Stephanie Andrews

Dr. Stephanie Andrews is currently the Program Manager for the Masters of Animation, Games, and Interactivity (MAGI)  at the RMIT School of Design and holds a PhD in the creation of virtual reality experiences. She began as a Technical Director at Pixar, and has had a genre-spanning career around the intersection of art and technology since. Her practice-based research is currently focused on the use of stereoscopic spatial hacking in virtual reality to create perceptual experiences that are unique to synthetic environments. She has worked extensively in 3D graphics, including animation, motion capture, programming, and UX design.  She is a leader in curriculum innovation in experimental art, being instrumental in the creation of the Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media (DXARTS) undergraduate degree and PhD degrees at the University of Washington. There she also won grants totaling more than $300,000 USD for stereoscopic research, bringing in a ground-breaking audio-video suite to the program and leading student research projects in 3D media overseas. She’s been exhibiting internationally as a professional artist for more than twenty years, her works exploring kinetic sculpture, holography, digital imaging, and lighting installation. Her works have been exhibited in Australia, Iceland, the UK, and the USA. As an entrepreneur, she has also founded product design companies for the online metaverse Second Life, and provided leadership to 3D printing startups. Recently, she spent three years as Creative Director for the Melbourne-based virtual reality and neuroscience company Liminal.