VRTEACHER – Virtual Reality-based Training to improvE digitAl Competences of teacHERs: A new Erasmus+ Project coordinated by the VMC Lab

June 2021. The kick-off meeting of the European project entitled “VRTEACHER – Virtual Reality-based Training to improvE digitAl Competences of teacHERs ” took place from Wednesday 9 June to Thursday 10 June 2021. The VRTEACHER project is funded under Key Action 2 of the Erasmus+ program and will last 2 years (01/06/2021­31/05/2023) with a total…

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EUROPEAN BIOMETRICS AWARDS 2020/CALL FOR 2021 AWARDS

September 2020. The coordinator of the Visual Media Computing Lab (Andreas Lanitis) participated as a member of the jury for the 14th European Biometrics Max Snijder, Research, and Industry Awards of the European Association of Biometrics (EAB) (https://eab.org/).  These prestigious awards are granted annually to individuals who have been judged by a panel of internationally…

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New Phd Graduate from VMC Lab

June 2020. Kalliopi-Evangelia Stavroulia successfully completed her Ph.D. in the use of VR in education and particularly for teacher training purposes. The research used an innovative Virtual Reality (VR) based framework in teacher practical training methodology, offering a new paradigm in teacher education. The development of the VR tool followed a multiphase research design consisting…

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