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SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes at Microsoft Research: VR Locomotion & Avatars
DESCRIPTION:How to bridge the gap between reality and virtual world navigation is still one of the unsolved frontiers in VR. Avatars as key aspect. \nThe XR Bootcamp Open Lecture Series continues with Microsoft’s Senior Researcher Mar Gonzalez Franco! \nAgenda: \nVR locomotion is still one of the unsolved frontiers in VR. Dr. Gonzalez-Franco will review the many possible options and techniques to implement and bridge the gap between reality and virtual world navigation. While some techniques are more accessible than others\, nausea levels may become an issue with some of them. \nMicrosoft researchers are looking for ways to achieve the best outcomes. Imagination is at play in defining how to interface large VR spaces in restricted physical areas. Concerns on navigation such as distance perception and distance compression depend on the level of embodied interaction. Making avatars is an unexpected key aspect of locomotion. \nDr. Gonzalez-Franco will describe techniques that might have implications on the ability to create mental maps for users and go deep into all of these. \nYou will also discover the newest techniques and learn from both academic\, industry\, as well as game design implementations. \nAs always\, her lecture will be followed by a Q&A session where you can ask all your questions about the topic. \nMeet your presenters: \nDr. Mar Gonzalez-Franco is a Researcher in the EPIC (Extended Perception Interaction and Cognition) team at Microsoft Research. In her research\, she advances Spatial Computing by building new devices and experiences. All while studying human behavior\, perception\, and neuroscience. \nMar holds a BSc in Computer Science (URL\, Barcelona) and MSc in Biomedical Engineering (Universitat de Barcelona and Tsinghua University). She earned her Ph.D. in Immersive Virtual Reality and Clinical Psychology under the supervision of Prof. Mel Slater at the EVENT-Lab\, affiliated as a visiting student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, MediaLab. She completed her postdoctoral studies at University College London. \nDespite her shift into the industry — first at Airbus Applied Maths laboratories in the UK and now at Microsoft Research — she is still deeply involved in the scientific community\, where she often acts as an expert advisor to governments (US NSF\, Canada NSERC\, European Commission). As well as published\, served as program committee\, chair\, associate editor\, and reviewed in multiple venues (IEEE & ACM conferences and transactions\, Frontiers\, Nature Publishing group\, and Science Robotics). She is also very keen on disseminating her views on how technology companies and industrial labs should run. In that role\, she has been invited for commentaries on her work for Scientific American\, Bloomberg\, GEN summit\, as well as recognized by different institutions as a technology leader to follow: Business Insider ES 2019 award\, MAS Technology Award 2019. Since 2020 she is also the Ethics and Diversity Chair of IEEE VGTC. \nXR Bootcamp Notes: \n\nJoin our Discord channel https://discord.gg/nq4VcTt !\nDiscover our Advanced VR Master Classes:\nhttps://xrbootcamp.com/advanced-xr-master-classes/\nIn case of questions feel free to reach out: hello@xrbootcamp.com\n\nLocomotion Vault (with 109 different techniques) curated by Mar Gonzalez-Franco: \nhttps://locomotionvault.github.io/ \nLocomotion & Avatars Pro Event Series\n\nFeb 11\, XR Creators Discord After Party ; https://discord.gg/ry7ShHAm6X \nFeb 12\, XR Creators Clubhouse Event with Microsoft\, Accenture\, USC… ; \nhttps://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/MOvpLYWE
URL:https://www.meetxr.de/event/behind-the-scenes-at-microsoft-research-vr-locomotion-avatars/
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