Connected Minds Research Retreat - Toronto, Canada 2026

PDH students Iroshini Gunasekera, Phoebe Ching, and Master’s Student Nathaniel Goldstein attended and presented posters at the Connected Minds Research Retreat. The Retreat highlights interdisciplinary research of trainees from across the fields of Neuroscience and Behaviour, Intelligent Technologies and Society. All three Wilcox Lab members have been awarded the Connected Minds Scholarship.

Iroshini showcased a poster on her new study about the role of 2D and 3D depth cues in shape constancy for everyday objects.

Phoebe presented a poster on her work on interface interaction during free movement in virtual reality.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Spatial User Interaction (SUI) and Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) - Montreal, Canada 2025

The week of November 10th, 2025, was a busy one for the Wilcox Lab. Phoebe Ching and Iroshini Gunasekera, along with their co-supervisors, Dr. Laurie Wilcox and Dr. Rob Allison, were in Montreal for two conferences: the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) and the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST).

Phoebe gave a talk on her work about head-point mechanics in head-mounted displays at ACM SUI. This was developed in part from a course project for EECS 6329 at York University. Phoebe was also selected for the VISTA Travel Conference Award to attend this conference.

Iroshini presented one of her MA thesis experiments on the impact of depth cues and viewing (active vs passive) on 3D size judgments in virtual reality at ACM VRST.

ASPIRE Human Factor Ergonomics Society (HFES) - Chicago, USA 2025

Post-doc Brittney Hartle travelled to the Windy City (Chicago) this October to present her and PHD student Alreen Aksay's work done in collaboration with the Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Aeronautics at the ASPIRE HFES Conference. Brittney presented a poster on her and Arleen's work about the false horizon illusion in aviation.

See snapshots of the famous Wrigley Building and other Chicago architecture captured on the trip.

Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment (LOVE) Conference - Niagara Falls, Canada 2025

This February, master's students Camille Proszanski and Nathaniel Goldstein presented posters of their current master's thesis work at the 52nd annual Love Conference in Niagara Falls.

Camille presented a poster on visual-field processing asymmetries in 2D and 3D face perception.

See snapshots of sights and attractions around the LOVE Conference.