The Virtual Environments and Reality Technologies Exploration (VERTEX) Lab is located in the Department of Computer Science at the University of University in Calgary, Canada.

The VERTEX Lab aims to understand better how people think when working inside a 3D virtual environment with a focus on perception. Using that knowledge, we develop novel user interfaces that improve people’s performance on a task but that, at the same time, are easy to use.

For more information about our lab members' research, check our Publications page.

For more information about the lab, contact Dr. Mayra D. Barrera Machuca at mbarrera [at] ucalgary [dot] ca.

• The lab got an SSHRC IDG grant to study how AR can teach children local legends. We will share more soon!
• The lab got 2 workshop papers accepted to IEEE ISMAR'26. See you in Italy!
• The lab got 1 full paper and 1 poster accepted to ACM SUI'26. Italy here we come!
• Dr. Mayra D. Barrera Machuca is attending ACM CHI'26 in Barcelona, Spain.
• Dr. Mayra D. Barrera Machuca is attending IEEE VR'26 in Daegu, Korea.