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KVL Presented at 4th Immersive Vis Labs Workshop @ IEEE VR 2026
KVL Staff on Project
Ronell Sicat
ronell.sicat@kaust.edu.sa
Building 1, Level 0, Office 0125
KAUST PI on Project
Abdulkader Afifi
abdulkader.alafifi@kaust.edu.sa
Overview
During the 4th Immersive Visualization Laboratories Workshop at the recent IEEE VR 2026 Conference, staff scientist Ronell Sicat gave an overview of the KAUST Visualization Core Lab (KVL) and discussed recent success stories highlighting different ways of going beyond traditional immersive visualization constrained within laboratory settings. With its shift towards few largescale systems and more HMD systems, KVL uses frameworks to easily port applications between CAVEs and HMDs to maximize their benefits. KVL adapted to provide AI expertise to users, often finding unique research opportunities in immersive visualization projects that are rich in image data. KVL continuously innovates in immersive storytelling, and works with domain scientists to create research communications experiences that can engage and benefit the wider community. While some of the lessons presented here are not necessarily groundbreaking, the goal is to share how KVL continuously learns, adapts, and innovates to remain relevant in an ever-changing research landscape, in hopes of inspiring other labs.
