Renia Papathanasiou
Renia Papathanasiou is a PhD candidate at the Department of Cinema of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a music technology and acoustics engineer with a Master’s degree in art and virtual reality. Since 2016 she has been giving educational seminars on XR technologies and the design and creation of immersive interactive experiences and video games, while working as an adjunct lecturer at the Department of Cinema of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is co-founder and CEO of ViRA. Since 2019 she has been collaborating with DØCUMATISM and since 2020 with NOUS VR in a research project on “Applications of VR in medical rehabilitation”. She is a member and VR designer of Studio Bahia in the USA. Her work and projects have been presented in various conferences and exhibitions in Greece and abroad.