Diane Gromala

profile

Position:

Professor and Canada ResearchChair

Contact:

gromala at sfu dot ca
http://www.siat.sfu.ca/faculty/Diane-Gromala/

Affiliations:

SIAT, SFU

Biography

Colleague and col­lab­o­ra­tor on var­i­ous research projects.

Projects

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
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

Choo, A. (2015). Virtual Reality Game Design for the Reduction of Chronic Pain Intensity in Clinical Settings [MSc Thesis, Simon Fraser University]. http://summit.sfu.ca/item/15695
Cole, A. W., Quesnel, D. T., Pekcetin, S., Gromala, D., O’Brian, H., Antle, A. N., & Riecke, B. E. (2017). Integrating Affective Responses and Gamification into Early Reading Acquisition Software Applications. CHI PLAY’17 Extended Abstracts, 73–85. https://doi.org/10.1145/3130859.3131433
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
Vidyarthi, J., Riecke, B. E., & Gromala, D. (2012). Sonic Cradle: designing for an immersive experience of meditation by connecting respiration to music. Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems (ACM DIS) Conference, 408–417. https://doi.org/10.1145/2317956.2318017
Vidyarthi, J., Riecke, B. E., & Gromala, D. (2012). Encouraging Meditative Experiences through Respiratory-Musical Interaction. NCE-GRAND 2012 Conference, 1–4.
Vidyarthi, J., Gromala, D., & Riecke, B. E. (2011). Are you Immersed? Characterizing Immersion across Literature, Art and Interactive Media [Talk]. Society of Literature, Science and Art (SLSA) Conference 2011, Kitchener, Canada.
Vidyarthi, J., Riecke, B. E., & Gromala, D. (2012). Sonic Cradle [Curated Virtual Reality Exhibition]. TEDactive conference, Palm Springs, CA, USA. http://conferences.ted.com/TEDActive2012/
Vidyarthi, J. (2012). Sonic Cradle: Evoking Mindfulness through ‘Immersive’ Interaction Design [MSc Thesis, Simon Fraser University]. https://summit.sfu.ca/item/12546
Gromala, D., Vidyarthi, K. J., & Riecke, B. E. (2011). Sonic Cradle; Project Exhibition in Chronic Pain: Art & Science Collaborations [Exhibition].