About the Lab
R2/C2 is a lab at Algoma University, founded around 2026, aiming to research how make extended reality (XR) technologies
more affordable, more available, and more resilient to real world uses. Currently, there is not
much work at this point - except for the Fantôme analysis, which aims to introduce a new and
robust trajectory analyisis method for extended reality data. Additionally, the lab also collaborates
both internally and externally with multiple researchers and institutions.
Members and Collaborators
Founder: Prof. Sathaporn "Hubert" Hu
Professor Hu (aka. สถาพร ฮู, 胡秀楷) is an assistant professor at Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie. He obtained his PhD from Dalhousie University.
For more information, please visit the homepage.
Collaborators
Since September 2026, Prof. Hu has been collaborating with Prof. Ryan Chown (Algoma University) on
an extended reality (XR) planetarium project. Both are supervising an undergradaute student named Mantej Nagra. In the past,
Prof. Hu also collaborated with the following:
- March 2026 - October 2026: Prof. Hu collaborated with Prof. Somang Nam (SLIDE Studio, Algoma University) to publish
an undergraduate thesis. The work (draft) was accepted by IEEE ISEMV'26 and it was presented by an undergraduate
student supervised by Prof. Nam in Larnaca, Cyprus.
- May 2026: Prof. Hu invited J Tseng and Mo Ayato of StudioSIAT, Simon Fraser University to provide a talk on virtual streaming.
- May 2025 - August 2026: Prof. Hu collaborated with Prof. Muhammad Azam and Prof. Nam on
an immersive analytics project which aims to visualize machine learning algorithms in immersive 3D. The project predates the founding of R2/C2.
Profs. Hu, Azam and Nam supervised Harris Adedeji, an undergradaute student from September 2025 to August 2026. Meet Shekhada
was supervised by Profs. Hu and Azam from May 2025 to August 2025.
Currently, research opportunities are only available for current undergraduate students
at Algoma University. For more information, please read the page here (Although Prof. Hu is not recruiting
thesis-based students at the moment, the page should still contain useful information.):
How to Join