# Immersive Technology How might we advance the use and understanding of VR, XR, AR, and other immersive technologies in games? Project areas include: - Generating 3D game assets from 2D images - Using machine learning to enhance interaction with virtual characters in games ## iGGi >>> People <<< relevant to this Theme: ## Dr Guifen Chen Supervisor # Creative Computing, Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research [Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/dr-guifen-chen) ## Dr Cristina Dobre iGGi Alum # Game AI, Immersive Technology [Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/cristina-dobre) ## Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov Supervisor # Design & Development, Game AI, Immersive Technology, Player Research [Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/dr-ildar-farkhatdinov-) ## Dr Miles Hansard Supervisor # Game AI, Immersive Technology, Design & Development, Game Data [Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/dr-miles-hansard) ## Karl Clarke iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement # Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research [Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/karl-clarke) ## Dr Abi Evans Supervisor # Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research [Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/dr-abi-evans) ## Luke Farrar iGGi Alum # Immersive Technology [Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/luke-farrar) ## Dr Patrik Huber Supervisor # Applied Games, Game Data, Immersive Technology, Player Research, Esports [Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/dr-patrik-huber) ## Tania Dales iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement # Game AI, Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research [Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/tania-dales) ## Dr Timea Farkas iGGi Alum # Player Research, Creative Computing, Immersive Technology [Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/timea-farkas) ## Dr Carlos Gonzalez Diaz iGGi Alum # Immersive Technology, Game AI, Design & Development, Creative Computing [Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/carlos-gonzalez-diaz) ## Dr Yul HR Kang Supervisor # Game AI, Player Research, Creative Computing, Immersive Technology [Read More](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/dr-yul-hr-kang) ### iGGi >>> Publications <<< relevant to this Theme: ###### Prototyping by Moving for Virtual Reality N Plant, C Hilton, CG Diaz, R Fiebrink, P Perry, R Gibson, B Martelli, ... 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) [Dr Carlos Gonzalez Diaz](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/carlos-gonzalez-diaz) [View Details](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=iC6CkDMAAAAJ&pagesize=100&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=iC6CkDMAAAAJ:YsMSGLbcyi4C) ###### The Sky's the Limit: Relightable Outdoor Scenes via a Sky-Pixel Constrained Illumination Prior and Outside-In Visibility JAD Gardner, E Kashin, B Egger, WAP Smith European Conference on Computer Vision, 126-143, 2024 [James Gardner](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/james-gardner) [Evgenii Kashin](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/evgenii-kashin) [View Details](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=U8WaDYcAAAAJ&pagesize=100&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=U8WaDYcAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC) ###### Embodied, in-medium design of VR game motion controls using interactive supervised learning C Gonzalez Diaz University of York, 2023 [Dr Carlos Gonzalez Diaz](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/carlos-gonzalez-diaz) [View Details](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=iC6CkDMAAAAJ&pagesize=100&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=iC6CkDMAAAAJ:W7OEmFMy1HYC) ###### Making Space for Social Time: Supporting Conversational Transitions Before, During, and After Video Meetings C Gonzalez Diaz, J Tang, A Sarkar, S Rintel 2022 Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work, 1-11, 2022 [Dr Carlos Gonzalez Diaz](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/carlos-gonzalez-diaz) [View Details](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=iC6CkDMAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=iC6CkDMAAAAJ:Y0pCki6q_DkC) ###### InteractML: Making machine learning accessible for creative practitioners working with movement interaction in immersive media C Hilton, N Plant, C González Díaz, P Perry, R Gibson, B Martelli, ... Proceedings of the 27th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and …, 2021 [Dr Carlos Gonzalez Diaz](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/carlos-gonzalez-diaz) [View Details](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=iC6CkDMAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=iC6CkDMAAAAJ:9yKSN-GCB0IC) ###### Interactive Machine Learning for Embodied Interaction Design: A tool and methodology N Plant, C Hilton, M Gillies, R Fiebrink, P Perry, C González Díaz, ... Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded …, 2021 [Dr Carlos Gonzalez Diaz](https://www.iggi-phd.org/people/carlos-gonzalez-diaz) [View Details](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=iC6CkDMAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=iC6CkDMAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC)