Mel Slater

@melslater

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    Jan 7

    LEARN BAYESIAN ANALYSIS: Applications for the 2nd BayesHSC summer school are now open! Check out the speakers and how to apply:

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  2. 21 Dec 2019

    Exciting opportunity open in the at . Research on collaborative funded by . Please see and the position should also soon appear on
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  3. 17 Dec 2019

    Hope you're having a great symposium. Very sorry I couldn't be there. And ... thanks.

    Great to be speaking about character and AI at today - database and Doctor Who: The Runaway provide so many talking points. has inspired so many people here today.
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    14 Dec 2019

    Dear Prime Minister, We, the undersigned, respectfully, ask you to take up an initiative your predecessor declined to support, for a form of Associate Citizenship... Please sign and RT.

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  5. 3 Dec 2019

    Thanks for your nice comments!

    If you’re looking for a great opportunity to do a PhD in VR, I’d recommend as a doctoral supervisor for gentle guidance and amazing inspiration... would make for a useful sounding board and excellent technical steering. Good hand to be in. Apply! 👇🏽
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  6. 2 Dec 2019

    Exciting opportunity open in the at . Research on collaborative funded by . Please see and the position should also soon appear on

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    2 Dec 2019

    Are you looking for a ​Doctoral ​Fellowship? The Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowships programme supports the best scientific talent and fosters innovative, high quality research. Check out our offers. Apply now!

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    27 Nov 2019

    We had a big day of demos with the Justice Department of Catalunya presenting our app for the rehabilitation of domestic violence offenders.

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    28 Nov 2019

    We are looking for a talented Unity C# Developer to join our new team in Barcelona If you think you have the skills we are looking for, apply using the following link:

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    25 Nov 2019

    Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This project developed a experience that is putting abusive men inside a woman’s body to help them emphatise with the abuse victims. ➡️

    Man wearing the virtual reality device
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  11. 25 Nov 2019

    Thanks - there is a paper on earlier results at

    Replying to @melslater @vbwrks
    I'm thrilled to hear more about this project !
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  12. 25 Nov 2019

    How times have changed! Today we put 10 Quests in the car and gave demos of our app towards rehabilitation of domestic violence offenders to Justice Dept Catalunya. Photo shows preparations.

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  13. 22 Nov 2019

    This is an example of by @vbrwks - paper available at You can talk with anyone (as yourself).

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    The Self Blends: In this video, I am debating with the famous philosopher of mind, Daniel Dennett, about the existence of God. But...I'm actually debating w *myself* through Dennett's virtual avatar in a twisted-up, ego-dissolving exchange. It's me v me. (vid from )
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    20 Nov 2019

    Here's speaking about for news as part of our weekly seminar series at

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  15. 13 Nov 2019

    New e-book: The Impact of Virtual and Augmented Reality on Individuals and Society Edited by , , Massimo Bergamasco and myself. 24 articles 333 pages.

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  16. 27 Oct 2019

    But 'plausibility', the illusion that what's happening is really happening, may rely on different aspects of 'realism' to a greater extent.

    Replying to @health20Paris
    I don't want to say that more 'realism' is more impactful. worked very well in 1991 after all. It is an interesting and complex question. In my view 'presence' as 'being in a place' does not rely on realism, but on sensorimotor contingencies (using the body to perceive).
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  17. 27 Oct 2019

    Some of our previous work that looked at the influence of illumination realism (not in relation to characters) can be found in: Insu Yu, et al (2012) IEEE CG&A, and references

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  18. 27 Oct 2019

    This was a personal observation. For example, these characters do not affect me: but, for example, these do They are all 'cartoony' of course, so there is something else.

    Replying to @volontematias @melslater
    Interesting. Can you share your work? I'm wondering about your stimulus materials, because no-one I've ever met has trouble reading the expressions of Disney–Pixar characters, The Simpsons, or, say, emojis, when presented in context. Indeed, parsimony often = less ambiguity
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  19. 26 Oct 2019

    I spent a long time in today. I've always thought that visual doesn't matter much for realistic responses. And we have evidence showing this. Now I'm wondering whether this doesn't apply to virtual humans. The deliberately cartoon virtual humans don't affect me much.

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    24 Oct 2019

    It is mega exciting to experience the brilliant research material about how to reduce implicit racial bias using embodiment. I remember this study inspired me in my master to do research using VR to make the world better!!!

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