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Project

Cofunding core facility - Extended Realities & Human Interaction Labs
Acronym
XRHIL
Code
BOF/COR/2025/002
Duration
01 February 2025 → 31 January 2028
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor-spokesperson
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Human information behaviour
    • Human-computer interaction
    • Virtual reality and related simulation
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Musicology and ethnomusicology
    • Performance studies
    • Theatre science
    • Generative design and data-visualisation
    • Interactive media
    • Mixed media
    • Motion capturing
    • Music pedagogy
    • Music performance
    • Music production
    • Music therapy
    • Sonic arts
  • Social sciences
    • Psychophysiology
    • Cognitive processes
    • Learning and behaviour
    • Motivation and emotion
    • Motor processes and action
    • Sensory processes and perception
    • Digital media
    • Media audience research
Keywords
Extended Reality (XR) Music Virtual Reality (VR) Augmented Reality (AR) Immersive media Sonification human behavior tracking Human-computer interaction Motion capture Multimodal data capture (Neuro)physiology Human interaction Group experiments Real-time feedback loops Spatial audio
 
Project description
 The Extended Reality & Human Interaction Labs (XRHIL) is a set of multimodal labs that provide specialized services and expertise for performing (group) experiments, mainly focused on the humanities. The labs are equipped with XR technologies, such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), immersive and spatial audio. Synchronous methods for tracking human behavior and experience are focused on body movement (motion capture) and (neuro)physiology. XRHIL offers comprehensive support throughout the entire experiment process, including technical and methodological assistance, development and data collection. The facility also provides advanced expertise in VR/AR applications, sensor integration, real-time feedback loops, sonification and physiological measurements. These labs and services are now accessible as a Core Facility to UGent researchers and external collaborators.