Section: Overall Objectives

Highlights of the Year

Best paper award

The paper "Combining Brain-Computer Interfaces and Haptics: Detecting Mental Workload to Adapt Haptic Assistance" [22] has obtained the best paper award at Eurohaptics 2012

Honorable mention

The paper "Efficient Collision Detection for Brittle Fracture" [23] has obtained the honorable mention at Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA-2012)

Inauguration of Immersia

The Immersia platform has been officially inaugurated the 20th of June 2012, by Bertrand Braunschweig, Inria Rennes, Bretagne Atlantique director, Claude Labit, vice-president of the Rennes 1 University scientific council, Antoine Petit, Inria deputy managing director, with Jean Le Traon, research and technology regional deputy director, Bernard Pouliquen, vice-president of the regional council, Clotilde Tascon-Mennetrier, vice-president of the general council, and Daniel Delaveau, Mayor of Rennes and president of Rennes Metropole. The platform is currently extended with the installation of the two lateral screens, improving the sensation of immersion in the VR applications.