Six students from the Design and Augmented Intelligence Lab (DAIL) team, directed by Saleh Kalantari, asst. professor in the Department of Human Centered Design, presented posters at the Cornell XR Retreat at Cornell Tech in October.

XR stands for extended reality and is a broad term that includes virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR).

DAIL supports research to develop and analyze human–technology partnerships in the design process and promotes generative design approaches and new design technologies to enhance the relationship between people and their created environment.

Student poster topics included enhancing social connections in older adults through immersive VR experiences and comparing wayfinding behaviors in VR versus real environments.