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Manuela Chessa

@manuelachessa

Associate Professor in Computer Science at University of Genoa, Italy Doing research on VR, AR, MR, XR, HCI, serious games and exergames. Leading PILab @DIBRIS UniGe pilab.unige.it

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In light of this, I’m happy to announce I’ve received funding from my old employer, SideQuest, to expand my OpenXR Unity extension plugin further! Let’s all move away from vendor SDKs and make OpenXR truly cross platform. github.com/mikeskydev/u...

13.03.2025 17:17 👍 26 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Great experience being in the conference committee of #IEEEVR2025 in Saint-Malo France! Thanks to Anatole Lécuyer, Ferran Argelaguet ‒ Inria, and Anne-Hélène Olivier @anneheleneolivier.bsky.social.
See you at #IEEEVR2026!

15.03.2025 12:05 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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First day of workshops at #IEEEVR2025.
Nice talks, interesting discussions about the role of avatars in #VR, and a wonderful view after the conference!

08.03.2025 19:54 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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eXtended Reality for rehabilitation at the Plenary Meeting of the PNC Fit for Medical Robotics project
#fit4medrob
#vr #exergames #xr4rehab

21.02.2025 18:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Android XR Will Let Apps Access The Passthrough View, Google Confirms Android XR will let apps access the passthrough camera view to, for example, run custom computer vision models, Google confirmed.

Android XR will let apps access the passthrough camera view to, for example, run custom computer vision models, Google confirmed:

11.02.2025 15:00 👍 22 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Donate to Sara's Brain Cancer Treatments, organized by Guido Maiello Dear Family and Friends, Old and New, We are the family of Sara Joy Hawkins, and this… Guido Maiello needs your support for Sara's Brain Cancer Treatments

Friends,
Sara is recovering well from surgery. Her cancer has progressed to a higher stage and needs more aggressive treatments. Please keep sharing/donating to help us make these crucial treatments possible, and thank you deeply for your love and support! gofund.me/357afe0a

07.02.2025 12:48 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
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From now on, my X account does not exist anymore.
I will share my research activities and what I find interesting about #XR, #VR, #science, #Academia, #STEM, and other, here and on my LinkedIn Account

31.12.2024 11:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Merry Christmas to all the XR researchers
#xr #vr #mr

25.12.2024 11:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
XRCoding: introducing computational thinking and coding in a gamified eXtended reality

Our new paper
"XRCoding: introducing computational thinking and coding in a gamified eXtended reality" has been published online in Software Quality Journal.

Check it at

rdcu.be/d2Nw2

#stem #gamification #XR #gamifiedlearning #computationalthinking

08.12.2024 12:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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EgoPoser is a novel method for accurate full-body pose estimation—purely from egocentric capture of head & hand poses (even when out of view)
#ECCV2024

EgoPoser supports diverse body shapes & remains robust even when users move in large environments

@jiaxijiang.bsky.social @paulstreli.bsky.social

26.11.2024 16:43 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

A starter pack of #XR and #HCi researchers!

18.11.2024 20:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
International Seasonal School

This week I will attend and teach a lecture to the #Fit4MedRob International Seasonal School "Robotics and Allied Technologies for Rehabilitation"
www.fit4medrob.it/internationa...

#VR #XR #XRforRehab

18.11.2024 06:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

About VR, here a useful starter pack bsky.app/starter-pack...

15.11.2024 12:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bluesky VR Starter Pack QR Code

Bluesky VR Starter Pack QR Code

Bluesky VR/XR Starter Pack 2 QR Code

Bluesky VR/XR Starter Pack 2 QR Code

If you're looking for more people on Bluesky, we now have two VR/XR Starter Packs you can follow and both have been regularly updated. Please let @henrystockdale.com know if there's anyone we should add.

Pack 1 - go.bsky.app/QSzCkRM

Pack 2 - go.bsky.app/Q2bAb2E

12.11.2024 09:12 👍 90 🔁 29 💬 17 📌 12

Hello everyone, trying to rebuild my connections network to share with you my thoughts and news in the field of VR, AR and MR. I am leading the PILab (Perception & Interaction Lab) at University of Genoa.
#AcademicSky

14.11.2024 15:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hello everyone, trying to rebuild my connections network to share with you my thoughts and news in the field of VR, AR and MR. I am leading the PILab (Perception & Interaction Lab) at University of Genoa.

14.11.2024 14:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0