Robert College consulted OzU VR Lab about how to expand
Today, I visited Robert College and met its educational technology coordinator, Pınar Kadıoğlu. Robert College wants to open a VR Lab regarding Scientific Lab projects and use the benefits of VR for student education. The College is also interested in forming...
“Teaching Virtual Reality and Immersive Design” has been published in the journal of Design Studio and is now accessible online.
The paper mainly focuses on the interdisciplinary aspects of creating virtual worlds and defines teaching methods, course content and course goals along with assigning individual tasks to different students with various interdisciplinary backgrounds as team members....
Using Leapmotion with VR in a self-made piano room setting
In this project, we created a Virtual Piano playing experience with the help of Leap motion. We used a Leap Motion hand gesture recognition sensor for accurately tracking the fingers and appropriate hand gestures. We were able to successfully implement finger tracking...
Both The Architecture and Design Faculty being built and the Dorms currently under construction were demonstrated in VR within the Promotion days
Within the promotion days of the University, our rector Prof. Esra Gencturk kindly requested if we could create a Virtual Tour of the New Architecture and Design faculty currently being built. Later on, she also asked for the Dorms to be presented in VR since they...
OZU VR lab organized a Virtual Reality Workshop within the scope of the Summer Internship Program for High School Students
OZU VR lab organized a Virtual Reality Workshop between 17-21 June 2019 within the scope of Ozyegin University Summer Internship Program for High School Students. The workshop was carried out by Instructor C. Bora Sezer within the participation of 11 high school...
High School Students Digital Photography Contest results exhibited in Virtual Gallery
The OZU VR Lab helped exhibiting the winning photographs of the High School Students Digital Photography Contest. The fifth annual Photography Contest -Catch the Interaction- took place in the University Campus. After the award ceremony and a series of photography...
Testing the Myo Armband for VR applications
Recent studies demonstrate that game-based therapy approaches are gaining interest in the Healthcare Industry. Research shows attempts are being made by applying gaming principles to various therapies for the prospect of improving patient conditions. These also...
3D Scanning the Byzantine Church of Chora via photogrammetry for VR applications
The Chora VR Experience 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...
Bora Sezer collaborated as a mentor within Educathon -Turkey’s first XR hackathon dedicated to education
I had the chance to meet many experienced mentors and assistants on site during the Educathon. With many guests and thought leaders on subjects ranging from pedagogy, entrepreneurship, gamification, and immersive technologies, the Educathon fostered a true...
Photogrammetry artist Kaptan from Oddviz visited us for a seminar – how photogrammetry can contribute to the field of Virtual Reality
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....
OzU VR Lab contributes to the International Urban Design Workshop Istanbul 2019
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...
The Virtual Reality and Immersive Design Course (COD 325), is now offered by the Communication Design department
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...
