Subtitle production is an increasingly creative accessibility service. New technologies allow for placing subtitles at any location of the screen in a variety formats, shapes, typography, font size, and colour. The now affords accessible creativity, with able to provide novel experiences beyond those offered by traditional language translation. Immersive environments multiply 2D features new vi...

Traditional robotic work cell design and programming are considered inefficient and outdated in current industrial and market demands. In this research, virtual reality (VR) technology is used to improve human-robot interface, whereby complicated commands or programming knowledge is not required. The proposed solution, known as VR-based Programming of a Robotic Work Cell (VR-Rocell), consists o...

MicroRNAs are non-coding RNAs, functionioning as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression. Some microRNAs have been demonstrated to play a role in regulation of innate immunity. After myocardial infarction (MI), innate immunity is activated leading to an acute inflammatory reaction. There is evidence that an intense inflammatory reaction might contribute to the development of ventricu...

The 2021 VGTC Virtual Reality Best Dissertation Award goes to Mayra Donaji Barrera Machuca, a 2019 graduate from Simon Fraser University, for her dissertation entitled, “Towards More Accurate Immersive 3D Sketching.”. Honorable Mention Javad Fotouhi. Title: Augmented reality and artificial intelligence in image-guided robot-assisted interventions.

Although the beneficial effects of ventricular rate (VR) slowing during atrial fibrillation (AF) are axiomatic, the precise relationship between VR and hemodynamics has not been determined. We hypothesized that selective atrioventricular node (AVN) vagal stimulation (AVN-VS) by varying the nerve stimulation intensity could achieve precise graded slowing and permit evaluation of an optimal VR du...

The pros and cons of VR technology and their impact on human behavior are intensively discussed (e.g., in the context of computer games). In Western countries the discussion is focusing on violent game content. A lot is already discussed on the harmful and negative effects of VR game-based technology on human behavior, therefore we decided to focus primarily on the positive effects of VR based ...

Virtual Reality (VR) tools create an alternative reality in which worlds, objects and characters can be experienced that may not yet be experienced in reality. As such, VR can help product designers in the early stages of the product development process with evaluating virtual product concepts. The current set of VR tools and VR development toolkits however targets programmers and computer expe...

UNLABELLED The UL41 gene of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) encodes a virion host shut off protein which is involved in immune evasion.　The growth and virulence of HSV-1 is markedly reduced by the deletion of UL41.　In this report, the UL41-deleted recombinant HSV-1 strain VR∆41 was evaluated as a prophylactic live attenuated vaccine against lethal HSV-1 infection in a mouse model.　Intraperi...