UCYGraphics

The Graphics & Extended Reality Lab is a research group based at the University of Cyprus, within the Department of Computer Science. It is situated in the FST 01 building on the university's new campus. Established in 2002, the lab currently has several ongoing funded projects and a team of researchers. Its research focus includes areas such as machine learning, rendering techniques, extended reality, and animation.

Our lab co-organized the 45th Annual Conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics (Eurographics)

28 Apr 2024

The University of Cyprus, in collaboration with CYENS - Centre of Excellence, successfully co-organized the 45th Annual Conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics (Eurographics). The conference was held from April 21-26, 2024, in Limassol, Cyprus. For more details, please visit the conference website.

Best Paper Award

31 Oct 2025

We are delighted to announce that the work of our students Marios Stylianou and Marios Demetriou, under the supervision of Dr. Andreas Aristidou, titled “Disaster Evacuation of the Old City of Nicosia”, has been awarded the Best Student Paper at the 8th International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC 2025).

Interactive Media for Cultural Heritage - Just Published by Springer Nature!

01 Jul 2025

We are proud to share the release of the volume Interactive Media for Cultural Heritage, edited by Dr. Fotis Liarokapis, Dr. Maria Shehade, Dr. Andreas Aristidou, and Dr. Yiorgos Chrysanthou. This interdisciplinary volume brings together the latest advancements in interactive media technologies applied to digital cultural heritage from 3D reconstruction and immersive experiences to serious games and collaborative virtual spaces.

Our work "MPACT: Mesoscopic Profiling and Abstraction of Crowd Trajectories" has been accepted for publication at Computer Graphics Forum

01 May 2025

MPACT is a framework that transforms unlabelled crowd data into controllable simulation parameters using image-based encoding and a parameter prediction network trained on synthetic image–profile pairs. It enables intuitive crowd authoring and behavior analysis, achieving high scores in believability, plausibility, and behavioral fidelity across evaluations and user studies. The paper has been accepted for publication at Computer Graphics Forum with Impact Factor 2.96.

Three Groundbreaking Papers Accepted at Eurographics 2025!

13 Feb 2025

Exciting news from our lab! We have three technical full papers accepted at the upcoming Eurographics conference in London!
- CEDRL: A cutting-edge framework for modeling diverse and adaptive crowd behaviors, offering real-time control and seamless generalization across various scenarios.
- DragPoser: A deep-learning motion reconstruction system that uses sparse sensor inputs to achieve highly accurate end-effector positioning in real time through optimized pose estimation in a structured latent space.
- MMIP: The first dataset to combine high-quality 3D motion capture, audio, video, and MIDI - a game-changer for studying musical performances involving guitar, piano, and drums.

Our work "Underwater Virtual Exploration of the Ancient Port of Amathus" has been accepted for publication at the Journal of Cultural Heritage

17 Sep 2024

This work focuses on the digital reconstruction and visualization of underwater cultural heritage, providing a gamified virtual reality (VR) experience of Cyprus' ancient Amathus harbor. Utilizing photogrammetry, our immersive VR environment enables seamless exploration and interaction with this historic site. Advanced features such as guided tours, procedural generation, and machine learning enhance realism and user engagement. User studies validate the quality of our VR experiences, highlighting minimal discomfort and demonstrating promising potential for advancing underwater exploration and conservation efforts. The paper has been accepted for publication at the Journal of Cultural Heritage with Impact Factor: 3.1.

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