Everything we've built

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Choco Mission is an interactive, computerized business "serious game" used as part of a course unit for master's students in Management at HEC Liège.

2026

As part of a marketing course at HEC Liège, Prof. Laurence Dessart aims to make students more aware of responsible consumption. Equipped with a “generic” shopping list, students navigate the aisles of this virtual grocery store. Which products will they choose? What eco-score will they receive at checkout? And what drives their decisions? The first lecture using this innovative educational tool was held yesterday. Around 100 students will be experimenting with it in the coming days.

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Master en Océanographie ULiège

VIOsEA: "VIrtual OcEAnography tour"

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What impact does urbanization have on our rural landscapes? If you could control the weather, if you could redesign land use on the hillsides of this rural area, what changes would you see? Thanks to the mathematical models developed by Gbx Agro Biotech and the power of virtual reality, you can see the effects for yourself… without even getting your feet wet.

2024

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A magical therapeutic environment designed to help users learn how to manage stress. This new version is especially tailored for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. They are guided through the experience by a kind fairy who communicates using sign language.

2023

In the context of her PhD thesis, Ms. Etienne has for objective to create a smart learning environment. Public speaking is one of the most challenging tasks in many fields. Candidates will be able to train their public speaking skills in different contexts: a future teacher in front of students, a lawyer during a pleading session, a manager before a meeting in front of customers or stakeholders... With the help of managers, psychologists and speech therapists, a semi- or fully-automatic custom feedback will be delivered. Traditional as well as artificial intelligence tools are being developed to instantly give a feedback to the candidate. The environment is realistic. The virtual audience will react automatically to the orator's speech. Our research will first analyse what are the best attitudes for the audience (and their impact on the speaker) as well as the level of realism to attain in order to strengthen the sentiment of presence.

2022

La Force est dans l'ULiège

Le virus SARS-CoV est à nos portes ! Saurez-vous prendre les bonnes décisions pour sauver les 25 000 membres de la communauté ULiège et éradiquer le virus ? Mais attention : le bien-être est évidemment au cœur des préoccupations des autorités universitaires ! Répondez à une succession de questions pour gérer la crise, trouvez un juste équilibre dans vos décisions pour maintenir la motivation de tous. Glissez votre doigt vers la droite (oui) ou la gauche (non) pour répondre aux questions.

2021

In the context of a research project in marketing, we started a partnership with the Aquarium Museum - University of Liège. The global goal is to improve the visitor experience thanks to a virtual reality immersion. The visitor is now able to compare the 'skeletons' of some animals with their real-life version in their real-life environment. Even better, you'll be able to catch crabs at the belgian seaside (La Panne with Maria's beach beds! ;-) , throw herrings to porpoises from a boat and even go under the sea to watch a huge rorqual catching shrimps.

2021

The University of Liège has produced a new MOOC on climatology and global warming . We have developped an augmented reality companion to illustrates interactively some of the concepts presented in the MOOC.

2021

End of year thesis and research project in Psychology to study the reduction of the urge to smoke. The candidate is immersed in virtual reality in a movie theater. We study how some stimuli may modify his/her behavior. A specificity of this project is to consider not only visual stimuli but also auditory and olfactory stimuli!

2021

This project has been developed to help children to better manage their anxiety. The child navigates on a smoal boat through two enchanted worlds. The fairy guides him and helps him to breath properly.

2020

Our 3D photo-realistic avatars, twins of ULiege colleagues, were animated to present their work or to wish you a merry christmas:

2020

Optimal packing of containers (ULDs) in particular for air transport.

2020

There exists only one art piece on display on the Moon. It commemorates the astronauts who lost their lives in service of space exploration and is the artwork of belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck and his son. On the 50th anniversary of man's first steps on the Moon, the Villers Abbey organized an exhibit and tasked us with the development of a VR environment allowing to relive spatial conquest and to go admire the artist's piece on the Moon!

2020

Augmented reality with Hololens, a hands-free headset.

2020

How to explore data representing ARN cells in 3D.

2020

2018–2020

Virtual reality (VR) exposure is one of the tools used in clinical psychology to treat anxiety disorders. It is also used to enhance the resilience of soldiers by confronting them with virtual combat environments. Increasing their resilience could strengthen them against the negative consequences of trauma exposure or the suffering experienced by people they rescued. Most studies focused on military and emergency medical personnel but none has so far investigated ambulance workers' experience (AW) while they are daily confronted with traumatic situations. The current study aims to assess the impact of a single VR exposure session on AW' competence and stress.

2020

The Ascaris worm and the cell

An interactive augmented reality tool allowing to visualize in its smallest details an Ascaris worm. Virtual dissection without any discomfort!

2020

Anatomy - Histology

An interactive augmented reality tool allowing to visualize a kidney up to a microscopic level and with an unexampled level of biological accuracy based on the most recent research. While most students tackle the subject of anatomy as a memory-based task, those who associate it with comprehension, integration with other disciplines and visualization at different levels, in particular microscopic, showcase better performance in terms of knowledge acquisition. Teaching tends towards an integration between anatomy and histology within the same tool. Moreover, the use of a visualization tool of anatomical structures in 3D is a real opportunity to explain the pathology to patients and to involve them in the treatments given by healthcare professionals.

2020

In this research project, Elodie Etienne (PhD candidate) is studying how is perceived a virtual audience. Do we need photo-realistic or cartoon virtual characters? When these avatars take some positions or perform some gestures, how is it perceived by the participant? What is the level of arousal and valence for the predefined animations?

2020

This environment was created in the context of a supply chain course. Two modules have been developed. The first one aimed at determining what is the best configuration for a warehouse. A team of students equipped with VR headsets will have to control a forklift and compete to see who will be the fastest to complete a set of tasks after having chosen a warehouse configuration.

2020

2019

HEC-Management School of the University of Liège, EQUIS and AACSB accredited, keeps welcoming more and more students. The University has therefore decided to build on the Louvrex site a new ultra-modern building with a focus on digital. It will also be a laboratory for new ways of learning (NWOL) and working (NWOW). The site configuration will allow for open-plan offices without allocated work desks; a revolution for a university. This cannot be improvised! Once the idea for the new building was underway, a 3D model in VR was conceived. It allowed to show the project to colleagues and its stakeholders, to try out different office configurations and to take complete ownership of the project before even the first shovel stroke! There exist multiple versions. The first being the most detailed, was developed for high range VR headsets like the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. The second version is lighter and aimed at smartphones paired with a Google cardboard headset. Finally, students at HEC created an augmented reality version within the context of a course!

2019

For many years, Pr. Billen started to digitally archive the Jehay Castle, exceptional heritage site of the Liège Province. Using laser scanners and photogrammetry techniques, a hyper-realistic model of the castle has been generated. Currently undergoing repairs and thus inaccessible to the public, a VR version was developed with the TwVR team to allow anyone to still visit the castle. ULiège at the service of its culture and its Region. The castle's exact replica has been placed in an enriched drawn context. Three versions exist! The first allows for a family to freely and simultaneously visit the castle's interior and exterior using headsets paired via a network connection. It is even possible to teleport oneself on clouds to admire the castle grounds from an unusual angle! The two other versions take you on a boat ride around the castle. Will you be brave enough to try the special Halloween edition?

2018

Ask your architect the 3D plan of your future home. Our software will extract and optimize it for VR. You will then be able to walk freely within your future home and make sure it meets your expectations. Various options allow you to see it from different points of view (human height, giant, mouse, ...) and under different circumstances (What would the natural lighting and shadows look like at a specific date?).

2018

Presentation of CSTC's new building.

2017–2018

First digital environment conceived: the entrance hall of HEC-Management School of the University of Liège. It helped during the first experimentations as well as to introduce VR to multiple people. Who will dare cross the third floor on a wooden plank? Who will survive the onslaught of a hoard of students? Will you evade the snake at the parking entrance? How long will you take on our treadmill to reach the lab on the second floor?

2018

Learn a language by fully immersing yourself completely in the corresponding living space. Follow a recipe spoken out loud in Spanish and make a delicious (virtual) gaspacho! The module can be used as a self-learning tool or within a lesson directed by the professor. The kitchen and dining room are fully equipped and filled with objects and food items that are complex to describe. This environment had been proposed by three Master students (L. Damoiseaux-Delnoy, C. Eloy, C. Rihon) from the Digital Business program at HEC-Liège in the context of a course given by Pr. Schyns under the supervision of Pr. V. Peiffer (Spanish professor) with the support of the TwVR team.

2018

Virtual reality allows a progressive and entirely controlled supervision. With the help of a healthcare professional, you can overcome your phobias twice as quickly thanks to VR.

The lack of physical activity (PA) has deleterious consequences on physical and mental health. People who show symptoms of depression are particularly inactive. However, PA would be effective in reducing symptoms of depression. Several deficits at the level of motivation and action would make the practice of PA laborious for people who present symptoms of depression. The Health Action Process Approach (HAPA; Schwarzer, 2008) model would be relevant for improving the skills involved in behavior change. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of an intervention based on the HAPA model to promote PA and decrease depressive symptoms in people with mild depressive symptoms.