Joined July 2013
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16 Apr 2019
An exciting opportunity in the UC School of Product Design for a continuing academic position... ucvacancies.canterbury.ac.nz…

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10 Apr 2019
Another fun social evening at the Lab playing social video games. Of course, there was food too. Thanks to all who helped with the organisation, those who brought food/drink, and, of course, those who came out to play!
1 Apr 2019
A very special episode on Robots and Racism of the HRI Podcast series. human-robot-interaction.org/…

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28 Mar 2019
Fun video of Lab Director Rob Lindeman helping open the conference banquet at IEEE Virtual Reality 2019 in Osaka Japan! Thanks to fellow kiwi VR/AR researcher Taehyun Rhee from VUW for capturing the moment. facebook.com/HITLabNZ/videos…
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26 Mar 2019
Our Kien Tran gave a great presentation of his work at @IEEEVR 2019!
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25 Mar 2019
Our Rory Clifford made a great talk at IEEE Virtual Reality 2019!
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15 Mar 2019
All HIT Lab NZ members who are currently in NZ have been contacted, and are safe following the mass shooting in Christchurch. Please keep us in your thoughts.
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14 Mar 2019
We just got our Viruix Omni! It took us a long time to get to this point, after kickstarting the project, then having to cancel because of shipping and other problems. youtu.be/qtjby3NHvBc youtu.be/qtjby3NHvBc
14 Mar 2019
We just got our Virtuix Omni! After originally kickstarting this project, we were thwarted by shipping and other cancellations. A chance conversation led to us being able to get one. More to come! youtu.be/ndFVervfybM

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11 Mar 2019
Our own Christoph Bartneck has started a podcast covering HRI topics! Tune in and have a listen. human-robot-interaction.org/… human-robot-interaction.org/…

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8 Mar 2019
Here's a great opportunity to join the UC School of Product Design as Head Technician!... ucvacancies.canterbury.ac.nz…

1 Mar 2019
We held another Research Rodeo in the Lab today, as always followed by a potluck lunch. Great research and great food. Nice way to spend a Friday at work.
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16 Feb 2019
A very nice day for Lab picnic! This was our delayed holiday celebration/kick off 2019 party at McLeans Island Forest Park. Lots of fun, games, mountain biking, walking, eating, and general mayhem. Thanks so all who... facebook.com/HITLabNZ/posts/…
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14 Feb 2019
Nice 360-degree video work by Christian Wild from Gateway Antarctica, telling us about glaciers in the first person. polarchristian.wordpress.com…

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6 Feb 2019
The Lab just got three conference papers conditionally accepted at IEEE Virtual Reality 2019! Looking forward to March in Osaka!
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6 Feb 2019
Interesting 360-degree videos for visits to beautiful places in the North Island! nzgeo.com/vr/

5 Feb 2019
In honour of Waitangi Day, we are posting a 360-degree video of the 2018 Waitangi Day ceremonies from Scott Base, recorded by Prof Rob Lindeman when he visited in 2018. youtu.be/KatnesiViYI youtu.be/KatnesiViYI
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1 Feb 2019
So happy to welcome Hendrik to the Lab as our latest PhD student! Big thank you to Stephan Lukosch for pointing him in our direction.
11 Jan 2019
Join our team! The HIT Lab NZ is hiring a Centre Manager to help support day-to-day Lab processes and people. If you are interested in this excellent opportunity, you will find more information by going here: ucvacancies.canterbury.ac.nz and entering the Job ID: 6751

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