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Tricking the brain: New dimensions of haptics in virtual reality

How can virtual reality (VR) be experienced haptically, i.e., through the sense of touch? This is one of the fundamental questions that modern VR research is investigating. Computer scientist André Zenner, who is based in Saarbrücken, Germany, has come a significant step closer to answering this question in his doctoral…

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Journalism Prize for Informatics awarded

The Saarland Ministry of Economic Affairs, in cooperation with the Saarland Informatics Campus, has again awarded the Journalism Prize for Informatics. This year for the first time, the German Informatics Society is a partner of the prize. A radio feature from Südwestrundfunk, an online video from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung,…

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Computer scientists at Saarland University develop customized learning software

Digitalization in schools is a much-discussed topic. The tenor: equipping students with tablets and laptops alone is not enough, meaningful applications are needed for the technical devices. This is what the "Technology-Enhanced Learning" research group led by computer science assistant-professor Tomohiro Nagashima at Saarland University is working on. Cooperating closely…

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