Research Areas
Virtual & Extended Reality in Education
3D virtual campuses, flipped classroom models, and micro-teaching platforms powered by immersive technologies.
XR for Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
Reviving archaeological sites through virtual reality experiences, bridging past and present.
XR and AI for Disaster Resilience and Environmental Monitoring
Mixed reality and community-based digital tools for disaster risk management and early warning systems.
Learning Analytics and AI-Supported VR
Business intelligence approaches to VR interaction data and ethical considerations in AI-supported virtual learning.
VR Performance Engineering and Human Comfort
Optimising frame rate, latency, and batch values to balance performance and user comfort in VR.
Ongoing Projects
Projects carried out by XRLab members as principal investigators, researchers or project coaches.
Ongoing Projects
6 projects| Project | Funder & Programme | Grant No | Coordinator / PI | Role | Period |
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ZİRVE An Agricultural Decision Support System with a Voice-Prosody-Controlled XR Experience Module and an Offline Field Assistant |
Manisa Celal Bayar University — Scientific Research Projects Unit (BAP), General Research Project | FGAP-2026-3371 | Manisa Celal Bayar University | Principal Investigator — Assoc. Prof. Barış Çukurbaşı; Researcher - Assoc. Prof. Ali Geriş & Assist. Prof. Dr. Volkan Altıntaş | 30.06.2026 – 30.09.2027 |
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YİSİS Youth-Led Community-Based Digital Early Warning and Wildfire Reporting System |
European Union — European Solidarity Corps, Solidarity Projects (ESC30), Turkish National Agency | 2025-3-TR01-ESC30-SOL-000378824 · €7,314 | Manisa Celal Bayar University (Manisa VS of Technical Sciences — XRLab) | Coordinating institution; Project Coach: Assoc. Prof. B. Çukurbaşı | 31.05.2026-28.02.2027 |
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AIGAI VR Reviving the Heritage of Aigai through Virtual Reality |
European Union — European Solidarity Corps, Solidarity Projects (ESC30), Turkish National Agency | 2025-3-TR01-ESC30-SOL-000384579 · €7,314 | Applicant: Aigai Excavation Directorate | Partner (protocol-based); Project Coach: B. Çukurbaşı; Scientific Advisor: Prof. Dr. Yusuf Sezgin | 31.05.2026-28.02.2027 |
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REACT Disseminating a Resilient and Sustainable Adaptive-Response Learning Culture within Disaster Risk Management, Based on Mixed Reality Technology |
Eskişehir Osmangazi University — Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit (BAP), Priority Area Research Project | SOA-2025-3339 | Eskişehir Osmangazi University; PI: Assoc. Prof. Nazire Burçin Kaya | Researcher — Assoc. Prof. Barış Çukurbaşı | 30.04.2025 – 30.04.2027 |
| Development of VR-Supported Instructional Materials for Improving Cultural Sensitivity and Empathy Skills of Social Work Students | Manisa Celal Bayar University — Scientific Research Projects Unit (BAP), Infrastructure Project | 2025-030 | Principal Investigator — Prof. Dr. Gülten Uçan | Researcher — Assoc. Prof. Barış Çukurbaşı | 10.06.2025 – 10.06.2027 |
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SAGEMÖP Development of a VR Micro-Teaching Platform: The Case of the Life Sciences Teaching Course |
TÜBİTAK — 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Programme | Prof. Dr. Mustafa Bektaş (Sakarya University) | Researcher (B. Çukurbaşı, MCBU) |
Student teams of 7 and 8 undergraduate and graduate students from five faculties and three universities.
Completed Projects
4 projects| Project | Funder & Programme | Grant No | Role | Period | Budget |
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| Implementation, Evaluation and Dissemination of a Distance Flipped-Classroom Model Supported by 3D Virtual Learning Environments | TÜBİTAK — 3501 National Young Researchers Career Development Programme | 223K167 | Principal Investigator — Assoc. Prof. Barış Çukurbaşı; Researcher - Assoc. Prof. Ali Geriş & Dr. Semih Gençay | 01.02.2024 – 01.12.2025 | ₺1,062,136.00 |
| Development of a Train-the-Trainer Programme and Good-Practice Guide for Designing Virtual Reality Environments | TÜBİTAK — 3501 | 122K775 | Principal Investigator — Assoc. Prof. Ali Geriş; Researcher - Assoc. Prof. Barış Çukurbaşı | 15.02.2023 – 15.12.2024 | ₺500,000.00 |
| MetaCBU — Development of the VR-Supported MCBU Virtual Campus and Examination of Its Effects on Participants during Learning Activities | Manisa Celal Bayar University — Comprehensive Scientific Research Project (BAP) | 2022-077 | Principal Investigator (B. Çukurbaşı); Researchers: A. Geriş, O. Teke, M. Kılınç | 27.10.2022 – 17.07.2024 | ₺183,398.97 |
| The "Check" Cycle in the Effective Structuring of Teaching Processes: Opinions on the Evaluation Study Conducted within the Developed Web-Based System | Eskişehir Technical University — Scientific Research Projects Unit (BAP), Research Support Project (102-ADP) | 23ADP225 | Researcher (B. Çukurbaşı) | 15.10.2023 – 30.11.2024 | ₺31,800.00 |
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
2 publicationsGeriş, A., Çukurbaşı, B., Kılınç, M., & Teke, O. (2024). Balancing performance and comfort in virtual reality: A study of FPS, latency, and batch values. Software: Practice and Experience, 54(12), 2297–2310.
https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.3356Geriş, A., & Çukurbaşı, B. (2025). AI-Supported VR in Education: Learning Analytics, Interactions, and Ethical Bias. In S. Gökoğlu & F. Erdoğdu (Eds.), Virtual Technology Innovations in Education (pp. 119–152). IGI Global. ISBN 979-8-3693-6030-9.
Conference Proceedings
3 papersKılınç, M., Geriş, A., Teke, O., & Çukurbaşı, B. (2023). MetaPortal: Business Intelligence and Machine Learning Approach for VR Data. ASYU 2023, 1–5.
https://doi.org/10.1109/ASYU58738.2023.10296742Geriş, A., Tunga, Y., Çukurbaşı, B., & Engin, G. (2024). Next Generation Teacher Training: The VR Skills Acquisition Project for Educators. ICETOL 2024, 231–235. Eskişehir, Türkiye.
Geriş, A., & Çukurbaşı, B. (2022). Metaverse Evreninde Eğitim: Neden, Nasıl ve Ne Zaman?. ICITS 2022. Çanakkale, Türkiye. (in Turkish)
Team
Lab Coordinator
Barış Çukurbaşı
Associate Professor
Lab Coordinator (Principal Investigator)
3D Virtual Environments, VR/XR, Distance Education, Web Technologies, Technology Integration in Education
Ali Geriş
Associate Professor
Lab Researcher
VR/XR/AR Development, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Instructional Technologies
Science Outreach & Public Engagement
Science Outreach
5 activities| Project | Programme | No | Role | Period |
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| Manisa Science Festival–2 | TÜBİTAK 4007 Science Festivals Support Programme | 122B152 | Workshop Leader | 01.07.2022 – 01.12.2023 |
| Manisa Science Festival | TÜBİTAK 4007 | 121B158 | Workshop Leader | 01.07.2021 – 01.07.2022 |
| Interdisciplinary Nature of Science and Disaster Awareness Days | TÜBİTAK 4007 | 122B041 | Workshop Leader | 01.07.2022 – 31.12.2023 |
| STREAM-Based Mathematics Education through Multidisciplinary Methods | TÜBİTAK 4004 Nature Education and Science Schools | 222B248 | Instructor | 30.12.2022 – 30.06.2023 |
| STREAM It Up! – 2 | U.S. Embassy federal grant | STU15022GR0024 | Researcher (PI: Mehmet Nuri Öğüt) | 02.08.2022 – 30.06.2023 |
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