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The MOCAP Systems in Gamifying Sports and Wellness Analysis project (MOCAPPE) has now wrapped up its first year of operation. The project is inno-developing the three sports, exercise and XR environments of Rovaniemi's educational operators both physically and...
On Friday, October 31st, we organized a demo testing workshop at the Pelisilmä 2 event at Santasport. During the event, we were able to test the first demo version of our running game from work package 1 - for the first time to the public!The testers were instructed...
We are now trying out the 3D-environments for the running game in Santasport's sports testing environment. We have reached a stage in the technical development where we have moved from the "dev desk" to test out the data processing between the game engine and the...
During the summer, University of Lapland conducted user testing at the XR Lab about the immersive VR experiences in Cold Plunging. The aim of the study is to compare immersion and its impact on the user experience with various physical elements while the participant...
The first spring of the MOCAPPE project is coming to an end. Both work packages are going forward, and noth the game and POC implementations are progressing well by the University of Lapland as well as Lapland University of Applied Sciences and Santasport. The LapUAS...
The University of Lapland held a workshop in Kittilä, where entrepreneurs had the opportunity to listen to a talk on XR topics. After this, participants were able to try out VR glasses through several demos, as well as 360 tours, and also create their own 3D models of...
On Wednesday, the University of Lapland participated in XBit's open doors event to give talks about XR technology from a business perspective. We also showed demos from the LUX research team. XBit's event was aimed at businesses, of which there were many. The event...
There were multiple XR-demonstrations presented at the University of Lapland's XR Lab during the Arctic Design Week event on March 21, 2025. This MOCAPPE project demo allowed to try to play golf in Arctic landscapes using simple motion capture technology.
Professionals and students from sports, technology, service design and many other backgrounds gathered for our project workshop on February 20 to test and brainstorm ideas for sports technology. The event began with the Testing & Training environment, where people...
Have you missed the open doors of Santasport's testing environments, or would you like to take a look at the facilities for the first time? Now is a convenient opportunity to come and see and test the equipment of both the Sports Lab and the testing lab. During the...