VR Significant New Researcher Award Previous Committees
2026
Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Google, USA (Chair)
Aleshia Hayes, Southern Methodist University, USA
Yuta Itoh, University of Tokyo, Japan
Ernst Kruijff, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany
Pedro Lopes, University of Chicago, USA
Yifan “Evan” Peng, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ana Serrano, University of Zaragoza, Spain
2025
Ryan McMahan, Virginia Tech, USA (Chair)
Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Google, USA
Aleshia Hayes, University of North Texas, USA
Yuta Itoh, University of Tokyo. Japan
Ernst Kruijff, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany
Yifan “Evan” Peng, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ana Serrano, University of Zaragoza, Spain
2024
Ryan McMahan, University of Central Florida, USA (Chair)
Ferran Argelaguet, Inria, France
Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Google, USA
Aleshia Hayes, University of North Texas, USA
Anjul Patney, NVIDIA Research, USA
Yifan “Evan” Peng, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yaser Sheikh, Meta Reality Labs, USA
2023
David Luebke, NVIDIA Research, USA (Chair)
Eakta Jain, University of Florida, USA
Doug Lanman, Meta Reality Labs, USA
Ryan P. McMahan, University of Central Florida, USA
Anjul Patney, NVIDIA Research, USA
Yaser Sheikh, Meta Reality Labs, USA
Frank Steinicke, University of Hamburg, Germany
2022
David Luebke, NVIDIA Research, USA (Chair)
Eakta Jain, University of Florida, USA
Doug Lanman, Meta Reality Labs, USA
Ryan P. McMahan, University of Central Florida, USA
Anjul Patney, NVIDIA Research, USA
Yaser Sheikh, Meta Reality Labs, USA
Frank Steinicke, University of Hamburg, Germany


