Behind the scenes
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Marientina Gotsis, MFA
Professor of Cinematic Practice at the University of Southern California and Director of the Creative Media & Behavioral Health Center. She is an artist, designer, and technologist working at the intersection of interactive entertainment, neuroscience, and medicine.
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Laura Cechanowicz, MA, MFA
Assistant Professor at Arizona State University in the MIX Mesa City Center. Laura is a designer, worldbuilder, and artist using critical worldbuilding to collaboratively build spatialized content focused on embodiment, identity, health, disability, and technology. They are a doctoral candidate in the interdisciplinary Media Arts + Practice program at the University of Southern California.
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Lizzy Hogenson, MA, MS
Stop motion animator and doctoral student. Her work emphasizes recycled materials, tactility, and imperfections while exploring health, body autonomy, and gender themes. She is a doctoral student in the Film and Media Studies program at the University of Santa Barbara.
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Julie Lutz, OTD
Artist and recent graduate of the University of Southern California’s doctoral occupational therapy program. She studied the impact of Virtual Reality within healthcare and currently serves the senior population in the greater Los Angeles area.
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Garrett Flynn, BS, MA
Founding Partner of Brains@Play. Garrett is a transdisciplinary researcher in Brain-Computer Interfaces and a web engineer who advocates for free biomedical infrastructure on the Open Web.
special thanks to
The SMART-VR Directorate.
The USC Games Front Desk Staff.
Patty Huezo Gutierrez, Division Contracts and Grants Coordinator, USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
in memoriam
To our beloved futurist and friend Jeff Watson (March 26, 1973 – November 8, 2020) who continues to inspire and motivate thousands of people worldwide.