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Tour group around a table using game demos on tablets.
Thursday, June 27, 2024

Delegation from KidsAbility visit the GI

On June 17, the GI welcomed communication experts, researchers, and students from KidsAbility to showcase the various research conducted by GI members. Along with Brendan Wylie-Toal, the Director of Research & Innovation at KidsAbility, the group also toured the GI facility to learn more about how GI administration supports membership, research, and connecting academic work with industry, demonstrating previous knowledge mobilization projects. We hope they enjoyed their time here! 

Testing the Tickle Trunk with DOHR participants
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

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.

Isometric Stock Photo with digital technology
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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. 

RhetCanada
Thursday, June 20, 2024

GI Members Present at RhetCanada 2024

The Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric 2024 conference (or RhetCanada for short) was held at McGill University from June 8 to June 14. Four GI members attended to present their ongoing research projects and studies.

3D schematic of airplane graphic
Thursday, June 13, 2024

GI Members partner with WISA to use AI for training pilots

GI members Drs. John E. Muñoz and Shi Cao partnered with the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Aeronautics (WISA) to speak on the intersection of technology and human physiology at the Vital Pulse seminar taking place on June 27th, 2024. The topic “Advancing Pilot Training with Physiological Monitoring and Adaptive Simulation” aims to highlight the future of aviation, aircraft, and spacecraft training of Canadian pilots.

A man interacts with a digital avatar, wearing a fur hat, while pointing at a wearable device on his wrist.
Monday, June 10, 2024

GI Faculty Member Dr. John Muñoz Launches Body Interface Labs to Advance Physiological Integration in Digital Spaces

Congratulations to GI faculty member, Dr. John Muñoz, on the start of his new company, the Body Interface Labs | Wearable Data and Virtual Reality Solutions! The company focuses on enhancing user experiences by integrating physiological measurements with digital spaces.

One-Hit Heroes boardgame box and materials on table
Friday, May 31, 2024

AC Atienza’s boardgame One-Hit Heroes Kickstarter success

On April 16, GI alumni, and full-time game designer at Wiggles 3D, AC Atienza’s latest boardgame One-Hit Heroes quickly surpassed its Kickstarter goal of CA$30,000 within an amazing 30 minutes. By May 16th at the end of the campaign, Wiggles 3D’s Kickstarter for the game reached a final total of CA$296,467 with the support of 3465 backers.