Episode 79 : Powell’s Pervasive Playlens - Dr. Evie Powell

Dr. Evie Powell is a games researcher and developer specializing in immersive interactions and prototype design. She is the lead virtual reality engineer at Proprio Vision, a surgical imaging company fusing human and computer vision into a powerful new system for surgical performance and training. She founded Verge of Brilliance LLC, an independent experimental games studio in Seattle, and previously worked at Microsoft on natural user interfaces and the Kinect technology at Xbox.

With a unique career bridging gaming and healthcare, Dr. Powell integrates game design and UX design to create meaningful experiences that help people learn, play, and work differently. At Proprio, her focus is on anticipating how surgeons think and designing a suite of tools to empower them to think and perform optimally.

Dr. Powell graduated from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte with her Ph.D. in Computer Science. Her research centered on socially pervasive game experiences and context-aware gaming using mobile technologies.