The iSpace­Lab is thrilled to announce our pres­ence at the upcom­ing SIGGRAPH 2025 con­fer­ence. This year is espe­cially excit­ing for us, as the pre­mier con­fer­ence on com­puter graph­ics, XR, and inter­ac­tive tech­niques is taking place right here in our home­town of Vancouver, Canada.

We are proud to have our researchers and col­lab­o­ra­tors pre­sent­ing a diverse range of projects that show­case our com­mit­ment to explor­ing the future of immer­sive expe­ri­ences, from how to tackle CyberSickness to spec­u­la­tive inter­ac­tive art.

If you are attend­ing SIGGRAPH, we warmly invite you to con­nect with us and explore our work. Here is a guide to where you can find the iSpace­Lab team and our projects through­out the week:

Featured Course: Tackling Cybersickness with the VR Comfort Stack

Bernhard Riecke will be teach­ing the course, “VR That Doesn’t Make You Sick: Understanding & Mitigating Cybersickness.” This ses­sion will pro­vide devel­op­ers, design­ers, and researchers with a new sys­temic framework—the VR Comfort Stack—for under­stand­ing the root causes of cyber­sick­ness. The course intro­duces “pre­dic­tive fidelity” as a core prin­ci­ple for cre­at­ing more com­fort­able, effec­tive, and acces­si­ble immer­sive experiences.

• Presenter: Bernhard E. Riecke
• When: Sunday, Aug 10, 2:00pm — 3:30pm
• Location: West Building, Rooms 205–207
• View on SIGGRAPH Schedule
• Visit the Project Website

Art Paper: Reimagining Reality with Synedelica

John Desnoyers-Stewart will present our Art Paper on “Synedelica,” a unique mixed real­ity project. This synes­thetic expe­ri­ence trans­forms the real world into a dynamic play­ground of light and sound, mod­u­lated by the user’s voice. Synedelica encour­ages cre­ative expres­sion and aims to rekin­dle a sense of child­like wonder in our every­day surroundings. 

• Presenter: John Desnoyers-Stewart
• When: Tuesday, Aug 12, 2:00pm — 2:20pm
• Location: West Building, Rooms 205–207
• View on SIGGRAPH Schedule
• Visit the Project Website

Presentation: Exploring Connection in Space Echo 2.0

PhD stu­dent Hyun Cho will present “Space Echo 2.0,” an exper­i­men­tal VR art project that explores the nature of social inter­ac­tion. The expe­ri­ence intro­duces delib­er­ate bar­ri­ers to com­mu­ni­ca­tion between two par­tic­i­pants, inves­ti­gat­ing the para­dox of whether making com­mu­ni­ca­tion more dif­fi­cult can foster a deeper and more mean­ing­ful sense of emo­tional intimacy.

• Presenter: Hyun Cho
• When: Wednesday, Aug 13, 10:15am — 11:00am
• Location: West Building, Exhibit Hall B, Stage
• View on SIGGRAPH Schedule
• Visit the Project Website

Welcoming a New Member: Elan Tao Presents FungiSync

Finally, we are thrilled to offi­cially wel­come Elan (Yilen) Tao to the iSpace­Lab, where she will begin her grad­u­ate stud­ies this fall. Elan is already a sea­soned pro­fes­sional from the esteemed Reality Design Lab, and she will be pre­sent­ing her fas­ci­nat­ing project, “FungiSync.” This spec­u­la­tive instal­la­tion explores new avenues for human-nature con­nec­tion through dig­i­tal media. We are proud to cel­e­brate her work as she joins our community.

• Presenter: Elan (Yilen) Tao
• When: Monday — Thursday
• Location: Immersive Pavilion
• View on SIGGRAPH Schedule
• Visit the Project Website

It promises to be an inspir­ing week for the com­puter graph­ics, XR, and inter­ac­tive tech­niques com­mu­nity. If you see any of our team mem­bers at the con­fer­ence, please don’t hes­i­tate to say hello!