Virtual Reality for Science

Sunday 9 Nov 2025, 09:00 → 14:30 US/Pacific

1-434 (PAB)

The VR for Science workshop is intended mainly for UCLA undergraduate students. It will take place in PAB 1-434 (in-person only) and will not be broadcast over Zoom. 

Seating is limited, and you must register (see the link below) in order to attend this event.  

You can see examples of the UCLA VR for science being done at our website https://vr.physics.ucla.edu/

09:00 → 09:30 Light breakfast

09:30 → 09:45 Virtual Reality for Science at UCLA: an Overview

Speaker: Jay Hauser (University of California Los Angeles (US))

09:45 → 10:00 Exploring the CMS Detector and its Large Hadron Collider Data with CMSVR and VRSpy

Speaker: Andrew Su (University of California Los Angeles (US))

10:00 → 10:15 Electric fields in full VR with VRFields, and Hypercubes

Speaker: Nathan Joshua (University of California Los Angeles (US))

10:15 → 10:30 Visualizing 4, 5, 6... dimensional data in Virtual Reality with DataVR

Speaker: Benjamin Jobilal (University of California Los Angeles (US))

10:30 → 11:15 Demo Session #1

Demos: VRFields - Omri, Hypercubes - Jay, CMSVR - Andrew

11:15 → 11:30 Computing preparation needed for VR development

Round-table discussion

11:30 → 11:45 UCLA plansfor VR in data analysis (ROOT) and particle interaction sims (GEANT4)

Speaker: Jay Hauser (University of California Los Angeles (US))

11:45 → 12:00 Visualizing particle interactions with matter with G4VR

Speaker: Benjamin Jobilal (University of California Los Angeles (US))

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch Break and Demo Session #2

Demos: VRSpy - Nathan, G4VR - Benjamin

13:00 → 13:15 Simulating dark matter detection with GEANT4 and G4VR

Speaker: Nicholas Farhadian (University of California Los Angeles (US))

13:15 → 13:30 Scientific multidimensional data displays in VR with ROOTVR

Speaker: Aryan Mosavian-Pour (University of California Los Angeles (US))

13:30 → 13:45 Ideas for future VR development at UCLA

Speaker: Jay Hauser (University of California Los Angeles (US))

13:45 → 14:00 Discussion of Future Directions and Q&A

A round-table discussion.

14:00 → 14:30 Demo Session #3

G4VR for DM - Nicholas, ROOTVR prototyping - Aryan