{"id":1835,"date":"2023-07-06T11:48:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T11:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/cocreate\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:02:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T15:02:32","slug":"derianna-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/cocreate\/derianna-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Derianna Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1835\" class=\"elementor elementor-1835\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f94046 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f94046\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2aac61c\" data-id=\"2aac61c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3c3f5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f3c3f5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3601b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3601b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f327911\" data-id=\"f327911\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b97c7dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b97c7dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7e329d\" data-id=\"f7e329d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c58ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46c58ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Derianna Thomas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44aa120 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44aa120\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Doctoral Researcher<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f31b23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f31b23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:derianna.thomas@northumbria.ac.uk\">derianna.thomas@northumbria.ac.uk<\/a>\n<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/derianna.github.io\/\">https:\/\/derianna.github.io\/<\/a>\n<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/derianna-thomas-410910116\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/derianna-thomas-410910116\/<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee8e64e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee8e64e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Montserrat; letter-spacing: 0.3px;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.3px;\">I am a PhD student in CoCreate, and have previously studied BSc Mathematics and Psychology and MSc Computer Games Engineering at Newcastle University, where I had an interest in using games for learning, and moved towards creating experiences in virtual reality. My PhD research focuses on the design and uses of wearable augmented reality devices, how we can use these for everyday activities, and how we can make these accessible for users with disabilities. I am also the current PGR Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead, where I work with the Students\u2019 Union to improve wellbeing events and resources for PGR students.<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.3px;\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-98ba851\" data-id=\"98ba851\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5e0210 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b5e0210\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" 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WristAR: A Wrist-Mounted Augmented Reality Interface. In 19th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2020), November 22\u201325, 2020, Essen, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA 3 Pages. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3428361.3432077<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4c5aa0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e4c5aa0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48f3705\" data-id=\"48f3705\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-575c136 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"575c136\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derianna Thomas Doctoral Researcher derianna.thomas@northumbria.ac.uk https:\/\/derianna.github.io\/ https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/derianna-thomas-410910116\/ I am a PhD student in CoCreate, and have previously studied BSc Mathematics and Psychology and MSc Computer Games Engineering at Newcastle University, where I had an interest in using games for learning, and moved towards creating experiences in virtual reality. 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