Verity McIntosh

Associate Professor of Virtual & Extended Realities

University of the West of England

Speaker Biography

Verity McIntosh is Director and Principal Investigator of Immersive Arts, a £6m UK-wide programme of research, training, funding and events designed to support over 200 artists to engage with immersive technologies. 

Funding for Immersive Arts is provided through a collaboration between the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Arts Council England (ACE), the Arts Council of Wales (ACW), Creative Scotland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI). Funding from Creative Scotland, ACW and ACNI is provided by The National Lottery.

Verity is Associate Professor of Virtual and Extended Realities at the University of the West of England. Her research includes inclusive and accessible experience design in XR, the ethics of presence, and the role of human rights in multi-person, spatial computing paradigms.

She works collaboratively with creative practitioners, companies, communities, policymakers and governments around the world. Her work has been discussed in the UK’s House of Commons and House of Lords, EU Parliament, Council of Europe and in multiple print and media contexts.

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