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Baskin School of Engineering
Computational Media
Adjunct Professor
Co-Founder, President, & Chief Research Officer of Immergo Labs
Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
Human Computer Interaction
Virtual Reality, Immersive, and Augmented Reality Environments
Game Technology
Video Games, Game Design, Game Studies
Computer Engineering
Engineering Building 2
E2 580
Engineering
Driven by a personal journey through rehabilitation after rupturing my elbow in a national judo competition, I've dedicated my career to developing immersive technologies that enhance human performance and wellbeing. My research in human-computer interaction and assistive technologies has earned recognition through ACM/IEEE, and I've had the privilege to work with leading organizations including the National Institutes of Health, Meta Reality Labs, Walt Disney Imagineering, Warner Bros Entertainment, Google, and more.
Currently, I am an Adjunct Professor at UC Santa Cruz Co-Directing ASSIST Labs around serious games and applied XR/AI research in assistive technologoies. Outside of UCSC, I'm focused on empowering physical rehabilitation providers and their clients through co-founding Immergo Labs. As President & Chief Research Officer at Immergo, I lead R&D and innovation in one of the world's first embodied care platforms for physical rehabilitation. Our platform drives care through full-body avatar interactions for 3D telehealth sessions with AI-driven biomechanics analysis and immersive exercise guidance. I'm excited about the potential of technology to improve lives and welcome opportunities to collaborate.
Researcher, Co-Founder, and Doctor of Computational Media with a previous bachelors degree in Robotics and Electrical Engineering from University of California, Santa Cruz. Areas of work include human-computer interaction, immersive media, robotics, affective computing, user experience, and emerging technologies. My primary research explores virtual reality by combining immersive environments, wearable robotics, and biofeedback. I aim to augment healthcare by gamifying physical therapy to create interactive experiences that are both physically and emotionally intelligent in assisting users in rehabilitation. Additionally, I collaborate with a variety of academic and industry groups on XR projects relating to Genomics, Mental Health, Autonomous Systems, Interactive Visualization, and more. I am affiliated with ASSIST Labs and was previously advised under Professor Sri Kurniawan.
I enjoy growing my skills, learning new concepts, and applying them in creative ways to develop fascinating experiences that make a difference in people’s lives. My interests are in human-computer interaction, immersive media, robotics, affective computing, user experience, and emerging technologies.
Computational Media, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering
Honors listed at https://www.linkedin.com/in/avivelor/
Publications can be found at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vg9IlO8AAAAJ&hl=en
Recordings can be found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHoWjszJkEgpvYwpbna_Dwg
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