Students I currently supervise
Allen Chen
Allen joined the iSpace lab in Spring 2023 as a MSc student [more details coming soon]… Read more
- Position:
- MSc Student
- Email:
- xca114 at sfu dot ca
- Projects:
- No projects to display.
Denise Quesnel
Denise joined the iSpace team in Fall 2016 as a graduate student. Denise studies profound emotional shifts, like awe and wonder, that can occur through interaction with immersive, multisensory artistic artefacts and technological experiences. She is a researcher of the immersive realities, specifically creation and design of virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) content and interfaces. After s… Read more
- Position:
- PhD Student
- Email:
- dquesnel at sfu.ca
- Website:
- Projects:
- Sonic Cradle Virtual Earthgazing — towards an overview effect in Virtual Reality Connected through “AWE”: creating immersive experiences for social connection VR/MR/AR 4 Good: Creating with a Purpose SIRIUS — Virtual Earthgazing to mitigate effects of sensory isolation HyperJump flying to combat motion sickness
Ivan Aguilar
Ivan joined the iSpace team in Fall 2017 as a PhD student. He has a Bachelor in Computer Science and Master’s in Media and Technology, both from the Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil, where he researched in the areas of Augmented Reality, Pre-visualization for the Film Pipeline, Photogrammetry, and Computer Graphics. His current research focuses on using interdisciplinary approaches … Read more
- Position:
- PhD student
- Email:
- iaguilar [at] sfu.ca
- Projects:
- Virtual Earthgazing — towards an overview effect in Virtual Reality Connected through “AWE”: creating immersive experiences for social connection Embodied & Intuitive Flying for VR, Gaming, and TeleOperation VR Locomotion Interfaces Survey: How to Move in VR? Leaning-based interfaces improve ground-based VR locomotion Concurrent locomotion and interaction in VR HyperJump flying to combat motion sickness Telepresence
John Desnoyers-Stewart
John Desnoyers-Stewart is an interdisciplinary artist-researcher pursuing his PhD in Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He is a professional engineer with a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies who seeks opportunities to bring knowledge from diverse disciplines together to promote creativity and innovation. He is also a consultant with … Read more
- Position:
- PhD Student
- Email:
- john_desnoyers-stewart at sfu.ca
- Projects:
- Connected through “AWE”: creating immersive experiences for social connection Connecting through JeL – bio-responsive VR for interpersonal synchronization Body RemiXer Immersive Installation for Creative Expression and Public Performance: Transcending Perception BioSpaceVR Belonging: Embodied Telepresent Human Connection Breath of Light SIRIUS — Virtual Earthgazing to mitigate effects of sensory isolation Star-Stuff: a way for the universe to know itself Design Strategies for Genuine Connection Autoethnographic Close Reading of Self-transcendent VR Experiences Synedelica ETC — Embodied Telepresent Connection Designing with Biosignals Workshop at ACM DIS 2023
Katerina Stepanova
Katerina graduated from the Cognitive Science program with honours from SFU and continued into a graduate program at iSpace lab where she completed her MSc and continued into PhD program. She strives to understand how the immersive powers of modern technology can be leveraged to help people become more connected with themselves, each other and the world around them. Through an embodied cogn… Read more
- Position:
- Phd Student
- Email:
- erstepan [at] sfu.ca
- Website:
- Projects:
- Spatial Updating With(out) Physical Motions? Immersive & Embodied Teleoperation Interfaces Lean and Elegant Motion Cueing in VR Virtual Earthgazing — towards an overview effect in Virtual Reality Connected through “AWE”: creating immersive experiences for social connection Connecting through JeL – bio-responsive VR for interpersonal synchronization Body RemiXer Belonging: Embodied Telepresent Human Connection Breath of Light Virtual Transcendent Dream SIRIUS — Virtual Earthgazing to mitigate effects of sensory isolation Design Strategies for Genuine Connection Autoethnographic Close Reading of Self-transcendent VR Experiences ETC — Embodied Telepresent Connection Designing with Biosignals Workshop at ACM DIS 2023
Kenneth Karthik
Kenneth joined the iSpace lab in Fall 2021 as a Masters student. He has a background in computer engineering and [more details coming soon] … Read more
- Position:
- MSc Student
- Email:
- kenneth_karthik at sfu.ca
- Projects:
Noah Miller
Noah joined the iSpace team in Fall 2018 as a PhD student. He has a Bachelor and Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota Duluth. In his Master’s, he researched the difference between interface affordances of real-world and virtual objects in virtual reality. During this time, he also worked in the interdisciplinary MMAD Lab as a motion capture technician and research assis… Read more
- Position:
- PhD Student
- Email:
- noah_miller at sfu.ca
- Projects:
- Gamified Research Connected through “AWE”: creating immersive experiences for social connection NaviBoard: Efficiently Navigating Virtual Environments Embodied & Intuitive Flying for VR, Gaming, and TeleOperation SIRIUS — Virtual Earthgazing to mitigate effects of sensory isolation Autoethnographic Close Reading of Self-transcendent VR Experiences Synedelica
Rose Rouhani
Rose joined the iSpace lab in Spring 2022 as a Masters student. She has a background in computer science and will be working on motion sickness in VR [more details coming soon].… Read more
- Position:
- MSc Student
- Email:
- rose_rouhani at sfu dot ca
- Projects: