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, Amber. 2015. “Virtual Reality Game Design for the Reduction of Chronic Pain Intensity in Clinical Settings.” MSc Thesis, Surrey, BC, Canada: Simon Fraser University. http://summit.sfu.ca/item/15695.
Vidyarthi, Jay, Bernhard E. Riecke, and Diane Gromala. 2012. “Sonic Cradle.” Curated Virtual Reality Exhibition presented at the TEDactive conference, Palm Springs, CA, USA. http://conferences.ted.com/TEDActive2012/.
Vidyarthi, J., Diane Gromala, and Bernhard E. Riecke. 2011. “Are You Immersed? Characterizing Immersion across Literature, Art and Interactive Media.” Talk presented at the Society of Literature, Science and Art (SLSA) Conference 2011, Kitchener, Canada.
Vidyarthi, Jay. 2012. “Sonic Cradle: Evoking Mindfulness through ‘Immersive’ Interaction Design.” MSc Thesis, Surrey, BC, Canada: Simon Fraser University. https://summit.sfu.ca/item/12546.
Gromala, Diane, K. J. Vidyarthi, and Bernhard E. Riecke. 2011. “Sonic Cradle; Project Exhibition in Chronic Pain: Art & Science Collaborations.” Exhibition, Sept. 29 – Nov. 30 2011, California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI), UCLA, Los Angeles, USA.