IMTELlab

16/11/2025

The Blue Sector VR application just received a new trailer, showcasing more of the varied content available in the app to help young job seekers in exploration of the blue economy professions.

This is one of the main results of the VR4VET project we coordinated in 2022-2024!

This video contains a trailer of the virtual reality application VR4VET Blue Sector.Find the app in Meta App store: https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/vr...

26/06/2025

Our collaboration with the European Association of Technology Enhanced Learning e.V. is featured in the latest highlights from the institutional members of the association. It is a short summary of our joint work with EATEL!

Institutional Member News – Norwegian University of Science and Technology About the EATEL membership of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology The Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU is Norway’s leading institution for educating the nation’s future engineers an...

15/04/2025

At IMTELlab, we continue working on the Blue Sector app after the completion of the VR4VET project!
VR4VET Blue sector v1.9 is on Meta App Lab, highlighting:

🔸Further improvements to the accessibility features, supported by the XR4Human Project.
🔸Multiple quality of life improvements in the Fish cage maintenance, Fish laboratory, and Fish feeding scenarios
🔸Most of the content is not available in English and Norwegian (except for the NPC dialogs, which are still in English only)

The VR4VET Blue Sector VR app simulates a large area of a fjord with several fish cages, a feeding station, a fish health and welfare station, and a fish processing facility under construction. The users can experience situations representing typical workplaces in the aquaculture and fish processing...

18/03/2025

New publication by IMTEL!

Peer Learning of Neuroanatomy with Augmented Reality: the Nevrolens application in the proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW) by Mikhail Fominykh, Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland, Chryssa Themelis, Mathilde Haukø Haugum, Miriam Vaarum Woldseth, Asbjørn Kallestad, Gabriel Hanssen Kiss, and Kseniia Makhortova, all from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

The work has been co-founded the iPEAR Project. Special thanks to Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Menno Witter, Thanh Doan, and Michel Schaardenburgh for valuable insights and feedback on development of Nevrolens app and contributions to the evaluation process.

The paper presents a study of applying peer learning enhanced by Augmented Reality to neuroanatomy education. One of our research questions focuses on exploring

09/03/2025

IMTELlab was represented at the 10th annual workshop on K-12+ Embodied Learning through Virtual and Augmented Reality at IEEE Virtual Reality conference, with Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland joining as co-organizer and participant of all-female panel on the International Women's day, with Erica Southgate, Maria Roussou and Loen Boban!

14/02/2025

Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland represented IMTELlab at VR/AR Industrial Coalition meeting at the European Commission in Brussels, discussing the future of virtual worlds!

09/02/2025

Idag har vår faglærer, også kalt Norges første VR-professor bursdag! 🥳🥳🥳

Ekaterina er adrenalinjunkie, sci-fi fan og sertifisert dykker. 🐠

Hun sier at det beste med å jobbe med videreutdanning er at hun elsker å lære av studentene sine, deres unike historier og perspektiver til feltet hun jobber med. 🕹️

Hennes anbefaling til voksne studenter er; "Det er aldri for sent å følge dine drømmer og lære noe nytt!" 💡
Hun tok først vanlig dykkersertifikat og senere 'Advanced Open Water Diver' i den flotte alderen av 47. 🤿
Hennes neste utfordring er å få førerkort, helst før hun fyller 50. 🚗

Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland er spesialist i virtuell og utvidet virkelighet (VR/AR) for læring og trening, leder for forskningsgruppa IMTEL (Innovative Immersive Technologies for learning) og professor ved Institutt for pedagogikk og livslang læring.

Gratulerer med bursdag! 🎉 Bildet viser Ekaterina dykke i Madeira-akvariet, juni 2024.

24/11/2024

We have just released an open-source unitypackage that implements an AI-powered character for Virtual Reality apps, supported by our VR4VET project!
Developers: A. Nergaard, F. Skogheim Larsson, I. Ringheim, J. Gabrielsen Grønstad, N. JN, and R. Seeland

Changes: NPC AI is a newer version of the existing NPC prefab that adds the ability for users to converse with the character in game. It also changes the behavior and look of the dialogue box to a...

17/11/2024

✨Virtual Reality for Career Counselors and Vocational Trainers, training workshop for career counselors and vocational trainers!
🗓️26-28.11.2024
❄️Trondheim, Norway
🏡hosted by IMTELlab at NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, NAV Trøndelag, and Karrieresenteret i Trøndelag
Program & registration👇

The VR4VET training event is designed for career guidance counselors and vocational educators who are interested in learning about and applying new digital technologies, in particular Virtual Reality and digital games.

12/11/2024

Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland presented IMTELlab projects, talked about XR, ethics and inclusion and demoed app at Meta Educators Community Summit!