Séamas Weech, PhD

Positions

 
 
 
 
 

Research Scientist

Sony Research

2024 Canada Remote
Developing brain-computer interface technologies
 
 
 
 
 

Staff Scientist

VPixx Technologies Inc.

2023 Montreal
Vision science special projects
 
 
 
 
 

Research Scientist

Serious Labs Inc.

2021 – 2023 Canada Remote
Improving perception and performance in human-machine interactions
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

McGill University

2019 – 2021 Montreal
Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by Mitacs Canada
Lab Director: Dr Anouk Lamontagne
 
 
 
 
 

Scientific Consultant

2018 – 2023
Consulting on cybersickness and human factors in VR for Canadian and multinational businesses
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Waterloo

2017 – 2019 Waterloo
Postdoctoral Research funded by Oculus Research (Meta Reality Labs)
Posturography; vestibular psychophysics on a MOOG 6DOF motion platform; cybersickness in virtual reality
Lab Director: Dr Michael Barnett-Cowan

Recent Publications

Recent Media Coverage

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‘Advil Head Settings: Fight Gaming Headaches’

‘Why do video games make some people feel sick?’

‘Why you feel motion sickness during virtual reality’

‘Virtually a Reality’

‘Augmented reality, virtual reality: industry game changers’

‘Virtual Reality macht viele Nutzer reisekrank’

‘Storytelling can reduce VR cybersickness’

Contact

  • Montreal, QC, Canada