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Virtual Reality MOOC

Is Half-life Alyx the future of VR or a return to the past?

Our culture is in love with dark dystopia’s but has the COVID-19 pandemic shown us something different?

7 min readJul 17, 2021

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Machine Learning for All

Explainable AI and Science

AI and Machine Learning are increasingly used in science, but does this mean that scientists can no longer understand scientific models?

6 min readMay 19, 2020

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Explainable AI and Science

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Virtual Reality MOOC

Mel Slater: becoming a better person through VR embodiment

VR Pioneer Mel Slater on Embodiment: being another person in Virtual Reality: how it can address racism, sexual health and mental health.

6 min readMay 13, 2020

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Mel Slater: becoming a better person through VR embodiment

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Machine Learning for All

Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Method

The use of artificial intelligence, particularly machine learning, impacts on one of the most fundamental questions in philosophy of…

6 min readMay 11, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Method

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Virtual Reality MOOC

Why Use Social VR in Lockdown?

When we held a class in social VR we ended up talking about why it might be a great way to stay connected during lockdown.

5 min readMay 9, 2020

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Machine Learning for All

Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence

Some notes from a lecture I gave on how Artificial Intelligence and machine learning can help make better VR experiences.

5 min readMay 8, 2020

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Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence

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Virtual Reality MOOC

Movement and Object Focused Interaction

There are many ways of classifying different types of VR interaction, which have different uses. Our MOOC describes various exotic forms…

4 min readApr 27, 2020

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Virtual Reality MOOC

Technology and power differences in social VR

Looking in detail of an experiment from 20 years ago that sheds light on key issues in social vr.

5 min readApr 20, 2020

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Technology and power differences in social VR

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Virtual Reality MOOC

VR vs Video Conferencing

I’m writing this a couple of weeks in to the UK’s lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic. This is my first chance to take a step back to think…

7 min readApr 16, 2020

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Machine Learning for All

Machine Learning for All

Today I am proud to be launching a new MOOC: Machine Learning for All, together with this blog to support the course. I have been working…

8 min readOct 28, 2019

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Marco Gillies

Marco Gillies

Virtual Reality and AI researcher and educator at Goldsmiths, University of London and co-developer of the VR and ML for ALL MOOCs on Coursera.

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