VEMI Lab Tour
The VEMI Lab, or Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Lab, studies the ways in which humans interact with technology and explores ways that technology can be used to overcome barriers. Tommy, who works for the VEMI Lab, was our tour guide.
At the first workstation in the tour, they showed us a computer and speaker that uses sound waves at a high frequency to create a textural sensation on the user’s hand when grasping the objects modeled on the computer screen.
Next, we went into the Virtual Reality station and each took a turn using the VR headset to solve puzzles or explore a simulated space. In the photo above is one of the students immersed in a virtual reality simulation.
From there, we visited a workstation specializing in self-driving vehicle simulation. We rode in a car that moved in sync with a 180-degree visual simulation of city traffic.
You can check out more about the VEMI Lab here https://umaine.edu/vemi/
IEI students listening to Tommy, the tour guide, as he explains the vehicle simulator at the VEMI Lab.