Please join me in congratulating Jacqueline Bast on her award from the Mark Diamond Research Fund in support of travel and material expenses related to her thesis: Experiencing Virtual Reality, A trajectory through varying types of embodiment experiences in virtual reality environments.
Jacqueline will be conducting a site visit of the Electronic Visualization Labratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois Chicago, an internationally-renowned interdisciplinary laboratory conducting research into the development of highly-immersive virtual reality experiences, as well as acquiring a dedicated VR headset for her own studio practice, the outcome of which is a component of here final submission and public gallery presentation.
Special thanks to committe members Dave Pape and Mark Shepard.