Grasping the virtual world

A talk by Dr Gavin Buckingham on immersive virtual reality research in perception, action and sports training.

Dr Gavin Buckingham, Associate Professor of Sensorimotor Control at the University of Exeter Medical School, gives a one-hour talk on immersive virtual reality (iVR). He will outline recent iVR research covering lab-based perception and action studies, remote assessment of upper-limb movements, and sports training, alongside iVR's growing role in entertainment and professional training. Buckingham is a cognitive psychologist who leads the Object Interaction Lab and co-leads the Exeter Immersive Research Network.