The EyeCon VR/AR Lab consortium brings together complementary expertise from academic institutions and an industry partner across Germany and Turkey.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)#
Lead Partner | Munich, Germany | www.uni-muenchen.de
LMU Munich is one of Europe’s leading research universities. The psychology department has advanced research labs including VR/AR, eye tracking, EEG, and MRI scanning, and actively collaborates with industry partners, research institutions, and start-ups.
Prof. Dr. Zhuanghua Shi
Project LeaderMultisensory perception, temporal processing, VR/AR technologies, eye-tracking
MSense Lab
Prof. Dr. Melissa Võ
Project PartnerScene perception, visual search, eye movements, VR-based studies
Scene Grammar Lab
Chunyu Qu
Project CoordinatorTemporal perception, cognitive psychology, VR-based experimental paradigms
Dr. Artyom Zinchenko
Key ResearcherVisual attention, emotion & cognition, VR-based research, eye-tracking
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMU)#
Partner | Çanakkale, Turkey | www.comu.edu.tr
ÇOMU serves 60,000 students across 21 faculties. The university integrates VR-based learning into marketing, consumer behavior, and entrepreneurship courses, bridging psychology, business, and technology. ÇOMU hosts the EyeCon VR/AR Lab.
Res. Assist. Dr. Mert İnal
ResearcherConsumer behavior, marketing research, VR-based studies
Psychology, consumer behavior
Assist. Prof. Dr. Murat Özkaya
ResearcherBusiness research, VR applications
Çanakkale Technology Development Zone (Technopark)#
Partner | Çanakkale, Turkey | canakkaleteknopark.com.tr
Çanakkale Technopark provides management support, consultancy, and networking services for entrepreneurs and start-ups. It drives innovation through its Protothinks Prototype Center and Digital Content Development Center, bridging academic research with commercial applications.
Contribution: Industry connections and start-up mentoring; access to advanced facilities for research, UX analysis, and product testing; commercialization support for VR/AR-driven business solutions.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erkan Bil
CEO, CoordinatorProject coordination, industry partnerships, innovation management
Assist. Prof. Dr. Kadir Yılmaz
ResearcherVR/consumer behavior research
Res. Assist. Atif Çağlar Ababay
Research AssistantTechnical support, VR/AR implementation