Agenda

Arrival, welcome, grabbing food/ tea/ coffee 
Rapid updates and announcements: a short opportunity for people to give any updates/ announcements related to relevant projects they are working on 
Presentation: Effect of mixed reality on delivery of emergency medical care in a simulated environment: A pilot randomized cross-over trial - Jason Lawson 
Presentation: ViRSE Student Shapers: Developing VR applications for education through student-staff collaboration - Fred Tovey-Ansell and Student Shapers 

Summary

The meeting began with a brief round of updates and discussions, setting the stage for two captivating keynote presentations. Dr Jason Lawson shared the encouraging results of an empirical study exploring the effectiveness of virtual reality in emergency medicine education. Following this, attendees were treated to exciting live demonstrations crafted by talented students from the Departments of Earth Science and Engineering and Aeronautical Engineering, who showcased a variety of virtual teaching spaces crafted for Palaeontology, Tectonics and Structural Mechanics as part of the College's ViRSE project.

Agenda

Three talks:
- Thomas White: An intro to the Digital Media Lab's XR work
- Dr Risheka Walls: 360 degree emergency medical simulations for undergraduates
- Dr Mark Sutton: The ViRSE project
Select a leader
Informal discussion and lunch

Summary

We started the meeting with three talks from representatives of different XR-interested groups at Imperial College London. Thomas White spoke about the Digital Media Lab's work in XR, Dr Risheka Walls spoke about 360 degree immersive emergency medical simulations and Dr Mark Sutton spoke about the ViRSE project.
Simon Pocock was selected to organise the SIG meetings.
The group had lunch and informal discussion for the remainder of the meeting.

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Agenda

Arrival, welcome, food/ tea/ coffee

Rapid updates and announcements

Four Presentations:
 - Bodyswaps - Stephen Vaz
 - From Virtual Palpation to Clinical Integration: Combining XR with Physical Touch in Medical Education - Joshua Brown
 - Updates from the ViRSE project - Fred Tovey-Ansell
 - Ongoing projects at the DML - Christian Pask and Kam Raoofi

Summary

At this semester's meeting, Stephen Vaz shared the deployment of ‘Bodyswaps’ software in the Business school, where students can experience various roles in investment pitches, negotiations and interviews. Dr Joshua Brown then followed this up with his work on combining XR with bespoke haptic technologies to simulate physical examinations in clinical skills labs. Kam Raoofi then shared a look at how the College’s physical lab spaces are being recreated in interactive VR by the Digital Media Lab. Dr Simon Pocock rounded out the meeting with updates on the ViRSE which continues to expand with new training materials and courses.