The Body is Along for the Ride:  The power and considerations of embodiment in constructing extended reality stories.

Nonny de la Peña, PhD, will discuss some the key considerations about the experience of the body in constructing extended reality stories including the embodied edit, duality of presence and spatial narratives. Looking back at her early career as a journalist, she will discuss how journalism’s best practices informed her thinking throughout her now decade-long virtual and augmented reality career.  She will also discuss work using new technologies including 3D and 4D gaussian splatting for both headset and WebXR deployments.