Developing new skills in VR

The "Developing new skills in VR" student conference aims to bring together students and researchers in philosophy of mind, epistemology, cognitive science, philosophy of technology, in order to advance our understanding of the kind of knowledge we can aquire in VR and whether we can develop new skills or improve skills in VR.

The conference will take place 27-28 April 2024, between 9 AM-  9 PM, local time for Bucharest, Romania. Regular presentations will be 20 minutes long, followed by 10 minutes long Q&A.

It will have a mixed format, in that speakers may choose whether they present online only or face to face at the event's location (if so, their session will enjoy a live audience, but it will also be streamed to remote participants).

Topic areas:

• Epistemology of Virtual Reality
• Virtually learning and skill development in VR
• Gaining (new) knowledge in VR

Conference program

April 27, 2024

Hh:mm (Bucharest time)

10:00 Cimpoieru Ana-Maria (BA), University of Bucharest- Enhancing Military Training trough VR Technology

10:35 Mihai Alexandru Petrișor, University of Bucharest, (MA) - Embodiment and Empathy Training

11:10 Keynote address -Nathan Wildman, Tilburg University - Problems with Passthrough?

12:15 Kumru Akdogan, USI (MA)- Applying Epistemological Solutions to Digital Objects in Virtual Realities

12: 50 Paul Athes, Babeș Bolyai University (BA) -  Natural language processing and skill learning in VR

13:25 - 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 Adetula Bolanle, Vyatuatus Magnus University, Lithuania - Meaning and Reality:Constructing Ethical and Epistemic Frameworks for Virtual Reality

15:35 Cody Turner, Technology Ethics Center, University of Notre Dame (postdoctoral fellow) -VR, Photographic Realism and Limits of Phenomenal Conservatism

16:05 Yuan Dong, Duke University (Phd) - Virtue Epistemology in “Virtue Reality”

16:40 Volodymyr Tymoshenko, University of Bucharest (Phd) -Training social/communicational skills in VR