S1EP8 | UX Journey: Staying up to date in a field is a lot more about social things than reading (Feat. Trond Nilsen) from HCI Insiders

S1EP8 | UX Journey: Staying up to date in a field is a lot more about social things than reading (Feat. Trond Nilsen)

1 hour 6 minutes Posted Aug 30, 2023 at 5:08 am.

Introduction

Road from a graduate student in game, Augmented Reality & education to teaching at University of Washington, Seattle

Curriculum design & reflections on teaching AR/VR

Discussing the challenges people new to VR face with the technologies and the tools.

Difficulties in building a VR course for a diverse student group

How Trond got into the fields of Game Design and AR/VR

Trond’s understanding of Human-Computer Interaction & connections between HCI and game design; the “WOW effect” of VR

Projects on education & health

Challenges of keeping up with the field of AR/VR; advantage of networking and teaching.

To know about the WHAT and the WHY behind each technology and why this matters in the workplace

Challenges faced by the AR/VR industry and some exciting future trends

Discussing Apple Vision Pro: barriers, limitations and outlooks

: Advice for people interested in AR/VR

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More about our guest:

Dr. Trond Nilsen, a researcher, entrepreneur, and community organizer focused on XR technologies and game design with applications in health and education.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/trondnz/

https://gix.uw.edu/people/trond-nilsen/

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