The Games Institute (GI) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Waterloo, advancing the study of interactive and immersive technologies and experiences.
News Bites
Stay up-to-date with the latest GI activities. Our News Bites report on recent conferences, keynote addresses, and recent research activities of our members.
Research Spotlights
For more in-depth breakdowns of ongoing research projects, check out our Research Spotlights for full write ups of events and up close and personal testimonies with our researchers and members.
News
GI Faculty Members Participate in Interdisciplinary Research Panel
After completing our Interdisciplinary HQP Workshop pilot series with student members at the GI, we’re happy to see GI faculty contributing to the conversation on the faculty level with the support of the Office of Research and the Faculty of Arts.
GI Members Accepted into DIS 2024 Conference
This year’s Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) Conference took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from July 1 to July 5. 12 GI members and alumni presented their on-going research, facilitated workshops, and participated in panels.
Congratulations to all who were accepted, attended, and presented!
GI Members Present at UWaterloo Conference “From Targeting in Academia to Promoting Trust and Understanding”
From June 27th to 28th, GI members presented and attended UWaterloo’s in-person conference that brought together international and local scholars from various disciplines to demonstrate the different ways our communities can—and should—foster trust within academia.
Blog
From Can Lit to VR Caves: A Spotlight on Games Institute Executive Director Dr. Neil Randall
A Spotlight on Games Institute Executive Director, Dr. Neil Randall
Designing for Accessibility: How a Graduate Student Makes Haptics Research Accessible
It can be very daunting for international students to leave their home countries, communities, friends, and families –upending their lives to further their education. For Ana Lucia Diaz de Leon Derby, finding a community during her master’s degree was crucial to her mental health and well-being.
Critical Play and Interdisciplinary Discourse at the Games Institute
Schmidt’s report outlines how the GI curates an interdisciplinary environment by encouraging staff, students, and faculty to critically play together—and how that act of play creates a common language where research ideas begin to flow. Looking back, the findings of this report continue to ring true today and we hope to continue sponsoring research excellence with this unique method of interdisciplinary creation.