Ray Hsu was a

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professor at the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top thre ...

. His primary research areas are

virtual reality Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs pose tracking and 3D near-eye displays to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), e ...

, augmented reality, and

mixed reality Mixed reality (MR) is a term used to describe the merging of a real-world environment and a computer-generated one. Physical and virtual objects may co-exist in mixed reality environments and interact in real time. Mixed reality is largely synony ...

Biography

Hsu grew up in

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. He received an Honours B.A. and an M.A. from the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...

and a Ph.D. from the

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. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the

. He conducts research at the University of British Columbia's Emerging Media Lab and teaches at the Social Justice Institute. In 2007, Hsu and his work were the subject of an episode of the television documentary series produced by Canadian filmmaker Maureen Judge. In 2013, he was named one of Vancouver's "most promising entrepreneurs" by the Globe and Mail. In 2017, he was a keynote speaker at Re-animating & Re-searching: Mobilizing Knowledge in Education.

Books

* ''Anthropy'' (2004) * ''Cold Sleep Permanent Afternoon'' (2010)Nightwood Editions

Awards

Gerald Lampert Award The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert Gerald Lampert (c. 1924 - April 29, 1978) w ...

(2005) * Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen Mackechnie Judson Award (2007)

References

External links

UBC Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice - Profiles

UBC Creative Writing Program (Faculty and Staff)

Heart of a Poet documentary series

Contemporary Verse 2 - Out of Line: Celebrating 40 Years
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hsu, Ray Living people 21st-century Canadian poets Canadian people of Chinese descent Writers from Toronto Canadian writers of Asian descent Canadian male poets 21st-century Canadian male writers Year of birth missing (living people) University of Toronto alumni