Stephen Barrass is an Associate Professor in the School of Creative Communication, and Co-Director of the Sonic Communications Research Group at the University of Canberra. With a Ph.D. in Auditory Information Design from the Australian National University, his research interests include mixed reality, interaction design, interactive museum exhibits, multimodal information displays, sonification, generative art, and new interfaces for musical expression. Barrass’ work has previously been exhibited at Experimenta Prototype, 2002, Experimenta House of Tomorrow, 2003, the Sydney Opera House Studio, 2004, and the National Museum of Australia.

Chris Gunn is a researcher at the CSIRO ICT Centre in Canberra. Specialising in the introduction of haptic technology into virtual environments, Gunn has been working with virtual reality for seven years. His work involves building systems that allow people to have the sensation of touch within computer-generated scenes. He has also worked on projects that include enabling sculptors to work with virtual clay, and developing systems for training surgeons on virtual patients.