Currently, we are working on scanning the Byzantine Church of Chora in Istanbul via photogrammetry with my colleague Elias Sarantopoulos who is an award-winning author for his interactive book labeled Istanbul's Byzantine Marvel Church of Chora. Our final intention is...

Today we hosted Serkan Kaptan from the Oddviz Collective for a seminar about photogrammetry. The Students and staff enjoyed Kaptan's outstanding presentation. It was especially interesting to discuss how photogrammetry can contribute to the field of Virtual Reality....

We have just completed the “International Urban Design Workshop 2019, Urban Façade: Istanbul Waterfront organization”. I ( Bora Sezer) was a member of the organizing committee and contributed to the design charrettes related to digital survey technologies including...

Ozyegin University’s Communication Design Department is now offering a new elective course called Virtual Reality and Immersive Design (COD 325). The Educational objective of the course is introducing students to theoretical and practical skills regarding Design in...

Ozu VR Lab has successfully developed its first virtual Reality environment by adapting a 3D model created with photogrammetry  methods. The Virtual Space was made possible with the Unity game engine adapting Miguel Bandera’s (Cyark.org) Khayiminga temple scanned at...

We Spent a week scanning both a historic ottoman building and our University’s Innovation center with a Matterport Camera with splendid results. Thanks to Ass. Prof. Simge E. Orhun’s introduction, Professor Mischa Shcaub from the University of Basel, Switzerland was...

I would like to introduce you to the Virtual Reality Today Flipboard magazine I have established in mid 2016. The VR Today Magazine aggregates cutting-edge news from all sorts of media focused on Extended Reality (VR, AR, MR) and immersive technologies. The Magazine...

The Architecture and Design Faculty has officially launched the OzU VR Lab. Respected associates of our Faculty including our Dean Prof. Orhan Hacıhasanoglu and Dept. Chair Ass. Prof. Simge E. Orhun honored the event. The Opening started with a presentation and...

With the reference of Dr. Simge Orhun, I was invited by the Engineering Department’s Robotics lab to attend the Industry 4.0 Competence Center Conference which was developed in collaboration with the Turkish White Goods Suppliers Association (BEYSAD) and the Turkish...

Using its floor plans a Virtual environment of the Faculty was recreated to demonstrate how Unreal Engine can be beneficial for presenting architectural spaces. The user was able to explore the space and have an understanding of the look and feel of the interior...