Verity is a Senior Lecturer, researcher and creative producer. She leads UWE Bristol’s pioneering master’s course in Virtual and Extended Realities which is an industry-led, practice-based programme offering students the opportunity to spend a year developing their craft as immersive storytellers. She is also a founding member of Bristol VR Lab, resident at the Pervasive Media Studio and a member of UWE’s Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC).

Verity is an advocate for interdisciplinary storytelling that bridges physical and virtual worlds and argues for a more considered and inclusive approach to user experience design in XR. Current research interests include the ethics of presence, and the simulation of unsafe environments.

Verity is a member of the editorial team.

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