News

August 2023

We have two full technical paper accepted to IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR). Kudos to Rumeysa and Amal!

We have one full technical paper accepted to ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST). Kudos to Rumeysa!

July 2023

HapLab attended IEEE World Haptics Conference, where Nizamettin and Ümit presented their work to the haptics community! Mine and Ümit was also collaborators of Evo Lab work, which was presented by Şafak and Taner.

Kudos to Ümit, Taner, and Moaaz for being a part of the organization as student volunteers!

Hap Lab and Evo Lab (leaded by Fabio Stroppa) had a wonderful happy hour to start the summer term!

May 2023

We have two Work-In-Progress papers accepted to IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC). Kudos to Umit Sen!

Special congrats to Umit Sen and Moaaz Hudhud for being selected as student volunteers for IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC)!

April 2023

We have a full technical paper accepted to IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC). Kudos to Nizamettin Taha and Moaaz!

Mine Sarac was invited as a guest speaker to meet high school students at Kadir Has University. She gave a speech on Virtual Reality and Artificial Touch. After the talk, some of the amazing HapLap girls – Amal Hatira, Rumeysa Türkmen and Zeynep Ecem Gelmez organized a demonstration for the students. They loved interacting with VR headsets!

February 2023

Rumeysa Türkmen and Zeynep Ecem Gelmez organized a demonstration for Winter School for High School Students organized by Kadir Has University. Students loved using VR headsets – great work!

January 2023

Spring semester begins at Kadir Has University! Good luck to all students (and the PIs)!

Mine Sarac was invited as a guest speaker to German High School (Alman Lisesi) to talk about Human-Robot Interaction

We have two papers accepted to IEEE VR 2023 workshop. Congrats to Furkan Kaya, Aliza Aliza, Moaaz Hudhud, and Rumeysa Türkmen!

Happy new year and happy holidays to everyone! Here is a remote celebration of new year from HCI group.

December 2022

Moaaz Hudhud’s paper to IEEE VR 2023 has been accepted. Congrats!

Our semester is over. Good luck to all students!

November 2022

Mine Sarac has been nominated as a finalist for Technology Development Foundation of Turkey under the Leadership in Innovation and Science category.

October 2022

Our TUBITAK 1001 project is back on track.

September 2022

Fall semester begins at Kadir Has University! Good luck to all students (and the PIs)!

August 2022

Our website is on air!

July 2022

Stanford eWear published an article about Mine Sarac’s research on haptic bracelets: HAPTIC BRACELET: A mechanistic understanding of a wrist-worn haptic device.

Anıl Ufuk Batmaz started his new job as Assistant Professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.