George Papagiannakis

University of Crete / OramaVR

Assoc. Prof. George Papagiannakis is a computer scientist specialized in computer graphics systems, extended reality algorithms and geometric algebra computational models. He is currently associate professor at the Computer Science department of the University of Crete, Greece, associated faculty member at FORTH-ICS with the Human Computer Interaction Lab and visiting associate professor at the University of Geneva. His research and development interests are centered in the field of high-fidelity interactive computer graphics systems for human computer interaction, featuring embodied presence, psychomotor learning and gamification with simulated virtual humans in extended reality based on geometric algebra computational models. In 2016 he co-founded ORamaVR as a deep-technology spatial computing medical VR startup from FORTH, with the vision to accelerate world’s transition to medical virtual reality training.

5:30pm - 6:00pm GMT

Thursday December 9

Computational XR Medicine: Latest Advances Toward Metaverse-ready Virtual Training