SAFE-XR: XR Perception, Safety, and Health

Goal

SAFE-XR investigates how people perceive, and are affected by, extended-reality environments — with a focus on safety and long-term health. As XR moves from labs into everyday use, understanding visual discomfort, cybersickness, and perceptual safety becomes essential.

Approach

The project combines physiological sensing, large-scale data collection, and machine learning to model how XR content affects users, and to design adaptive systems that reduce discomfort in real time.

Outcomes

Funded through the CSIRO Data61 Next Generation Graduate Program (AUD 1.7M), SAFE-XR also trains a cohort of graduate researchers at the intersection of XR, perception, and health.