More about our guest:
Dr. Trond Nilsen, a researcher, entrepreneur, and community organizer focused on XR technologies and game design with applications in health and education.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trondnz/
https://gix.uw.edu/people/trond-nilsen/
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0:00 Introduction
2:06 Road from a graduate student in game, Augmented Reality & education to teaching at University of Washington, Seattle
5:05 Curriculum design & reflections on teaching AR/VR
6:54 Discussing the challenges people new to VR face with the technologies and the tools.
11:19 Difficulties in building a VR course for a diverse student group
13:27 How Trond got into the fields of Game Design and AR/VR
23:37 Trond’s understanding of Human-Computer Interaction & connections between HCI and game design; the “WOW effect” of VR
27:57 Projects on education & health
33:32 Challenges of keeping up with the field of AR/VR; advantage of networking and teaching.
39:51 To know about the WHAT and the WHY behind each technology and why this matters in the workplace
46:32 Challenges faced by the AR/VR industry and some exciting future trends
58:03 Discussing Apple Vision Pro: barriers, limitations and outlooks
63:02: Advice for people interested in AR/VR