The Nights Speakers

Hear from a mix of experience from across the XR, immersive technology and digital innovation community. Each will share insights from their own work, projects and areas of expertise before we open with networking and community demos.

Ricardo Garcia-Rosas PHD

Co-founder & CEO, Virtetic

Ricardo will talk about his XR journey to start Virtetic a company that believes the limb loss journey should be one of hope, confidence, and limitless potential. Virtetic provides more than just fun and games! It is an exciting way of how allied health professionals can enhance their delivery of care. By leveraging its interactive, realistic and gamified nature, clinicians can diversify their training programs for their patients, and ensure specific individual goals are still met in a safe and controlled environment.

Dr Julia Low - RMIT University

VR, Food, and Space!

Dr Julia Low is a sensory and consumer scientist with a background in psychology and nutrition. Her research spans fundamental sensory science, including psychophysics and cross-modal perception, and applied work exploring how eating experiences can be enhanced through design, technology, and psychological insights. Her research focuses on how individual differences in flavour perception and eating behaviour are shaped by cognitive traits and environmental context, with particular interest in different life stages, psychological states, and challenging environments.

James Sheridan - Head of Business Asia Pacific for IGLOO

Immersive Spaces with Igoo Vision

James Sheridan has a long academic and commercial background in immersive spaces and has been designing, building, researching and using them, along with the software that runs them, for over 20 years. He’s worked closely with the world’s leading universities and companies to research and implement immersive technologies. During this time he has helped establish Igloo Vision as the global leader in immersive technology

More information about your hosts

www.immerseaustralia.org

https://www.linkedin.com/company/immerse-australia

ACM SIGGRAPH Melbourne

https://melbourne.siggraph.org/

VXLab and digital innovation at RMIT

https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-locations-and-facilities/facilities/research-facilities/virtual-experiences-laboratory

Contact the host of Melbourne XR Open Lab: Immerse Australia x RMIT x SIGGRAPH Melbourne

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