
Biography
Deniz joined the iSpace lab in 2024 as a MSc student [more details coming soon]
Projects
BRieFLY - A meditative VR experience
Breathe, connect, and watch fireflies respond to your touch and breath BRieFLY is an exploratory VR prototype combining mindful breathing with playful interaction. This 6-minute meditative experience immerses users in a mixed reality environment where shimmering fireflies dynamically respond to their movements, as illustrated in the video below. The session begins with a 3-minute narrated b...
Publications
Ural, D., Inkster, R., Desnoyers-Stewart, J., & Riecke, B. E. (2025, November 26). BRieFLY: A meditative VR experience: Breathe, connect, and watch fireflies respond to your touch [Virtual Reality Exhibition]. Virtual Reality Showcase: IAT 848 - Mediated, Virtual, and Augmented Reality, Surrey, BC, Canada. http://ispace.iat.sfu.ca/riecke/teaching/iat848/
Ural, Deniz G., Rayne Inkster, John Desnoyers-Stewart, Faranak Farzan, and Bernhard E. Riecke. 2025. “BRieFLY: Mindful Breathing and Playful Interaction to Foster Self-Connection in Mixed Reality.” In ACM CHI EA ’25. Yokohama, Japan. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3720237.