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Division Baskin School of Engineering

Department/College/Unit Computational Media

Title Adjunct Professor
Co-Founder of Immergo Labs

Affiliation Faculty

Faculty Type Adjunct Faculty

Areas of Expertise Human Computer Interaction
Virtual Reality, Immersive, and Augmented Reality Environments
Game Technology
Video Games, Game Design, Game Studies
Computer Engineering

Web Site

Primary Office Location Engineering Building 2
E2 580

Mail Stop Engineering

Biography, Education and Training

My life has led me through a journey of varying experiences such as optimizing autonomous drones with NASA Researchers, working security for Super Bowl 50, creating efficient traffic management systems, assembling high voltage electric car circuits, coaching K-8 judo, fiddling around with robotic exosuits, building robotic doggos, and designing interactive virtual environments. After tearing my elbow in a national judo match and undergoing reconstructive surgery, I became a passionate developer for assistive technology and personalized experiences.

My primary research explores extended reality by combining immersive environments, wearable robotics, and biofeedback with a focus in iSTAR (immersive Systems Towards Assisting Reality/Recovery/Rehabilitation). I aim to augment assistive technologies through gamification by creating interactive experiences that are both physically and emotionally intelligent in assisting users. Currently, I have had the opportunity to become a published ACM and IEEE author in this research area, as well as learn from organizations like the National Institute of Health, Meta (Oculus/Facebook) Reality Labs, Walt Disney Imagineering, Warner Bros Entertainment, Google Daydream/Cloud, and Valent Power.

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. I welcome new opportunities as well as collaborations and invite those interested to reach out to me.

Summary of Expertise

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.

Research Interests

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.

Teaching Interests

Computational Media, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering

Awards, Honors and Grants

Honors listed at https://www.linkedin.com/in/avivelor/

Selected Publications

Publications can be found at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vg9IlO8AAAAJ&hl=en

Selected Recordings

Recordings can be found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHoWjszJkEgpvYwpbna_Dwg