Biography

Jay Vidyarthi is simul­ta­ne­ous­ly a per­form­ing musi­cian, human-com­put­er inter­ac­tion design­er and psy­cho­log­i­cal researcher.  His expe­ri­ence spans from indus­try to acad­e­mia, where he is present­ly pur­su­ing a Masters degree at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at SFU.

Jay’s port­fo­lio includes a unique brand of psy­che­del­ic blues music, com­pre­hen­sive inter­face design spec­i­fi­ca­tions for var­i­ous media, and research focused on the psy­chol­o­gy of tech­nol­o­gy use.  As diverse as it may seem, Jay’s work inter­sects at the con­cepts of ‘immer­sion’ and ‘expres­sion’.  Whether study­ing how a user and machine express to each other, design­ing tech­no­log­i­cal medi­a­tion of expres­sion between people, or simply express­ing him­self to audi­ences, the goal is uni­fied: to create, under­stand and use new, immer­sive forms of human expression.

» Read about Jay at the SFU Graduate Studies blog

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