Mar Gonzalez-Franco

Mar Gonzalez-Franco is an outstanding researcher in virtual reality and neuroscience, currently working at Google and formerly a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. Her research areas include embodiment experience, body ownership illusions, and human-computer interaction, with a focus on leveraging virtual reality to enhance human empathy and cognitive abilities. Her work is not only highly recognized in academia but has also been successfully applied to practical products such as Microsoft's HoloLens project. Mar's contributions to the field of virtual reality are considered pioneering, and her research has advanced the deep integration of neuroscience and virtual reality technologies.

• 2024–Present·Google·Researcher
  • Conducting cutting-edge research in virtual reality and human-computer interaction.
• 2015–2023·Microsoft Research·Principal Researcher
  • Led the Extended Perception, Interaction & Cognition (EPIC) team, whose work includes Microsoft Rocketbox and virtual reality human-computer interaction technologies.
• 2010–2014·Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)·Visiting Researcher
  • Conducted part of her doctoral research focused on body ownership illusions in virtual reality.

• 2010–2014·Universitat de Barcelona·PhD
  • Specialized in virtual reality and psychology, researching body ownership illusions.
• 2006–2010·La Salle-URL·Bachelor's in Computer Science and Multimedia Engineering
  • Focused on interdisciplinary studies in computer science and multimedia technologies.