University of the West of Scotland

"Exploring Virtual Worlds with disabled communities" - Care challenges and cultural benefits

Academic History:

2016 - 2017: Msc. Serious Games and Virtual Reality - Glasgow School of Art

2013 - 2016: Bsc. (Hons) Creative Computing - Goldsmiths University - London

2003 - 2006: Diploma Trienale - Illustration and Multimedia - Istituto Europeo di design - Rome

Supervisors:

Dr Nick Higgins - University of the West of Scotland

Professor Richard Coyne - University of Edinburgh

Paul Cameron - Disability resource centre - Renfrewshire Council

Research Interests:

My research interests revolve around ideas related to the use of serious games, and interactive visualizations, to share different realities. Using narrative methods that heavily borrow from surrealist art and documentaries.

My preferred media is Immersive Virtual Reality using head mounted displays, Augmented Reality. Currently I find myself exploring possibilities of content creation with Mixed Realities (MR).

Previous Research Projects:

"Immersive Lab" -

"The Bittersweet" - An artistic approach on explaining autism (2016)

Scholarships:

Arts & Humanities Research Council scholarship - 2017

Borsa di studio dei Cenacoli Mariani, Caserta – 2003

Awards:

"Tutto in una notte" - 2006, Istituto Europeo di Desing (Rome)

Publications:

FEFÈ#0 - "IF YOU WANT A FUTURE, GO AHEAD LOKK FOR IT" - pp.26

Contact Details:

Address: University of the West of Scotland

Work Tel No: 07791 276777

Email: Jesus.russian@uws.ac.uk

First published: 18 October 2017