Lectures

Aquatic VR Study Presentation
Assistant Professor, Géraldine Fauville, presents findings from the first study on the combined effects of physical immersion in water and visual immersion in a VR activity (a pairing coined “double immersion”) on vection and motion sickness.
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Stanford VHIL VR Research Roundup 2020
What has the Virtual Human Interaction Lab been up to over the last year? Tune in for 5 talks from PhD students, Postdocs and Professor Jeremy Bailenson on VHIL’s most recent work.
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The Virtues of Virtual Reality: How Immersive Technology Can Reduce Bias
Bailenson explores the promise — and pitfalls — of using virtual reality technology as an empathy-building tool.
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Detecting Mindstate and Emotion
From the April 29th 2014, mediaX2015 Conference, “Well-being & Productivity in a Globally Connected World“, Jeremy Bailenson, Stanford Communication, Virtual Human Interaction Lab showcases his research using VR to help create new mindstates.
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What is Virtual Reality?
With well-crafted simulations, virtual experiences, which are so immersive that the brain believes they’re real, are already widely available with a VR headset and will only become more accessible and commonplace. But how does this new medium affect its users, and does it have a future beyond fantasy and escapism? Talk given by Jeremy Bailenson.
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Can VR help create empathy around climate change?
As climate change continues to destroy our oceans, ecosystem and wildlife, VR could be a powerful tool to create empathy and drive action. Jeremy Bailenson, founding director of Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, demos his VR climate change simulator that takes users on a journey through dying coral reefs and more.
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2015 Leadership Forum
Jeremy Bailenson’s presentation on the applications and the future of virtual reality captivated the audience at the 2015 Rabobank Client Appreciation Events.
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Immersive Science Learning in Virtual Reality
At the “Thinking Big About Learning” symposium at Stanford, Jeremy Bailenson discussed how virtual reality can be used to teach about the potential effects of climate change on coral reefs and marine life.
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Using Virtual Experiences to Increase Energy Efficiency
Keynote speaker Professor Jeremy Bailenson, founding director of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, discusses how virtual reality and new technologies can affect consumers and energy consumption behavior.
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Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life and New Worlds
Jeremy Bailenson shares his research on virtual reality, avatars, transformed social interaction, and related communication and psychological theories, as well as implications for citizens living in the digital age.
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VHIL Research Stanford Alumni Talk
VHIL’s director, Jeremy Bailenson, gives a presentation about his research on avatars, his Transformed Social Interactions (TSI) theory, and new communication technologies.
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