Our research group
The LIRIS XR research group is part of the ORIGAMI team, which belongs to the LIRIS laboratory. Our research group, in Saint-Etienne, France, relies on the Virtual/eXtended Reality equipments of the SensoXR platform, located at Centrale Lyon ENISE. In this group, we conduct cutting edge research on virtual reality, therefore using and contributing to develop the SensoXR platform itself.
Research topics
Our research interests lie in the areas of Virtual, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality technologies and usages. We notably aim to build and evaluate immersive polysensory experiences, as well as understanding user behaviours in XR. Our overall objective is to better understand and improve the quality of user experience in immersive 3D applications, by proposing new algorithms and devices, as well as experimental human studies. We believe in open science and are regular providers of public datasets, open-source software, and open hardware. Our main target applications are cultural heritage, exposure therapy and immersive learning.
Current Topics
- Multisensory 6DoFs XR Experiences (6 Degrees of Freedom)
- Olfactory / Thermal / Haptic devices for VR
- 3D Human pose reconstruction
- Physiological Data Acquisition and Analysis
- User Behaviour Acquisition and Analysis
- User <-> Virtual Human Agents interactions and behavioural analyses
- VR for eating disorders therapies
- Applied Visual Perception
Recent funded projects
- Menechme (2024-2025) - Funded by CNRS - New audio-visual capture and restitution methodologies for intangible cultural heritage.
- ANR Renforce (2023–2027) - French Research Agency funding. Reflexive Multisensory Immersive Environment for Chemical Risk Training.
- Promess (2022-2025) Funded by Région Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, France - Multisensory Mixed Reality for Cultural Heritage.
