Welcome to UWSpace
UWSpace is the University of Waterloo's institutional repository for the research and scholarship produced by its faculty, students, and staff. A service of the Library, UWSpace provides researchers with a free, secure, and long-term home for the presentation, dissemination, and preservation of their research and scholarship. By utilizing UWSpace researchers ensure their work achieves compliance with the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications.
Looking for Waterloo theses and dissertations? UWSpace contains all theses and dissertations published from October 2006 on, and a subset from 1996 through 2006, when electronic submission was optional. Older theses can be accessed by searching the library catalogue by title or author last name.
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Architecture as Setting the Stage: A framework for architectural design of virtual reality places centering the concept of presence through Wideström, Hernandez-Ibañez and Barneche-Naya, and Slater
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-14)Architecture shapes our physical world – and it shapes our virtual worlds as well. Virtual architecture creates the place in which a participant in Virtual Reality (VR) can understand and be immersed in the VR experience. ... -
TRANSCENDENCE: Being on the Edge of Meaning
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-13)The erosion of the body, the other, and the tangible world now permeate all facets of contemporary existence, extending beyond the confines of a debilitating disease—a mode of non-existence until death. We are separating ... -
How Do We Belong Here? The Evolution and Expression of Incidental Spaces of Belonging for Toronto's Chinese Diaspora
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-13)The Chinese diaspora of immigrant cities have historically created spaces of enclosed cultural spheres for collective survival and adaptation and this thesis examines those of Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area. Such ... -
Discrete total variation in multiple spatial dimensions and its applications
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-13)Total variation plays an important role in the analysis of stability and convergence of numerical solutions for one-dimensional scalar conservation laws. However, extending this approach to two or more spatial dimensions ... -
The Relationship Between Embodiment Perception and Motor Learning in Virtual Reality-based Interventions
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-10)Virtual reality (VR) is a rapidly evolving technology that offers immersive experiences by simulating realistic environments and interactions. In the context of motor learning and rehabilitation, VR has emerged as a promising ...