{"id":1466,"date":"2023-04-27T13:06:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T13:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/?page_id=1466"},"modified":"2023-04-27T13:07:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T13:07:55","slug":"derianna-thomas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/people\/derianna-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Derianna Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1466\" class=\"elementor elementor-1466\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3aadc9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"50766\" data-id=\"e3aadc9\" 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=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8ba935\" data-eae-slider=\"4965\" data-id=\"d8ba935\" 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-38787c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"38787c3\" 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=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b72bf5c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"77768\" data-id=\"b72bf5c\" 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=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c82131\" data-eae-slider=\"41862\" data-id=\"6c82131\" 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-829a88e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"829a88e\" 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<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nDerianna Thomas<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d56900a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d56900a\" 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\">Doctoral Researcher<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0044a80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0044a80\" 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<p><a href=\"mailto:derianna.thomas@northumbria.ac.uk\">derianna.thomas@northumbria.ac.uk<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk\/en\/researchers\/derianna-thomas(ad7d6a50-750b-45b6-9db9-fc0166d720a5).html\">Northumbria University Research Portal<\/a><\/p>\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-4676b55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4676b55\" 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<p>I am a PhD researcher 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. For example, my masters dissertation concentrated on creating a virtual game-like experience in eLearning to improve users\u2019 motivation and performance that could be used on PC, Google Cardboard, and Oculus GO. Through this and casual gaming I found my passion for virtual and augmented reality and have focused my attention on developing for these using Unity. I aim to combine my previous areas in my current research where I am looking at creating immersive technology applications that are more realistic and comfortable for users to experience, with potential uses in gaming, business, and healthcare.<\/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<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d040c0\" data-eae-slider=\"79166\" data-id=\"3d040c0\" 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-ec5f375 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec5f375\" 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\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aThomas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1467\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aThomas.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aThomas-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aThomas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/elementor\/thumbs\/aThomas-q5mqo159kfdtvjmw4wucr95li59wlnl6opv876q04k.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-c756083 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c756083\" 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\u2019s projects<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0f73f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"77617\" data-id=\"c0f73f0\" 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=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-65137cd\" data-eae-slider=\"74430\" data-id=\"65137cd\" 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-baf8ea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"baf8ea3\" 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 decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/ImmersiveExperiences-featured-1-qfs3vgh13hq7vp7dkxv48np7udje5qvpmchs8v0gzq.jpg\" title=\"ImmersiveExperiences-featured (1)\" alt=\"ImmersiveExperiences-featured (1)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-161b7f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"161b7f9\" 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<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nImmersive Technology Applications<\/p>\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=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5cd667e\" data-eae-slider=\"26898\" data-id=\"5cd667e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ff6a5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"66982\" data-id=\"4ff6a5f\" 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=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd5fcf6\" data-eae-slider=\"22119\" data-id=\"fd5fcf6\" 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-1f0d695 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1f0d695\" 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.ukNorthumbria University Research Portal I am a PhD researcher 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. For example, my masters dissertation concentrated on creating a virtual game-like experience in eLearning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1466","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1472,"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466\/revisions\/1472"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/northumbriadesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}