Mar Gonzalez Franco's guest appearances

Mar Gonzalez Franco

The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast

Microsoft Research Podcast

Asta Roseway

Haiyan Zhang

Rachel Nabors

Kate Darling

Taryn Southern

Max Welling

Peter Lee

Kelley Rivoire

Rachel Thomas

Peyton Jones

Kevin Scott

Kara Swisher

Safia Abdalla

Amos Miller

Brad Smith

OwlTail

This episode originally aired in December, 2017 On today’s episode, neuroscientist and virtual reality researcher, Dr. Mar Gonzalez Franco, talks about her work in VR, explains how avatars can help increase our empathy and reduce our biases via role play, and addresses the misconceptions that exist between the immersive experiences of virtual reality and psychedelic drugs. 

This episode originally aired in December, 2017 On today’s episode, neuroscientist and virtual reality researcher, Dr. Mar Gonzalez Franco, talks about her work in VR, explains how avatars can help increase our empathy and reduce our biases via role play, and addresses the misconceptions that exist between the immersive experiences of virtual reality and psychedelic drugs.

004r - Getting Virtual with Dr. Mar Gonzalez Franco

Virtual Reality allows us to experience simulated environments. Mar Gonzalez Franco, Researcher at Microsoft Research explained what Virtual Reality is. We talked about the role of human perception and how sensors create and enhance simulated environments. Mar also explained various brain mechanisms that enable users to believe that a computer generated world is effectively real.

Virtual Reality (Mar Gonzalez Franco)

On today’s episode, neuroscientist and virtual reality researcher, Dr. Mar Gonzalez Franco, talks about her work in VR, explains how avatars can help increase our empathy and reduce our biases via role play, and addresses the misconceptions that exist between the immersive experiences of virtual reality and psychedelic drugs. 

On today’s episode, neuroscientist and virtual reality researcher, Dr. Mar Gonzalez Franco, talks about her work in VR, explains how avatars can help increase our empathy and reduce our biases via role play, and addresses the misconceptions that exist between the immersive experiences of virtual reality and psychedelic drugs.

004 - Getting Virtual with Dr. Mar Gonzalez Franco 