Meet the Makers: Roos Groothuizen

The Transmission in Motion research group is organizing another Meet the Maker event, this time focusing on media artist Roos Groothuizen who works primarily with playful media.

Editorial Team
17-10-2024 // Events, News // Extended Realities (AR/VR/XR), Games Beyond Entertainment

Game Research at CHI 2024

The ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems occurred from May 11-16, 2024 in Honolulu. Our games researchers from the Utrecht Center for Game Research attended and presented a variety of contributions.

Editorial Team
23-05-2024 // Events, News, Publications // Ethics of Play, Extended Realities (AR/VR/XR), Game Technology and AI, Player Research and Psychology, Social Games and Play

Meet the Makers: Daniela Tenenbaum and “In Touch”

Our colleagues from the Transmission in Motion hybrid research community are organizing another Meet the Makers session, this time focusing on the IMPACT exhibition In Touch. It’s an exhibition which should be interesting for those exploring the potential of playful media.

Editorial Team
13-05-2024 // Events, News // Extended Realities (AR/VR/XR), Games Beyond Entertainment

Two Assistant Professors in Screen Media

The department of Media and Culture Studies has published two job openings for Assistant Professors which might be interesting for those engaged in research fields related to games and play: Screen Media.

Editorial Team
06-05-2024 // Jobs // Extended Realities (AR/VR/XR), Games and Sustainability
Group of friends playing augmented reality game with mobile phones in park

Healthy urban life

The success of Niantic's Pokémon GO shows the many possibilities mobile games offer to reach a big audience and 'play' with the way you use a city.

Editorial Team
01-03-2018 // Insights // Extended Realities (AR/VR/XR), Games for Health