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📍Virtuocity, University of Leeds, UK Virtuocity in Action with the scientists and researchers of tomorrow As part of the University of Leeds’ Be Curious event, Virtuocity was delighted to welcome around 40 children and their families for an exciting day of discovery and hands‑on learning. Visitors had the opportunity to experience our state‑of‑the‑art driving simulator, truck simulator, and pedestrian...
📍Virtuocity, University of Leeds, UK As part of our continued work to upgrade our research facilities and enable new and innovative experimental techniques we are thrilled to have completed an upgrade to the Highly Immersive Kinematic Experimental Research (HIKER) Lab. It's been over 6 years since HIKER was commissioned and this new modular floor...
📍Hi-Drive EU Project Final Event and EUCAR Annual Reception, AutoWorld, Brussels, Belgium | 25th-27th November 2025 After 4.5 years of amazing work, we were proud to share our findings with an audience of over 200 during the final event of Hi-Drive this week. Concluding the fourth project over a 15-year journey with this incredible group...
📍National Road Safety Conference, Wyboston Lakes, Bedfordshire UK | 4-5 November 2025 Virtuocity, represented by Programme Manager Pete Woodthorpe, Simulator Developer Hsuan Chao, Prof Samantha Jamson, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ruth Madigan and Senior Research Fellow Dr Ibrahim Ozturk exhibited and presented at the Road Safety GB organised National Road Safety Conference in Bedfordshire earlier in...
📍 ICTCT Conference – Berlin | 23–24 October 2025 We’re pleased to share that Yuwei Wang and Dr İbrahim Öztürk attended the 37th Annual Conference of the International Cooperation on Theories and Concepts in Traffic Safety (ICTCT), co-organised with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). Yuwei presented initial findings from her first doctoral study, titled: “Promoting safe and efficient pedestrian crossing...
The Road Safety on Five Continents (RS5C) conference, held from 3–5 September 2025, was a resounding success, bringing together a vibrant community of researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals from around the world. Co-organised with the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), the event welcomed 218 delegates from 37 countries, all united by a...
Our team (represented by Dr Yue Yang, Dr Íbrahim Öztürk, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yee Mun Lee) was proud to take part in the Vision Zero Conference organised by Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Combined Authority at Millennium Square. Yue Yang presented our The Road Safety Trust–funded project Autistic Children Matter: Addressing Road Crossing...
June marked the kick off of another exciting new Horizon Europe-funded project "CERTAIN", with over 25 project partners from research institutions, industry and regulatory stakeholders. The aim of CERTAIN is to further expand and validate the resilient, user-centric safety assurance framework for Connected and Cooperative Automated Mobility (CCAM) systems. The University of Leeds is represented by Prof Oliver...
Virtuocity and our Group Lead, Prof Natasha Merat OBE were featured on a new Channel 4 documentary broadcast earlier this month. “Pile Up – The World’s Biggest Crash Test is the most ambitious experiment of its kind. Produced by Blink Films for Channel 4, unwitting members of the public join a high-speed pile-up as auto experts investigate car...
We are extremely happy to announce that we’ve kick-started our 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿: 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 project, funded by The Road Safety Trust. Led by Associate Professor Yee Mun Lee and Dr Yue Yang this project is in collaboration with Dr Elizabeth Sheppard from the University of Nottingham and Leeds City...