This project examines how 360-degree sound in virtual reality affects decision-making and spatial awareness in netball, comparing experienced players and beginners across immersive and standard formats.
If you want to learn more, please contact Charlotte Hargreaves; charlotte.hargreaves@kcl.ac.uk
To understand visual exploratory activity in women's soccer and develop evidence-based recommendations for practice design.
If you want to learn more, please contact James Feist, Naomi Datson, Dr Oliver Runsiwick, Chris Pocock; J.Feist@chi.ac.uk , N.Datson@mmu.ac.uk , oliver.runswick@kcl.ac.uk , & c.pocock@chi.ac.uk
In this project we work with our partners at the ECB, Yorkshire CCC, and Cover Drive Cricket to understand the applications of VR for testing and training cricket batters.
If you want to learn more, please contact Dr Oliver Runswick: oliver.runswick@kcl.ac.uk.
Working with colleagues from the Centre of Human and Applied Phsysiology and the University of Oxford we are aiming to create paradigms using VR to make exercise feel easier for patients with breathlessness and exercise intolerance.
If you want to learn more, please contact Dr Oliver Runswick: oliver.runswick@kcl.ac.uk.
Working with partners such as FitXR and the KCL Active Wellness Scheme we are investigating how we can enhance engagement with exercise and the associated mental health benefits using VR as a vehicle.
If you want to learn more, please contact Dr Oliver Runswick and Yvonne van Hoecke; oliver.runswick@kcl.ac.uk, yvonne.a.van_hoecke@kcl.ac.uk
The aim of this project is to understand whether choice of VR environment influences enjoyment of exercise. This study can be used to inform exercise prescription guidelines.
If you want to learn more, please contact Olivia Essex; olivia.essex@kcl.ac.uk
We investigate how vision impairment (e.g., visual acuity or field loss) affects perception of medical data visualisation and subsequent decision-making process and quality.
If you want to learn more, please contact Wai Leung:
wai_lam.leung@kcl.ac.uk
Investigating visibility constraints affecting performance tasks in space. The study hopes to contribute to inform vision requirements when being sent to space.
If you want to learn more, please contact Zahra Kuliev:
This project aims to develop evidence to support the classification systems in blind and partially sighted football. It is the focus of Harrison Leivers' PhD.
If you want to learn more, please contact Harrison Leivers; hkl113@pgr.aru.ac.uk
The aim of this project is to identify the level of vision loss that constitutes a decrease in performance in first-person shooters. This should help to inform the creation of para-categories for esports.
If you want to learn more, please contact Henry Kaplan; henry.kaplan@kcl.ac.uk
Using an on-screen interception task, we are investigating whether changes in task difficulty disrupt the positive impacts of intrinsic motivation when learning a new skill.
If you want to learn more, please contact Dave Bright; d.bright@chi.ac.uk
Individuals can differ in the mode in which they experience conscious thought. These differences can be captured by The Internal Representation Questionnaire (IRQ), but its ability to predict motor control and links to reinvestment and motor imagery have not been tested.
If you want to learn more, please contact Dr Oliver Runswick: oliver.runswick@kcl.ac.uk.
We are developing, evaluating, and applying simulation suite technology to create immersive learning environments for performance sport.
If you would like to learn more, please contact Kieran Hayes, who is supervised by Prof. Neil Bezodis: 2034501@swansea.ac.uk, n.e.bezodis@swansea.ac.uk
The objective is to use mixed-methods to understand the impact of Smart Technology, Artificial intelligence, Robotics and Algorithms (STARA) on the psychosocial working environment among employed emerging adults.
If you want to learn more, please contact Maria Efremova; maria.efremova@kcl.ac.uk
We will use different mental health screening questionnaires designed for elite athletes to assess their validity. Additionally, we will collect socio-demographic data from elite athletes, test the acceptability and feasibility of the questionnaires, compare them with the gold standard and verify if mental health literacy influences the results. The research will include Romanian elite athletes and the validity results along with prevalence data of the most common mental health problems will be compared to the ones reported in other countries.
If you want to learn more, please contact teodora-simina.ionescu@drd.umfcd.ro
We aim to assess the accessibility and feasibility of VR and exercise for ADHD symptom management as a means of combining exercise and cognitive training.
If you want to learn more, please contact Natalie Assaf, Dr. Oliver Runswick, Professor Eleanor Dommett, and Dr. Samuel Westwood: Natalie.assaf@kcl.ac.uk, oliver.runswick@kcl.ac.uk, eleanor.dommett@kcl.ac.uk, and samuel.westwood@kcl.ac.uk
This novel project will explore the role of athletic identity in disordered-eating within rock-climbers, using a quantitative online survey and qualitative interviews of lived experience.
If you want to learn more, please contact Kat Wheatley (Primary Researcher), Ollie Runswick (Supervisor), and Emma Godfrey (Supervisors): katherine.wheatley@kcl.ac.uk, emma.godfrey@kcl.ac.uk, oliver.runswick@kcl.ac.uk.