The 29th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from Monday-Wednesday, 9-11 October 2023. The event is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGGRAPH.

VRST is a premier international symposium for the presentation of new research results, systems, and techniques among researchers and developers on virtual, augmented and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR, XR for short) software and technology.

VRST brings together the main international research groups working on XR, along with many of the world’s leading companies that provide or utilise XR systems.

Best Papers (tie):
Daniel Zielasko and Tim Weissker
Stay Vigilant: The Threat of a Replication Crisis in VR Locomotion Research

Ryan Schubert, Gerd Bruder and Gregory Welch
Intuitive User Interfaces for Real-Time Magnification in Augmented Reality

Best Poster (Expert Voters):
André Zenner, Chiara Karr, Martin Feick, Oscar Ariza, Antonio Krüger
The Detectability of Saccadic Hand Offset in Virtual Reality

Best Poster (Voted by Attendees):
Dongyun Joo, Hanseob Kim, Gerard Jounghyun Kim
The Effect of False but Stable Heart Rate Feedback via Sound and Vibration on VR User Experience

Best Demo (Expert Voters):
Jose Garcia-Estrada, Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland, Stian Kjeksrud, Petter Lindqvist, Kristine Kvam, Ole Midthun, Knut Sverre, Syver Lauritzen
Combining embodiment and 360º video for teaching protection of civilians to military officers

Best Demo (Voted by Attendees):
Timothy Gmeiner and Eito Murakami
Pigments of Imagination: An Interactive Virtual Reality Composition

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