031: Child Computer Interaction and Games for Health with Alessandra Luz

Games Institute Podcast

EpisodeMar 18, 20211h 4m

031: Child Computer Interaction and Games for Health with Alessandra Luz

Games Institute Podcast

EpisodeMar 18, 20211h 4m

Alessandra Luz, PhD student from the HCI Games Group, joins us to discuss using technology to develop games-based optometry treatments for children. Alê shares her experience working in advertising in Brazil, England, and Japan, and a Master's in England, leading up to starting her PhD at the University of Waterloo in May 2020 just after the pandemic lockdowns began. Hear Alê talk about what it was like to join the Games Institute's community exclusively online and get inspired by her commitment to bring gender, racial, and disability equity into her interdisciplinary research.

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The Games Institute (GI) Podcast is currently on indefinite hiatus due to a lack of funding and resources to support the platform. The GI Podcast began as a way of delivering conversations about current research in games and immersive technologies by spotlighting emerging and established scholars. Hosted by GI graduate students and supported by GI administrative staff, the podcast offered a more personal look into the lives of researchers and chronicled their inspiration for pursuing research in games and immersive technologies. The podcast also covered a broad range of topics, including but not limited to: media studies, human-computer interaction, artificial...

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