Lab Manager

Brian Beams

Pronouns

he/him

Brian Beams is the lab manager for VHIL. He received his Master of Fine Arts in Visualization in 2015, where he studied computer graphics and immersive media. After spending time in the video games and animation industry as a freelance 3D artist, Brian worked on the development of creative anatomy virtual reality applications, interactive performance art pieces, and research in the application of new technologies for art and education at the Soft Interaction Lab at Texas A&M University. Later he was the VR lab director and lecturer at Santa Clara University, where he developed curriculum for teaching VR development with a focus on sustainability and collaborated with faculty in digital humanities.

Contact

beams@stanford.edu

Publications

Bailenson, J., Beams, B., Brown, J., DeVeaux, C., Han, E., Queiroz, A., Ratan, R., Santoso, M., Srirangarajan, T., Tao, Y., & Wang, P. (2024). Seeing the World through Digital Prisms: Psychological Implications of Passthrough Video Usage in Mixed Reality. Technology, Mind, and Behavior (TMB), 5(2). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000129
Beams, B. (2024). Teaching Conscientious Design: How Learning VR Development Can Lead to Greater Understanding of Sustainability. Ethical Considerations of Virtual Reality in the College Classroom, 51-69. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003329718-5
Beams, B., & Crofton-Sleigh, L. (2024). Past and Future Presence: Approaches for Implementing XR Technology in Humanities and Art Education. Amherst College Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.14371789
Queiroz, A., McGivney, E., Liu, S., Anderson, C., Beams, B., DeVeaux, C., Frazier, K., Han, E., Miller, M., Petersen, X., Woolsey, E., Hancock, J., & Bailenson, J. (2023). Collaborative Tasks in Immersive Virtual Reality Increase Learning. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning-CSCL 2023.