XR for Health, Training & Safety

We design and deploy XR systems for concrete needs beyond the laboratory: industrial training and safety, health screening, and education.

Mobile AR operational interface and digital twin

A student wearing a headset tries the AR digital-twin demo next to the project poster

Supported by an Ingram Hall Makerspace grant in January 2026, this project explores a lightweight mobile AR system for industrial training. The approach uses smartphone cameras and visual markers to align digital-twin information with physical equipment, reducing dependence on specialized headsets.

The system is designed to help operators:

Scan a marker to load the relevant digital-twin information
View equipment status and safety information on a mobile device
Follow spatially aligned operating and training instructions

VR for concussion screening

With collaborators in sports medicine, we have developed and evaluated a VR application for vestibular/ocular motor screening (VOMS), comparing it with the standard clinical protocol and a novel prototype (Pavilionis et al., 2024; Pavilionis et al., 2026).

Immersive computing education

The Texas State University Unity3D Faculty Innovation Grant supports immersive computing course development.

Publications

2026

Sports Health

VOMS Baseline Versus Postinjury: A Comparison of a Standardized Novel Prototype and a Virtual Reality Application in Sport-Related Concussion

Philip Pavilionis, Madison Fenner, Kristen G Quigley, and 5 more authors

Mar 2026

DOI Bib HTML

@article{pavilionis2025voms,
  author = {Pavilionis, Philip and Fenner, Madison and Quigley, Kristen G and Adhanom, Isayas Berhe and Moran, Ryan N and Passalacqua, Monique and Szekely, Brian and Murray, Nicholas G},
  journal = {Sports Health},
  title = {VOMS Baseline Versus Postinjury: A Comparison of a Standardized Novel Prototype and a Virtual Reality Application in Sport-Related Concussion},
  year = {2026},
  month = mar,
  volume = {18},
  number = {2},
  pages = {411--419},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/19417381251355959},
  doi = {10.1177/19417381251355959},
  type = {journal articles},
}

2024

Sports Health

Virtual reality application for vestibular/ocular motor screening: current clinical protocol versus a novel prototype

Philip Pavilionis, Isayas Berhe Adhanom, Ryan Moran, and 2 more authors

Mar 2024

DOI Bib HTML

@article{pavilionis2024virtual,
  author = {Pavilionis, Philip and Adhanom, Isayas Berhe and Moran, Ryan and Taylor, Madison R and Murray, Nicholas G},
  journal = {Sports Health},
  title = {Virtual reality application for vestibular/ocular motor screening: current clinical protocol versus a novel prototype},
  year = {2024},
  month = mar,
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/19417381231163158},
  pages = {407-413},
  doi = {10.1177/19417381231163158},
  type = {journal articles},
}