Alex Kitson

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Position:

PhD Student

Contact:

akitson [at] sfu.ca
http://ispace.iat.sfu.ca/person/alex-kitson/

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Biography

Alex became a research intern at the iSPACE lab in January 2013, started her Masters in Fall 2014, and artic­u­lated into the PhD pro­gram in Fall 2015. She has a BSc from the University of British Columbia in Cognitive Systems, a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary pro­gram that com­bines psy­chol­ogy, com­puter sci­ence, phi­los­o­phy, and lin­guis­tics. Her research inter­ests involve using an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary approach to under­stand human per­cep­tion and behav­iour. In par­tic­u­lar, employ­ing tech­nol­ogy as a medium to explore the human psyche, create better human-computer inter­faces, and pro­vide clin­i­cal applications.

Alex com­pleted her PhD in December 2020, and is still col­lab­o­rat­ing on var­i­ous projects in the iSpace lab.

See her recent inter­view for her expe­ri­ence as a SIAT grad stu­dent (and now postdoc).

Projects

Awedyssey: VR for pro­mo­ting and enhancing well-being

Awedyssey: VR for pro­mo­ting and enhancing well-being

We are investigating and creating a new virtual reality (VR) experience, 'Awedyssey', for the promotion and enhancement of well-being. Today, digital technology pervasively intersects with our daily lives, and VR stands out as a digital tool capable of fostering adaptive coping and resilience skills, and authentic social connection. We welcome queries from potential collaborators and members of...

By denise quesnel, noah miller, katerina stepanova, john desnoyers stewart, jacob sauer, ashu adhikari, patrick pennefather, alex kitson, alexander stahn & bernhard riecke Read more
Designing with Biosignals Workshop at ACM DIS 2023

Designing with Biosignals Workshop at ACM DIS 2023

Designing with Biosignals: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Directions for Integrating Physiological Signals in Human-Computer Interaction ABSTRACT Biosensing technologies are a rapidly increasing presence in our daily lives. These sensor-based technologies measure physiological processes including heart rate, breathing, skin conductance, brain activity and more. Researchers are exploring...

By katerina stepanova, john desnoyers stewart, alex kitson, bernhard riecke, alissa antle, abdallah el ali, jeremy frey, vasiliki tsaknaki & noura howell Read more
ETC - Embodied Telepresent Connection

ETC - Embodied Telepresent Connection

Embodied Telepresent Connection (ETC): Exploring Virtual Social Touch Through Pseudohaptics ETC (Embodied Telepresent Connection) is an artistic VR project exploring ways of eliciting a feeling of embodied connection telepresently through pseudohaptics. This project emerged during the beginning of COVID-19-related lockdowns when our social interactions began to inhabit nearly exclusively virtual ...

By john desnoyers stewart, katerina stepanova, liu pinyao, rhyzhov vlad, alex kitson, patrick pennefather, adhikari ashu & bernhard riecke Read more
SIRIUS - Virtual Earthgazing to mitigate effects of sensory isolation

SIRIUS - Virtual Earthgazing to mitigate effects of sensory isolation

SIRIUS (Scientific International Research in Unique Terrestrial Station) is a series of on-land isolation experiments modelling long-term spaceflight in order to assess the psychophysiological effects of isolation on a crew and prepare for long-duration spaceflights, such as a trip to Mars. An 8-month-long isolation study commenced in Moscow on Nov 4th, 2021, where a crew of 6 people (from Roscosm...

By noah miller, katerina stepanova, john desnoyers stewart, ashu adhikari, bernhard riecke, patrick pennefather, alex kitson, denise quesnel & alexander stahn Read more
Virtual Transcendent Dream

Virtual Transcendent Dream

Flying dreams have the potential to evoke a feeling of empowerment (or self-efficacy, confidence in our ability to succeed) and self-transcendent experience (STE), which have been shown to contribute to an individual’s overall well-being. However, these exceptional dreaming experiences remain difficult to induce at will. Inspired by the potential of Virtual Reality (VR) to support profound emoti...

By pinyao liu, bernhard riecke, katerina stepanova & alex kitson Read more
BioSpaceVR

BioSpaceVR

Experience space like never before: An awe-inspiring VR experience that takes place in space where the Sun and stars react to biosensors. BioSpaceVR seeks to provide a virtual self-transcendent experience. Self-transcendent experiences are characterized by the feeling of unity with others and the world. Our project is a bio-responsive VR experience that creates an almost childlike experience of ...

By Zoe Temple Sandison, Bianca Pricop, bernhard riecke, alex kitson & john desnoyers stewart Read more
Immersive Installation for Creative Expression and Public Performance: Transcending Perception

Immersive Installation for Creative Expression and Public Performance: Transcending Perception

  Artist Statement Transcending Perception is an interactive Virtual Reality (VR) installation developed by John Desnoyers-Stewart that allows participants to collaborate in the creative, improvisational production of multisensory experiences. Bodies and space are transformed into instruments which translate presence into performance. This installation reminds participants that they are cre...

By john desnoyers stewart, shannon cuykendall, alex kitson, bernhard riecke & thecla schiphorst Read more
Lucid Loop: A Virtual Deep Learning Biofeedback System for Lucid Dreaming Practice

Lucid Loop: A Virtual Deep Learning Biofeedback System for Lucid Dreaming Practice

Can VR and neurofeedback deep learning art help enhance attention and lucid dreaming practice? Lucid dreaming, knowing one is dreaming while dreaming, is an important tool for exploring consciousness and bringing awareness to different aspects of life. We created a system called Lucid Loop: a virtual reality experience where one can practice lucid awareness via neurofeedback. Visuals are creativ...

By alex kitson, reese muntean, bernhard riecke & steve diPaola Read more
Connecting through JeL – bio-responsive VR for interpersonal synchronization

Connecting through JeL – bio-responsive VR for interpersonal synchronization

Can a bio-responsive generative art installation foster interpersonal synchronization and connection? JeL is a bio-responsive, immersive, interactive, generative art installation designed to encourage physiological synchronization between the immersants. In this project, we will be exploring how novel forms of interaction can be included in immersive technology to foster the feeling of connection...

By katerina stepanova, john desnoyers stewart, alex kitson, bernhard riecke, philippe pasquier & patrick pennefather Read more
Connected through "AWE": creating immersive experiences for social connection

Connected through "AWE": creating immersive experiences for social connection

Do you get enough “awe” in your life? In our busy day-to-day lives, we often take our experiences for granted. While we have the technology to connect with one another, like smart phones, we don’t necessarily get outside with nature, or stargaze. Such activities may consist of common awe-inspiring moments, and we now understand that feeling awe is associated with all sorts of social and well...

By bernhard riecke, denise quesnel, katerina stepanova, alex kitson, ivan aguilar, john desnoyers stewart, noah miller, pinyao liu & patrick pennefather Read more
Virtual Earthgazing - towards an overview effect in Virtual Reality

Virtual Earthgazing - towards an overview effect in Virtual Reality

How can we use immersive VR to give people pivotal positive experiences without having to send them out into space?   “We went to the Moon as technicians, we returned as humanitarians” reflected Edgar Mitchell after his space flight. This describes the overview effect – a profound awe-inspiring experience of seeing Earth from space resulting in a cognitive shift in worldview, le...

By bernhard riecke, katerina stepanova, denise quesnel, alex kitson, ivan aguilar & mirjana prpa Read more
Lean and Elegant Motion Cueing in VR

Lean and Elegant Motion Cueing in VR

How do we best design locomotion interfaces for VR that provide "enough" physical motion cues (vestibular/proprioceptive) while still being effective, affordable, compact, and safe? Despite amazing progress in computer graphics and VR displays, most affordable and room-sized VR locomotion interfaces provide only little physical motion cues (e.g., vestibular & proprioceptive cues). To provide...

By bernhard riecke, ernst kruijff, daniel feuereissen, alex kitson, timofey grechkin, markus von der heyde, jake freiberg, abraham hashemian, thinh nguyen vo & katerina stepanova Read more
Lost Spirit

Lost Spirit

Flight after death: Lost Spirit is an experiential-based Virtual Reality (VR) game whereby the player is transported into the spirit world as they take flight to the afterlife. Experience flight, weightlessness, and wonder. In Lost Spirit, you are stuck in the limbo - a world between the living and the dead. You will drift and fly through different environments, each corresponding to different...

By alex kitson, xin tong, bernhard riecke, david fracchia, diane gromala & mahsoo salimi, Read more
Immersive & Embodied Teleoperation Interfaces

Immersive & Embodied Teleoperation Interfaces

Developing virtual interfaces for embodied tele-operation and locomotion. How can we best design and implement an embodied telepresence system for tele-robotics, so we can safely explore remote, hard-to-reach, or potentially hazardous areas or situations? The goal of the "TeleSpider" project is to design and implement a telepresence system where users can remotely operate a robotic spid...

By bernhard riecke, alex kitson, abraham hashemian, markus von der heyde, katerina stepanova, amber choo & derek chen Read more
Motion Seats for VR

Motion Seats for VR

Using motion seats for enhancing locomotion and immersion in VR How can we provide a "moving experience" through VR without having to use a full-scale motion platform? Could a compact and relatively low-cost "motion seat" provide some of the same benefits, thus reducing cost, complexity, space & safety requirements? Despite considerable advances in Simulation and Virtual Real...

By bernhard riecke, alex kitson, abraham hashemian & markus von der heyde Read more
VR in Architecture Design & Review

VR in Architecture Design & Review

How can we use immersive Virtual Reality and embodied locomotion interfaces to to design more  cost- and space-efficient solutions for effective presentation and communication of architectural designs and ideas?  Our overall goal is to iteratively design and evaluate a novel embodied VR system that enables users to quickly, intuitively, and precisely position their virtual viewpoint in 3D space...

By bernhard riecke, jake freiberg & alex kitson Read more
Spatial Updating With(out) Physical Motions?

Spatial Updating With(out) Physical Motions?

How important are physical motions for effective spatial orientation in VR? Most virtual reality simulators have a  serious flaw: Users tend to get easily lost and disoriented as they navigate. According to the prevailing opinion, this is because physical motion cues are absolutely required for staying oriented while moving. In this study, we investigated how physical motion cues contribute ...

By bernhard riecke, markus von der heyde, salvar sigurdarson, daniel feuereissen, daniel sproll, andrew milne, alex kitson & katerina stepanova Read more
Sonic Cradle

Sonic Cradle

Sonic Cradle suspends the body is a completely dark chamber which encourages experiences comparable to mindfulness meditation.  Users compose peaceful soundscapes in real-time using only their breathing. [vimeo 35764652] Introduction and demo of the Sonic Cradle Sonic Cradle is a relaxing human-computer interaction paradigm designed to foster meditative attentional patterns.  The current p...

By jay vidyarthi, bernhard riecke, diane gromala, alex kitson, mirjana prpa & denise quesnel Read more

Publications

Stepanova, E. R., Heyde, M. von der, Kitson, A., Schiphorst, T., & Riecke, B. E. (2017). Gathering and Apply Guidelines for TeleSpider Design for Urban Search and Rescue Applications on a Mobile Robot. In M. Kurosu (Ed.), Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Contexts (HCI 2017) (Vol. 10272, pp. 562–581). Springer.
Wrainwright, N., Stepanova, E. R., Aguilar, I., Kitson, A., & Riecke, B. E. (2019, June). Transcending the Lab: Supporting Self-Transcendent Experiences in VR [Talk]. FCAT Undergraduate Conference, Surrey City Hall, BC, Canada. https://www.sfu.ca/fcat/events/ugc.html
Kitson, A., & Riecke, B. E. (2018, June). Going Beyond: Lucid Dreaming as a Lens into Transformative Experience Design for Virtual Reality [Symposium presentation]. 23rd Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference, Gatineau, Canada. http://interactivemediainstitute.com/cypsy23/
Stepanova, E., Quesnel, D., Kitson, A., Prpa, M., Aguilar, I., & Riecke, B. E. (2018, June). A framework for studying Transformative Experiences through VR [Symposium presentation]. 23rd Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference, Gatineau, Canada. http://interactivemediainstitute.com/cypsy23/
Kitson, A., Prpa, M., & Riecke, B. E. (2018). Immersive Interactive Technologies for Positive Change: A Scoping Review and Design Considerations. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01354
Kitson, A., Riecke, B. E., & Gaggioli, A. (2019). Digital Wellbeing: Considering Self-transcendence. ACM CHI 2019 Workshop on “Designing for Digital Wellbeing,” 1–4. https://digitalwellbeingworkshop.wordpress.com/position-papers/
Kitson, A., Buie, E., Stepanova, E., Chirico, A., Riecke, B. E., & Gaggioli, A. (2019). Transformative Experience Design: Using Interactive Technologies and Narrative to Support Transformative Experiences. ACM CHI 2019 Special Interest Group, 1–4.
Kitson, A. J., Muntean, R., DiPaola, S., & Riecke, B. E. (2022). Lucid Loop: Exploring the Parallels between Immersive Experiences and Lucid Dreaming. DIS ’22 Proceedings of the 2022 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (ACM DIS ’22), 1–16.
Liu, P., Stepanova, E. R., Kitson, A. J., Schiphorst, T., & Riecke, B. E. (2022). Virtual Transcendent Dream: Empowering People through Embodied Flying in Virtual Reality. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517677
Kitson, A. J., Stepanova, E. R., Aguilar, I. A., Wainwright, N., & Riecke, B. E. (2020). Designing Mind(set) and Setting for Profound Emotional Experiences in Virtual Reality. Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems (ACM DIS) Conference. ACM DIS, Eindhoven, Netherlands. https://dis.acm.org/2020/
Kitson, A. J., Desnoyers-Stewart, J., Miller, N., Adhikari, A., Stepanova, E. R., & Riecke, B. E. (2020). Can We Trust What’s Real? Using Fiction to Explore the Potential Dissociative Effects of Immersive Virtual Reality. Ethics of MR’20  Workshop at ACM CHI 2020 (Exploring Potentially Abusive Ethical, Social and Political Implications of Mixed Reality Research in HCI), Honolulu, HI, USA.
Kitson, A., DiPaola, S., & Riecke, B. E. (2019). Lucid Loop: A Virtual Deep Learning Biofeedback System for Lucid Dreaming Practice. Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3312952
Kitson, A., & Riecke, B. E. (2018). Can Lucid Dreaming Research Guide Self-Transcendent Experience Design in Virtual Reality? 1–4.
Kitson, A., Schiphorst, T., & Riecke, B. E. (2018). Are You Dreaming? A Phenomenological Study on Understanding Lucid Dreams as a Tool for Introspection in Virtual Reality. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 343:1-343:12. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173917
Kitson, A., Hashemian, A. M., Stepanova, E. R., Kruijff, E., & Riecke, B. E. (2017). Comparing Leaning-Based Motion Cueing Interfaces for Virtual Reality Locomotion. Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 3DUI, 73–82. https://doi.org/10.1109/3DUI.2017.7893320
Freiberg, J., Kitson, A., & Riecke, B. E. (2017). Development and Evaluation of a Hands-Free Motion Cueing Interface for Ground-Based Navigation. Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2017, 273–274. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2017.7892282
Kitson, A., Riecke, B. E., Hashemian, A. M., & Neustaedter, C. (2015). NaviChair: Evaluating an Embodied Interface Using a Pointing Task to Navigate Virtual Reality. Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, 123–126. https://doi.org/10.1145/2788940.2788956
Kruijff, E., Riecke, B. E., Trepkowski, C., & Kitson. (2015). Upper Body Leaning can affect Forward Self-Motion Perception in Virtual Environments. 103–112. https://doi.org/10.1145/2788940.2788943
Kitson, A., Riecke, B. E., & Stepanova, E. R. (2015). Influence of Movement Expertise on a Virtual Point-to- Origin Task. 100–103. https://doi.org/10.1145/2790994.2791014
Bayatpour, S., Bernardet, U., DiPaola, S., Kitson, A., & Riecke, B. E. (2015). Exploring Facial Expressions for Human-Computer Interaction: Combining Visual Face Tracking and EMG Data to Control a Flight Simulation Game. 1–7.
Tong, X., Kitson, A., Salimi, M., Fracchia, F. D., Gromala, D., & Riecke, B. E. (2016). Exploring Embodied Experience of Flying in a Virtual Reality Game with Kinect. 1–2. https://youtu.be/YEWwYfomkYY
Kitson, A., Riecke, B. E., & Vidyarthi, J. (2014). Sonic Cradle: Investigating Meditative Aspects of an Interactive Technology. NCE-GRAND 2014 Conference, 1–4. https://youtu.be/kB8qfJ1M0gg
Kitson, A., Sproll, D., & Riecke, B. E. (2016). Influence of Ethnicity, Gender and Answering Mode on a Virtual Point- to-Origin Task. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 11(22), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00022
Sirius. (2021, October 1). [Curated & peer-reviewed Virtual Reality Exhibition]. V-Unframed, Vancouver, BC, Canada. https://www.alliancefrancaise.ca/v-unframed/the-artworks/sirius/
Kitson, A., DiPaola, S., & Riecke, B. E. (2019, June). Can We Support Lucid Dreaming Practices with a Creative Deep Learning Algorithm and Immersive Virtual Reality Biofeedback System? [Poster]. 24th Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (CyPsy24), Norfolk, VA, USA. https://www.interactivemediainstitute.com/cypsy24/
Kitson, A., Prpa, M., & Riecke, B. E. (2017, October 6). Designing virtual environments for breath-awareness and eliciting positive affective states [Poster]. 3rd Annual Innovations in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health: Virtual Reality and Behavior Change, Stanford University, CA, USA. https://med.stanford.edu/cme/courses/2017/psychiatry17.html
Stepanova, E. R., Quesnel, D., Kitson, A., Prpa, M., & Riecke, B. E. (2017, November). Virtual Reality as a Tool for Inducing and Understanding Transformative Experiences [Poster]. Psychonomic Society 58th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Kitson, A., Nguyen-Vo, T., Hashemian, A. M., Stepanova, E. R., & Riecke, B. E. (2017, November). A User Study Comparing Two Low-Cost Chair Interfaces for Embodied Virtual Locomotion [Talk]. Psychonomic Society 58th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Kitson, A., Grechkin, T. Y., Heyde, M. von der, & Riecke, B. E. (2017, April 6). Navigating Virtual Environments – Do Physical Rotations Aid in Orientation? [Poster]. Second International Workshop on Models and Representations in Spatial Cognition, Tübingen, Germany.
Kitson, A., Schiphorst, T., & Riecke, B. E. (2017, June 3). Are You Dreaming? A Phenomenological Study on Understanding Lucid Dreams as a Tool for Introspection. CogSci Conference at SFU, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Prpa, M., Quesnel, D., Vidyarthi, J., Kitson, A., & Riecke, B. E. (2016, May). Sonic Cradle - Immersive interaction design combining breathing- and neurofeedback to foster focused attention meditation on breath [Poster]. 2nd International Conference on Mindfulness, Rome, Italy. http://www.cmc-ia.org/icm2016rome/
Kitson, A., Grechkin, T. Y., Heyde, M. von der, & Riecke, B. E. (2016, May). Effect of Physical Rotations and Gender for Navigation Performance in Virtual Environments [Poster]. International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Granada, Spain. http://www.ps2016.org/
Kitson, A., Sproll, D., & Riecke, B. E. (2014). Does Movement Experience Influence Navigation Strategy in a Virtual Point-to-Origin Task? [Poster]. 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society (Psychonomics), Los Angeles, USA.
Riecke, B. E., Stepanova, E. R., & Kitson, A. (2016, May). New response patterns in point-to-origin tasks depending on stimulus type and response mode [Talk]. International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Granada, Spain. https://youtu.be/miiPjAUb77Y
Kitson, A., DiPaola, S., & Riecke, B. E. (2019). Lucid Loop: A Virtual Deep Learning Biofeedback System for Lucid Dreaming Practice [Project Demo at Interactivity Hot Desk]. ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Chirico, A., Pizzolante, M., Kitson, A., Gianotti, E., Riecke, B. E., & Gaggioli, A. (2022). Defining Transformative Experiences: A Conceptual Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, Section Emotion Science, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.790300
Kitson, A., Chirico, A., Gaggioli, A., & Riecke, B. E. (2020). A Review on Research and Evaluation Methods for Investigating Self-Transcendence. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.547687
Stepanova, E. R., Desnoyers-Stewart, J., Kitson, A., Riecke, B. E., Antle, A. N., Ali, A. E., Frey, J., Tsaknaki, V., & Howell, N. (2023). Designing with Biosignals: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Directions for Integrating Physiological Signals in Human-Computer Interaction. Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS Companion ’23), 1–4.
Desnoyers-Stewart, J., Stepanova, E. R., Liu, P., Kitson, A., Pennefather, P. P., Rhyzhov, V., & Riecke, B. E. (2023). Embodied Telepresent Connection (ETC): Exploring Virtual Social Touch Through Pseudohaptics. Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585843
Miller, N., Desnoyers-Stewart, J., Stepanova, E. R., Kitson, A., Bizzocchi, J., & Riecke, B. E. (2022). Sipping the Virtual Elixir: An autoethnographic close reading of Ayahuasca Kosmik Journey a self-transcendent virtual experience. Extended Senses (Full Paper), 1–8. http://extendedsenses.co.uk
Miller, N., Stepanova, E. R., Desnoyers-Stewart, J., Adhikari, A., Kitson, A., Pennefather, P., Quesnel, D., Brauns, K., Friedl-Werner, A., Stahn, A., & Riecke, B. E. (2023). Awedyssey: Design Tensions in Eliciting Self-transcendent Emotions in Virtual Reality to Support Mental Well-being and Connection. Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 189–211. https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3595998
Kitson, A. (2019, April 14). Lucid Loop: A Virtual Deep Learning Biofeedback System for Lucid Dreaming Practice. Medium. https://medium.com/acm-chi/lucid-loop-a-virtual-deep-learning-biofeedback-system-for-lucid-dreaming-practice-531f0dcf28a8
Kitson, A., Muntean, R., DiPaola, S., & Riecke, B. E. (2023). Exploring Introspection with Lucid Loop: A Neurofeedback-Augmented Immersive Experience. 26th Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (CYPSY26), 1. https://easychair.org/smart-program/CYPSY26/2023-07-13.html
Kitson, A. J. (2021, November). How we can use virtual reality to support our mental health [Talk]. TEDxSFU, Vancouver, BC, Canada. https://www.ted.com/talks/alexandra_kitson_how_we_can_use_virtual_reality_to_support_our_mental_health
Kitson, A. J. (2021). Designing for Self-transcendent Experiences in Virtual Reality [PhD Thesis, Simon Fraser University]. https://summit.sfu.ca/item/34269
Stepanova, E. R., Desnoyers-Stewart, J., Kitson, A., Riecke, B. E., Antle, A. N., Ali, A. E., Frey, J., Tsaknaki, V., & Howell, N. (2023). Designing with Biosignals: Detailed Workshop Description. Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ’23), 1–6.
Miller, N., Desnoyers-Stewart, J., Stepanova, E. R., Kitson, A., Bizzocchi, J., & Riecke, B. E. (2022). Sipping the virtual elixir: An autoethnographic close reading of Ayahuasca Kosmik Journey, a self-transcendent virtual experience. Virtual Creativity, 12(Extended Senses: Embodying Technology), 27–44. https://doi.org/10.1386/vcr_00059_1
Desnoyers-Stewart, J., Stepanova, E. R., Liu, P., Kitson, A., Pennefather, P. P., Rhyzhov, V., & Riecke, B. E. (2023, April 20). Embodied Telepresent Connection (ETC): Exploring Virtual Social Touch Through Pseudohaptics [Curated Virtual Reality Exhibition]. Intangible Realities Lab Virtual Reality Exhibit, Santiago de Compostella, Spain. www.intangiblerealitieslab.org
Miller, N., Desnoyers-Stewart, J., Stepanova, E. R., Adhikari, A., Kitson, A. J., Quesnel, D. T., Pennefather, P., & Riecke, B. E. (2021, October 1). Sirius [Curated & peer-reviewed Virtual Reality Exhibition]. V-Unframed, Vancouver, BC, Canada. https://www.alliancefrancaise.ca/v-unframed/the-artworks/sirius/
Liu, P., Riecke, B. E., Kitson, A. J., & Stepanova, K. (2021, October). In air we dream [Curated Virtual Reality Exhibition]. Recto VRso Vancouver 2020, Vancouver, BC, Canada. https://www.alliancefrancaise.ca/v-unframed/
Quesnel, D., Stepanova, E. R., Aguilar, I., Kitson, A., & Riecke, B. E. (2017). AWE [Invited Virtual Reality Exhibition]. SPLASH, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Quesnel, D., Stepanova, E. R., Aguilar, I., Kitson, A., & Riecke, B. E. (2017). AWE [Invited Virtual Reality Exhibition]. TEDxEastVan, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Quesnel, D., Stepanova, E. R., Aguilar, I., Kitson, A., & Riecke, B. E. (2017). AWE [Invited Virtual Reality Exhibition]. TEDxSFU, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Kitson, A., Stepanova, E. R., Hashemian, A. M., Riecke, B. E., Nagy, G., Choo, A., & Chen, D. (2016, May 14). TeleSpider: investigating motion-cueing interfaces for control of a remote robotic spider [Project exhibition]. Consumer Virtual Reality (CVR) conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Miller, N., Desnoyers-Stewart, J., Stepanova, E. R., Adhikari, A., Riecke, B. E., Pennefather, P. P., Kitson, A., & Quesnel, D. (2023, November 23). Awedyssey [Curated Mixed Reality Exhibition]. Cosmic Nights: Humans in Space, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre. https://events.sfu.ca/event/37966-cosmic-nights-humans-in-space