Speaker Series

Join Studio X in conversation with invited scholars, artists, professionals, and more, who will discuss their work with immersive technologies across disciplines and industries. These events are virtual, free, and open to all members of the campus community and the general public. This series is made possible by Kathy McMorran Murray.

Previous Speakers

speaker Sanjeel Parekh.

Voices of XR: Sanjeel Parekh

April 29, 2024 @2pm — Audio-Visual Scene Understanding and AR/VR

speaker Synatra Smith.

Voices of XR: Synatra Smith

April 24, 2024 @2pm — Chronicling Harriet: Afrofuturist Museology through Immersive Technology

speaker Lisa Maria Wurzinger.

Voices of XR: Lisa Maria Wurzinger

April 22, 2024 @2pm — From 2D to Social 3D: Entering the Immersive Web

speaker Qi Sun.

Voices of XR: Qi Sun

April 17, 2024 @2pm — Toward Human-Centered XR: Bridging Cognition and Computation

speaker Shiri Azenkot.

Voices of XR: Shiri Azenkot

April 15, 2024 @2pm — XR Access: Making Virtual and Augmented Reality Accessible to People with Disabilities

speaker Giles Spence Morrow.

Voices of XR: Giles Spence Morrow

April 10, 2024 @2pm — Digital Archaeology and the Metaverse: Collaborative Interpretation in Immersive Virtual Reality

Antonia Forster.

Voices of XR: Antonia Forster

Creator of the LGBTQ+ VR Museum

QuHarrison Terry.

Voices of XR: QuHarrison Terry

The Metaverse Handbook

Anurag Kumar.

Voices of XR: Anurag Kumar

Reference Free Learning for Speech Enhancement and Speech Assessment

Lieutenant Cololnel Stephanie Raffo wearing military fatigues standing in front of a flag.

Voices of XR: Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Raffo

Innovation and Emerging Technologies at Space Force

Dr. Benjamin Suarez Jimenez.

Voices of XR: Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez

VR & PTSD, Trauma, and Resilience

Damien McDuffie.

Voices of XR: Damien McDuffie

Black Terminus AR

Dr. Ram Haddas.

Voices of XR: Ram Haddas

Orthopedics & XR

speaker Mike Murdoch.

Voices of XR: Mike Murdoch

Color Science & Augmented Reality

Ferryman collective logo.

Voices of XR: The Ferryman Collective

Live Immersive VR Experiences

kaan aksit.

Voices of XR: Kaan Akşit

Could holographic displays be the key to achieving realism?

speaker John Haddick.

Voices of XR: John Haddick

ThinkReality: Helping Build the Enterprise Metaverse

Sylvia Xueni Pan.

Voices of XR: Sylvia Xueni Pan

Virtual Humans in VR

Scott McEldowney.

Voices of XR: Scott McEldowney

Optics of Virtual Reality

Philosopher David Chalmers.

Voices of XR: David Chalmers

From the Matrix to the Metaverse

speaker Muhsinah Morris.

Voices of XR: Muhsinah Morris

VR Pioneer in the Higher Education Metaverse

Kavya Pearlman.

Voices of XR: Kavya Pearlman

Who Owns Our (Virtual) Identities?: XR, Data, Privacy, & Safety

Nathalie Mathe

Voices of XR: Nathalie Mathe

Virtual Reality Creator & Educator

Book cover for Reality+ which features a blue sky partially covered with clouds, some of which are pixelated

Voices of XR: David Chalmers

The New York University philosopher is the author of a new book that contends virtual reality is reality, too.

speaker Riham Alieldin.

Voices of XR: Riham Alieldin

Can We Walk in Our Patients’ Shoes? Immersive Virtual Reality as an Empathy Training Tool for Medical Students

Dr. Ghazi.

Voices of XR: Ahmed Ghazi

AR/VR Applications in Surgical Training

speaker David Glowacki.

Voices of XR: David Glowacki

Cloud-Mounted VR Experiments During COVID Times

speaker Anand Santhanam.

Voices of XR: Anand Santhanam

Medical Use for AR/VR

Ekram Aksit.

Voices of XR: Kaan Akşit

Next Generation Display Technologies for Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications

Speaker Cali Fidopiastis.

Voices of XR: Cali Fidopiastis

Faces of Technology: Scientist Explores Solutions Through AR/VR

speaker Steven Christian.

Voices of XR: Steven Christian

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Problem Solving through Innovation, Creativity, and Emerging Technology

Speaker Dr. Chaio Liu.

Voices of XR: Chiao Liu

AR/VR Sensing and Computing Technologies

Speaker Yan Xu.

Voices of XR: Yan Xu

AR/VR for UX

A virtual bust of George Floyd in front of a colorful mural in the Portland, Oregon

‘Create and conquer’

An upcoming Voices of XR speaker is entertaining, empowering, and educating through XR

speaker Renee Stevens.

Voices of XR: Renée Stevens

Making Reality More Accessible

Carl Domingo smiling.

Voices of XR: Carl Domingo

Learn Game Development with Unity

Carl Domingo

3 ‘Serious’ Questions with Carl Domingo

Prior to joining Studio X for Voices of XR, Domingo talks zombies, hackathons, and increased access to video games

Speakers Ece Tankal and Carmen Aguilar y Wedge holding props and wearing funny glasses.

Voices of XR: Hyphen-Labs

Resisting contemporary consumption-based technologies, Hyphen-Labs explores absurdities that emerge at the edges of “this” and “that”.