Academics with expertise in Virtual reality

Sasha Alexdottir

PhD Researcher - Phantom Touch in VR

Areas of expertise

Sasha Alexdottir is the lead researcher on Phantom Touch in Virtual Reality – the ability to experience sensations of touch in VR without the use of any haptic devices or external stimuli. She has been studying the phenomenon since 2021 and has made discoveries on how the touch illusion can be created virtually. Currently Sasha… Read more »

Debbie Holley

Professor Debbie Holley

Professor of Learning Innovation

Areas of expertise

Professor Holley is an expert in augmented, virtual and mixed reality innovations; her research interests include the framing of innovation for formal and informal learning contexts.  By seeking digital solutions to enable learning at a place and time of the learners’ choice, her digital scholarship draws on a sustained body of pedagogic research. A passionate… Read more »