On November 23rd, 2021, Felix Schniz successfully defended his thesis on “What is a Videogame Experience? A Peripatetic Acknowledgement of Inner Sentiments in Virtual Worlds” under the supervision of Assoc.-Prof. Mag. Dr. René Reinhold Schallegger. The defense was chaired by Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Werner Delanoy and the examiners were Assoc. Dr. Nick Webber (Birmingham City University) and Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing.Dr. Wilfried Elmenreich (University of Klagenfurt). Congratulations to Dr. Schniz for this great achievement!

ARTICONF impressed the reviewers with their advancements in the second year and passed the second EC review with flying colors.  The project officer and reviewers echoed the effort put together by the consortium in achieving an integrated ARTICONF product while maintaining a pile of scientific output at the highest level. The EC reviewers iterated that they look forward to the current ARTICONF technology with personal and professional interests apart from the bindings of their current EC responsibilities. 

ITEC is delighted to announce the next speaker in our guest lecture series – Prof. Carsten Griwodz from the University of Oslo & SIMULA Research Laboratory, Norway. The online-course will take place from March 5 – May 28, 2021.

This course is meant to provide the participants with the means for evaluating end-user satisfaction with interactive applications. Please register at the course 780.411.

Further information is available HERE.

Teaching in times of Corona is a particular challenge. An online survey among AAU students shows that they were delighted with the digital teaching formats. Here you will find the best feedback from the students:
https://www.aau.at/feedback-zur-online-lehre/

Josef received very positive reviews, for example: “The course became more and more enjoyable, not only because of the content but also because of the technical aids: He integrated special effects, course intro, applause at the weekly quizzes, which significantly loosened the atmosphere.”