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Alexandra Kitson

@alexandrakitson.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UVIC 🇨🇦 HCI, XR and wearables for health and well-being

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A Shell in the Pit @ashellinthepit.com · 07/11/2025
A new sect may have been formed to capture the "whispers" in the woods for @ironwood.bsky.social's Pacific Drive expansion👁️‍🗨️ Thanks to the vancouver indie camp members, and uh sorry to the campers across the lake. ⛺ *Use headphones for a binaural experience
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VR Forever 🔜 2026 @vr-forever.com · 08/09/2025
🔥 Introducing VR Forever 🔥 Coming to Steam from September 18th to 23rd VR dedicated Steam Event - Over 130 participating games - Deep discounts - New demos - Announcements - Surprise launches Plus the first-ever VR Forever Awards 🏆 - 30 games - 6 categories - 8 industry judges More info 🧵👇
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Andy Bacon @playfulbacon.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Chillin’ in the woods with Wordbound #vr #augmentedreality #gamedev #indiedev #gaming
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Alexandra Kitson @alexandrakitson.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Looking forward to an exciting week at the #DIS2025 Conference in Madeira, Portugal. @acm-dis.bsky.social Check out the amazing work from some talented students and collaborators 👇
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Andrés Lucero @andrikos.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference #dis2025 are now online! dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi... @acm-dis.bsky.social
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Alexandra Kitson @alexandrakitson.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Although the deadline has passed... if you're still interested in joining our workshop at #DIS2025, we still have a few spots left! Feel free to DM or submit directly through our website spiritedhci.org/dis2025works...
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Alexandra Kitson @alexandrakitson.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
💡 New paper from TECI Lab @siatsfu.bsky.social at #IDC2025 this week! Beyond the Algorithm: Speculative Approaches to Critical AI Literacies with Diverse Youth doi.org/10.1145/3713... Sadhbh Kenny, Alissa Antle, Gillian Russell, Annemiek Veldhuis #AI #YouthEmpowerment #CriticalLiteracy
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Beyond the Algorithm: Speculative Approaches to Critical AI Literacies with Diverse Youth | Proceedings of the 24th Interaction Design and Children
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Alexandra Kitson @alexandrakitson.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Going to #DIS2025? Consider submitting to our workshop! Deadline June 5 (AoE) @spiritedcollective.bsky.social
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Andy Bacon @playfulbacon.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Wordbound is a mixed reality puzzle game where the world is made of words! youtu.be/7P-21uGiyV0 #VR #AR #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
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Wordbound - Mixed Reality Puzzle Game (feat. The Pineapple Guy 🍍😎) [Official Teaser]
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Alexandra Kitson @alexandrakitson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🌊 Dive into the Ocean of Religious and Spiritual Design Research at #DIS2025! 🌊 👉 Submit your short papers or artworks (max 4 pages) by June 5, 2025 All R/S beliefs (including none) are welcome. 🔗 Learn more & submit: spiritedhci.org/dis2025works... #HCI #Design #HCIResearch #SPIRITED
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Kettle Games | Wordbound @kettle.games · 19/05/2025
This video contains clues to a puzzle. The first three people to solve the puzzle will receive a free copy of the game at launch.
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Andy Bacon @playfulbacon.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🍍➡️🥧 How to turn a pineapple into an apple pie. #VR #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gaming
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SPIRITED Collective @spiritedcollective.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Join us this Thursday (5/15/25) to hear from @ebuie.bsky.social at our monthly SPIRITED Collective meeting for her talkn on transcendent user experiences. 📩 If you'd like to join our growing community, please send an email to spirited.hci@gmail.com for the meeting invite!
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Creature @creaturedotpage.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS: The first ever Creature Feature will include updates, announcements, and shenanigans from all Creature label studios. You will see brand new game announcements, new content for some of your favorite games, and a few surprises along the way. ✨ 9AM PST on May 19th on IGN. ✨
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Max L Wilson @drmaxlwilson.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
And now… #chi2026 will be in Barcelona! Nuria and Ayman will be the general chairs. CHI2026 will be the start of a massivley shaken up new way that CHI will create more space for engagement chi2026.acm.org - including a new student mentoring programme to support more students in the future.
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Alexandra Kitson @alexandrakitson.bsky.social · 09/02/2024
Excited to soon share 3 papers showcasing interdisciplinary research at #chi2024 🧠 🔍 opportunities for mental health (cognitive reappraisal) and digital tech -Slovak, Antle 🥽 🎭 co-designing VR supports for emotion regulation w/teens -TECI Lab team 😴 😶‍🌫️ altCHI: virtual dream reliving w/AI -Liu & team
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