Discover the latest happenings at the Lindsay Lab!
LINDSAY VH at FutureFWD
On May 20, 2025 the University of Calgary organized Future FWD, an expo and event to explore the future of innovation. We are excited that we had the opportunity to be part of UCalgary's FutureFWD event to share our research on the LINDSAY Virtual Human. Here is a...
LINDSAY Anatomy App
Our aspiration for the LINDSAY Anatomy app is to complement in-person anatomy labs that students usually attend to learn more about the intricate and marvelous structures of the human body. However, anybody interested in learning more about the human body should find...
Cell Gallery
We are experimenting with digital, walkable gallery spaces to display the intricate features of micro- and macro-worlds in our human bodies. Above is an example, the Cell Exploration gallery, to experience a neuron cell and a generic eukaryotic cell — on display in...
Giant Interactive Cell Project
The Giant Interactive Cell (GIC) project is being developed by Mika Ong and Finn Vamosi. Dr. Christian Jacob and Owen Brierley are overseeing the direction of this research. On July 20th, the lab team presented a work-in-progress demonstration of the GIC to our...
Summer Research 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDsxOLgjbpo
LINDSAY receives Epic MegaGrant
We are delighted to announce that the reviewers at Epic Games have decided to award an Epic MegaGrant to the LINDSAY Virtual Human project. We will build what we call the LINDSAY Body Universe. Stay tuned for further updates ...
LifeBrush at SIGGRAPH 2020
Dr. Timothy Davison's 3-minute talk won an honourable mention at the 2020 SIGGRAPH Thesis Fast Forward competition. Congratulations to Tim, whose PhD thesis is giving a detailed account of the LifeBrush system he has developed. See the University of Calgary's PRISM...
Exciting Summer Action
As has now become tradition, we have a passionate group of students working over the summer on their research projects in the LINDSAY Virtual Human lab. Projects directly related to LINDSAY are: Gut-Brain Interactive Simulation & Game Ryan Lee has returned to the...
Talking about Augmented Reality
How do Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality enrich our lives? (Part 2) As part of the Shaw TV's Calgary Now daily show, Kevin Chorney is joined by Christian Jacob, Ph.D and Markus Santoso, Ph.D from the University of Calgary along with Russ Dawson & Radu Muresan...