

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Embodiment: 20 Years On — Venice 2026

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

European Metaverse Research Network (EMRN) Conference 2026: This year we have joined with the Council of Europe @coe.int "Human Rights in Immersive Realities (XR): Freedom of Expression, Justice, Children’s Rights and Well-Being" Call for contributions: rm.coe.int/call-for-pap...

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Frontiers collection on 'A Metaverse for the Good: AI and the Metaverse' - see the call on www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I used to do a blog post about our research on VR in the www.event-lab.org, but now I've started a Substack. I hope you find it useful. melslater.substack.com?utm_campaign...

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Bart Kevelham @bartkevelham.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

For those interested in physics-based character animation in VR, I can recommend tomorrow's talk by my colleague Joan Llobera where he will detail the contribution from the Artanim Foundation (www.artanim.ch) in the @presencexr.bsky.social Horizon Europe project. Sign up now!

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PRESENCE @presencexr.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The PRESENCE Project is making XR more realistic than ever! 🌐 Join our 10-week webinar series starting Jan 21 to explore: ✨ Holoportation 🤚 Haptics (Digital Touch) 👥 Intelligent Virtual Humans Hear from experts like Mel Slater & Frank Steinicke. Register: presence-xr.eu/presence-a-t... #XR #Tech

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

A Machine Learning Agent for Social Harmony in Virtual Reality: The GuestXR project final event will take place physically in Brussels 28th November, 2025. It will also be online. Registration is open: guestxr.eu/final-event/

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GuestXR - Final event

The GuestXR Final Event will present the most significant innovations, developments, and outcomes achieved within the GuestXR project.

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Here is our new paper from 18 members of #EMRN (metaverse-research-network.info) : a multidisciplinary take on the metaverse—covering law, networking/distributed systems, AI, opportunities, challenges & social implications. doi.org/10.3389/frvi...

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The @GuestXR project is running a final day of events in Brussels on 28th November, 2025. It would be excellent if you could attend. Please see the details on: guestxr.eu/final-event/

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GuestXR - Final event

The GuestXR Final Event will present the most significant innovations, developments, and outcomes achieved within the GuestXR project.

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Metaverse for the Good Alicante 11-12/6 updated web page: catedrametaverso.ua.es/ii-internati... * deadline 25/4 * two keynotes swapped days * pre-registration docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS “TOWARDS A RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE METAVERSE”

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

A Metaverse for the Good 2nd conference - Alicante, Spain 11-12th June, following the enjoyable and productive 2024 one in Barcelona. This provisional program, will be updated to give the deadline as 25/4 (to avoid holiday issues). Hope to see you in Alicante! catedrametaverso.ua.es/ii-internati...

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INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS “TOWARDS A RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE METAVERSE”

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environMENTAL EU Project @environmental-eu.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The #EU-funded environMENTAL Project aims to reduce the impact of major environmental challenges on mental health. Made up of 24 partners, we are excited to join BlueSky and share our journey with you! Click here to see our recent research activities: mailchi.mp/b3e80b892761... #HorizonEurope

Welcome to environMENTAL! The environmental project investigates how some of the greatest environmental challenges affect mental health.

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Michael Gaebler @michaelgaebler.com · 29/11/2024

I'm looking forward to speaking at "MindXR - Shaping the Future of Mental Health Care", which takes place 📆 June 25-27, 2025, in📍Berlin MindXR aims to bridge fundamental, clinical & #HCI research, & 📣abstract submission is now open 🔗 mindxr.info (the organizers don't seem to be on bsky, yet)

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Mind XR Conference

Discover the exciting possibilities of Virtual Reality in mental health at MindXR conference. Meet experts from psychology, psychiatry & technology.

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

#PyMC the probabilistic system in Python is wonderful for Bayesian analysis. I intend to use it from now on for analysis of data from our #VR #experiments.

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I spent the day #programming and learning together with an #AI #LLM who was polite and helpful and sometimes gracefully incorrect. By the end of the day I felt a strange invisible #presence with me.

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 04/10/2024

At www.event-lab.org, we are studying how to reduce stress of social media content moderators (CM). If you are now or have been a CM and are interested in participating, contact rmontsjo@gmail.com. Note that we will not ask you to break your job’s confidentiality.

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Event Lab

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

I was very happy to meet my first ever PhD student again after several decades -Tony Tsung-Yueh Lin. Topic link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Tue Event Lab, Institute of Neuroscience University of Barcelona is starting a new European Research Council Proof of Concept grant 1/24. We are looking for postdocs in Virtual Reality with strong Unity experience. Further details on euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/160753

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Michael Wiesing @vrneuroscience.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

New paper from our lab about change blindness and body representation in virtual reality. "Imperceptible Body Transformation in Virtual Reality"#VRcademicSky www.cell.com/iscience/pdf...

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Michael Wiesing @vrneuroscience.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Anyone interested can watch my talk "Between Two Realities - Ethical Pitfalls in Virtual Environments" I gave at the VRSummit at Uni Bochum on YouTube. Feedback is appreciated! #VRcademicSky

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Between Two Realities - Ethical Pitfalls in Virtual Environments

Talk, I gave at the VRSummit 2023 at RUB Bochum

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melslater.bsky.social @melslater.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

It's 50 years since the death of Pablo Picasso. For the Global Impact Summit in Malaga we brought together two of the most creative minds of the 20C, Picasso and the founder of modern neuroscience Santiago Ramon y Cajal - in a virtual reality cafe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEC1...

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