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UoB Virtual Reality Society, Birmingham (2026)

26/02/2026

Hiya all! We have decided to host a Quiz Night event for a change of pace from our weekly socials on the 4th! Details are as follows:

🕔 5PM to 7PM, Wednesday 4th March
🏛️ Collaborative Teaching Laboratory - E-Lab Ground Floor

Come along and test your knowledge on VR and non-VR related topics, and the winning team will receive a small prize 🏆

No membership required so feel free to bring along friends! We hope to see many there 🎮

20/11/2024

Thank you, Sami and Dr Stephanie, for coming by and talking about !

It's awesome to see how VR used, and it was definitely quite fun seeing it in action. Looking forwars what you guys got next 😁

29/09/2024

Interested about the many different CS-related societies you can find at the University of Birmingham? The Computer Science Society has invited us and other societies such as AFNOM, GDS, OSTEM, VGS, and AlgoSoc to come and talk to students about who we are and what we are about!

26/09/2024

Thank you to everyone who came by the stall and chatted with us yesterday. It's great to see a lot of interest in the society!

On Friday, we'll be at the Guild of Student Reception with a couple of stations available for you to play around with some experiences we have! We'll be there after 12PM to 4

31/08/2024

📢 PLA Research Seminar Series: The ARME Project

📆- Wednesday 4th September 2024
📍- LC-UG10 Murray Learning Centre
🔗 - ARME Project Website: https://arme-project.co.uk/

The Augmented Reality Music Ensemble (ARME) project began in 2021, where the goal is to build an understanding of how musicians synchronise with each other to perform music harmoniously. Utilising the musician’s behaviour to develop a computational model to allow them to develop an innovative music rehearsal tool that enables learning musicians to practice with virtual musicians across different platforms (VR, AR, MR). This collaborative project between the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, and University of Warwick.

Massimiliano (Max) Di Luca, one of our friends and academic at the UBVR, will be doing a talk discussing the project at the School of Computer Science on the 4th of September. Here he’ll be cover a number of different topics, such as:
- Audio-visual Recording of Musician Performance
- Curation of Different Dataset
- Behavioural Model of Musician’s timing
- Related Research to the Rehearsal Tool
- System Components (Synchronisation, Digital Audio Processing, Score-Following, Pitch-Preserving Time Stretch, Plugin for Temporal Adaptability of Virtual Musician, and different version of replay of recording).
- Interactive demonstration of the tool on Apple iPads and Vision Pro.

The talk is open to staff and students, so do feel free to attend! It’s a cool project that has been ongoing for quite some time now and reaching its end this year. If you’re someone who is interested in XR, AI, and/or music, then this might be something for you!

About the Speaker:

Massimiliano Di Luca is an Associate Professor in the Schools of Psychology and Computer Science. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Science from Brown University and a Laurea in Experimental Psychology from the Università di Trieste. He has worked at the Max Planck Institute, Oculus, and Facebook Reality Labs. Max is a Turing Fellow and a fellow of the Intercontinental Academia of Science. He has authored 70 scientific articles, presented at over 100 conferences, and holds four patents in haptics and hardware.

15/08/2024

Results Day is here, and that means students are getting their hands on the results of their effort and determination accumulated across the years! 😎

If you're planning to take a place at the University of Birmingham, do check us out!

Interested in technology or gaming? Have you ever wanted to dive into a whole new world! 💻

The Virtual Reality Society is the perfect place to immerse yourself in extended reality technologies! 👀

Whether you’re a tech enthusiast, researcher, gamer, or just curious about the potential of virtual reality, you’ll find a welcoming community here.

In our society, you’ll have the chance to experience VR like never before. From our Meet n' Play sessions and VR seminars to workshops where you can learn how to create your own VR content, there’s something for everyone. No prior experience?

No problem! We’re here to help you explore this technology at your own pace.

VR isn’t just about fun and games—it’s also a powerful tool for creativity, education, and innovation. By joining us, you’ll have the opportunity to push the boundaries of what’s possible while connecting with others who share your interests.

Do you have questions or want to learn more? Feel free to pop by into our DMs, and we can help out from there!

28/02/2024

# **SloLAN 3.0**
🗓️ - Wednesday 28th of February (Today) - 18:00 to 23:45
📍- School of Computer Science @ Atrium + Sloman Lounge

Howdy! I hope everything is going well!

We won't be running a Meet n' Play session next week. 😢

Instead, we'll be making our appearance at the CSS SloLAN party next Wednesday alongside UGG, VGS, and GDS!

We'll bring some headsets and a collection of games to play around. If you wanna use them to run a game of your own, then feel free to ask!

28/11/2023

>> Meet the Treasurer of UBVR!

Matty will be here to help us out with money related stuff in the Society! He'll be making sure our finances are up to date and getting the equipment we need to make sure everyone is enjoying!

18/11/2023

Howdy UBVR

We got our next Meet n' Play session on the 29th of November at the Collaborative Teaching Laboratory - Discovery Zone (Bottom floor).

Same as last time, we'll have a couple of games for you to play around and socialise with other students.

We aim to host these sessions a couple of times a month just so you can get the chance to play around with some games we have downloaded and try out Virtual Reality if you haven't yet. Much like our Give it a Go experience during Welcome Week, we will recommend you try out*First Step with us just if you have never tried VR yet! This will get you acquainted with the virtual world at top speed.

At the moment, we're only limited to having one instance of a game across the headsets due to account limitation, but this shouldn't be too much of an issue!

Hopefully, Fruit Ninja won't break our stations again

We'll get a list of games available to play soon!

05/11/2023

>> Meet the President of UBVR!

Hey there! It's awesome that you're on our page.

My name's Jhundon, and I'm the president of UBVR. I've had different roles across campus, including leading or helping projects (such as the UoBe Festival 2023), and you may spot me on the Jiu Jitsu Committee as Secretary 2024!

As I am going into my final year in Computer Science, that means I will be doing my final year project! And guess what that'll be based on?

Virtual Reality!

If you're ever interested, feel free to contact me on our Discord server or DMs :)

To start off the whole "meet the committee" thing, I thought it would be nice to know 'why' I wanted to bring back this society.

Ever since my presentation on technology in medicine, Virtual Reality opened the possibilities of its application via simulations, games, accessibility, and many more. Although, the only difficulty I had with this is that I could never have the space or money to even afford the equipment myself. But that never stops encouraging me to turn my eyes away from it.

I've missed the opportunity to join the UBVR back in my first year. It disheartens me to find out that they were no longer active during the start of my second year.

So! I sent an email, and hey presto! Here we are!

Well—let's not forget the preparations done to get this sorted. I want to thank everyone for their help during that time.

I want UBVR to be a place where anyone can come and join if they have even the slightest interest in the immersive world. Opportunities, events, and even games throughout the year for our members to try. Meet and connect with people across the university.

The possibilities are endless!

That's pretty much it from me for now. Do check out what the other members of the committee got to say.

- Jhundon

04/11/2023

Look out!

It's been a while, so it's time to introduce the people behind the wheels for this year. 👀

We'll be posting about who is on committee and what they'll be doing in UBVR!

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