News from the VR laboratory

Student in focus: Emelie Bjurström

Meet Emelie Bjurström who is conducting her last semester at the Master Programme in Architecture with a particular focus on house building.

Student in focus: Jesper Johansson

Meet Jesper Johansson who is conducting his last semester at the Master Programme in Architecture with a particular focus on House Building.

In the media: Mixed reality soon the reality of geologists

In the future, geologists may see an ore body as a hologram in real life. The German startup company Terranigma Solutions enlists the help of LTU Business and Luleå University of Technology in the development of a mixed reality product for geologists and the mining industry.

Common Earth modelling of the Kiruna mining district

Researchers at Luleå University of Technology will, together with LKAB, do a comprehensive survey of the ore body in the Kiruna area.
– We compile all available data in a single model to find out what the bedrock looks like in depth, says Tobias Bauer, associate professor of ore geology at Luleå U...

SGU's scholarships for geosciences 2020

Two out of five recipients of SGU's scholarships are from the Division of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering at Luleå University of Technology.

Royal visit to the university

Green metals, digital winter road maintenance, a VR mine experience, a demonstration of autonomous drones and of the Swedish Mars instrument HABIT. King Carl XVI Gustaf gained insight into research in a variety of fields when he visited Luleå University of Technology.

Famous university interested in industrialized and sustainable construction

University of California Berkeley and The Terner Center for Housing Innovation visited Luleå University of Technology and the construction company Lindbäcks in Piteå. It was the department for industrial and sustainable construction that hosted these long-distance guests.

Computer game technology can help wooden house builders

Today, modular construction is used to create large-scale prefab buildings. The off-site building processes give the modern house manufacturers challenges to handle – like a large flow of information. New research from Luleå University of Technology offers solutions.

Unique drone maps Sweden's geology

Environmental monitoring, detecting fractures in open-pit mines, and gathering crucial information about how ore deposits form. Luleå University of Technology's new custom-made drone is equipped with camera and magnetometer and can be used for a wide range of purposes.

Explore unique virtual mine

Wherever you are in the world, you can go down to the virtual underground mine created by researchers at Luleå University of Technology. The experience brings you a thousand feet below ground and you can move independently between the shaft and the hallways.

Successful course in fusing geochemistry and structural geology

One of the major challenges in modern exploration is integrating large datasets of structural and lithogeochemical data. Far too often, such datasets are treated separately, leading to that their full potential for finding new mineral deposits is left untapped.

Peter Eriksson visited the Virtual Reality Lab

The Minister for Housing and Digital Development Peter Eriksso visited Luleå University of Technology's Virtual Reality Lab during Friday for a demonstration of how drones can be used in geoscience research and education.

Inauguration of the VR Studio

Today the inauguration of the Virtual Reality Lab at Luleå University of Technology took place with a demonstration for press and industry. The VR studio will be a powerful tool for visualizations and presentations and will be used by both researchers and students.

Published:14 March 2017
Updated: 2 October 2020
Edit page , opens in new tab/window