XR Labs at Stanford
Chariot Lab
The Stanford Chariot Program is a blended clinical and research program that leverages immersive technology to supplement healthcare, with attention toward pediatric care. Using a mix of customized, novel software and commercially available software, we seek to improve patient care delivery in systems within Lucile Packard children’s hospital and dozens of other hospitals around the country and abroad.
https://chariotlab.stanford.edu/
Computational Imaging Lab
We develop next-generation computational imaging, display, and neural rendering systems. These have a multitude of applications in the metaverse, computer graphics and vision, consumer electronics, microscopy, human-computer interaction, scientific imaging, health, and remote sensing. At the convergence of artificial intelligence, optics, applied vision science, and electronics, our diverse and interdisciplinary team at Stanford University comprises passionate students, postdocs, and enthusiasts who strive to transcend the boundaries of camera technology by making the invisible visible, of display technology by creating unprecedented user experiences, and of neural rendering systems by learning to represent and generate 3D scenes using state-of-the-art AI algorithms.
https://www.computationalimaging.org/
Gradient Spaces Lab
Welcome to the Gradient 𝚫 Spaces Research Group. The group belongs to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Stanford University, under the Schools of Engineering and Sustainability. Our research and educational activities focus on developing quantitative and data-driven methods that learn from real-world visual data to generate, predict, and simulate new or renewed built environments that place the human in the center. Our mission is to create sustainable, inclusive, and adaptive built environments that can support our current and future physical and digital needs. Of particular interest is the creation of spaces that blend from the 100% physical (real reality) to the 100% digital (virtual reality) and anything in between, with the use of mixed reality and multi-level design (i.e., of buildings, processes, UXs, etc.). We believe that by cross-pollinating the two domains, we can achieve higher immersion and view these spaces as a step toward more equitable living conditions. Hence, we aim for developing methods that work in real-world settings on a global scale. To achieve the above, we are building a cross- and inter- disciplinary team that is diverse and well-rounded. Most importantly, we are driven by curiosity and learning, and so does everything we do.
https://gradientspaces.stanford.edu/
Human Performance Lab
The Human Performance Laboratory is a center for excellence in health science providing a unique link between Stanford’s prestigious Athletics program, the School of Medicine, and various Academic Departments within the University. We perform interdisciplinary research integrating fields of biomechanics, biomedical engineering, physiology, psychology, and rehabilitation.
https://med.stanford.edu/ortho/humanperformance.html
Human-Computer Interaction Group
The Stanford Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) Group is a leading research community focused on how people interact with technology and how design can shape those experiences. It brings together faculty, students, and visiting scholars to study areas like user interface design, human-AI interaction, and the social impacts of computing. The group runs classes, research labs, and a public seminar series that highlight cutting-edge developments in the field. Its work blends computer science, design, and human behavior to improve how technology supports people in everyday life.
Human Perception Lab
We use a multidisciplinary approach leveraging the brightest minds across academia and industry. We develop tools, technologies, and applications, inspired by humans for humanity. We transfer research and knowledge into marketable products and companies. We are a collective of academics, entrepreneurs, and innovators driven to building human intelligent AI via an embodied approach.
https://med.stanford.edu/hpl.html
Incubator for Medical Mixed and Extended Reality at Stanford
The goal of medical mixed reality is to improve patient care by projecting patient data (images, measurements, interventional plans) directly onto the patient's body. This technology enables physicians to look inside the patient to see anatomy, function and disease in its actual location, thereby improving diagnosis, disease assessment, treatment planning and procedure guidance. At IMMERS, we aim to bring together researchers and physicians across Stanford and work with industry partners to envision, enable, and enact solutions to real challenges in healthcare. Furthermore, we work to link numerous AR and virtual reality (VR) groups across campus for efficient collaboration.
https://med.stanford.edu/immers.html
Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL)
Since its founding in 2003, researchers at the Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL) have sought to better understand the psychological and behavioral effects of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). VR is finally widely available for consumers, and every day we are seeing new innovations. It is critical, now more than ever, that we seek answers to these important questions: What psychological processes operate when people use VR and AR? How does this medium fundamentally transform people and society? What happens when anyone can have a perfect experience at the touch of a button? And how can we actively seek to create and consume VR that enhances instead of detracts from the real world around us?
Virtual Reality & Immersive Technology Program
Stanford’s Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences houses the Virtual Reality & Immersive Technology (VR-IT) Program. VR-IT launched in 2016 and its unique position within our department’s Mental Health Technology & Innovation Hub and larger School of Medicine’s mental health care system, as well as proximity to Silicon Valley, offers rich networks for developing extended reality innovations. The VR-IT program is active in creating scalable XR enhanced therapies and establishing standards by treating patients, testing innovations, training professionals and translating our innovation to organizations and institutions for the public good.
Virtual Reality Design Lab
Located in the Reality Room at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), the Stanford VR Design Lab conducts research in the artful design of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR, AR, XR) for human expression and creativity. The VR Design Lab supports design research projects at CCRMA, and collaborates with Computer Science, Art and Art History, and Communication at Stanford and beyond. Our research questions include: What does it mean to design artfully in the medium? What are VR's artistic, philosophical, humanistic implications? How might we design virtual environments that encourage play, stillness, and calm? What new experiences can we craft for artful, interactive, multi-modal storytelling? How to design new tools for expressive VR? (see: Chunity) What new musical instruments and interactions are possible? What does it mean to perform in virtual reality? How might we play music socially in a virtual space?