Faculty Position in Applied Immersive Game Design in New Zealand

The University of Canterbury (UC) in Christchurch, NZ, is looking to hire an early career person in "Applied Immersive Game Design" (read: VR + Games).

This is an exciting opportunity in the UC School of Product Design, and is a continuing (permanent, as there is no tenure structure in NZ) academic position. The programme is closely aligned with the HIT Lab NZ.

Anyone interested in game design/development, VR/AR, and in living in New Zealand, this is a GREAT opportunity!

More info here:

https://tinyurl.com/ucaigd2019

PostDoc position Virtual Reality

POSTDOC POSITION WITH KATJA FIEHLER AND KARL GEGENFURTNER

Starting date: between August and December, 2019

A PostDoc position is available in Giessen, Germany. The successful candidate will join the groups of Katja Fiehler and Karl Gegenfurtner at the Psychology Department of Giessen University. The labs offer excellent facilities for studying visual perception and motor control. We are part of a larger research group on perception and action with close links to scientists within Europe and world wide (http://www.sfb-perception.de).

The group offers a stimulating, multi-national and multi-disciplinary research environment for young scientists (http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de). Giessen is a small university town, located just 60 km north of Frankfurt, right at the center of Germany.

The position is for a PostDoc interested to study perception and/or action in a Virtual-Reality environment. We have a newly established Virtual Reality lab, with devices to precisely measure eye, hand, and body movements, and for the calibrated display of color stimuli.

Recent work from the labs can be found here:
http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl/articles.html
http://www.uni-giessen.de/fbz/fb06/psychologie/abt/allgemeine-psychologie/wh/publikationen

The position is for 3 years. Knowledge in visual psychophysics, and good programming skills are necessary. A PhD degree in Experimental Psychology or a related field (computer science, neuroscience, biology) is required.

Applications referring to position number 354/06 should be send before June 14, addressed to

Giessen University - The president
Erwin-Stein-Gebäude
Goethestr. 58
35390 Giessen

Full applications should include a CV, a statement of research interests, and the names of up to 3 people who could write a letter of reference.

Informal inquiries per email (gegenfurtner@uni-giessen.de, Katja.Fiehler@psychol.uni-giessen.de) are highly encouraged.
Both Katja and Karl will be at VSS and available to talk to interested candidates.

2 PhD/PostDoc positions in HCI + 2D/3D Visualization

The Interactive Media Lab (https://imld.de/) at Technische Universität
Dresden, Germany is offering two PhD or postdoc positions (fully paid) in the field of data visualization/exploration using (multimodal) interaction in novel
display environments, including AR/VR settings. 

1 position (full time) in the collaborative research center "Foundations of
Perspicuous Software Systems" (https://www.perspicuous-computing.science/)
in the field of interactive information visualization, immersive visualization and natural interaction. Application deadline: end of May or until position is filled.

1 position (full time) in the cluster of excellence "Physics of Life" 
(https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/) in the field of immersive analytics
and immersive scientific data exploration using natural interaction techniques in mixed reality environments. Registration deadline 9 May, application submission until 20 May 2019.

Details can be found here: https://imld.de/jobs/. Dresden is a great place to live, a vibrant city of culture, architecture and stunning nature nearby.