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BiographyBrenda Laurel (laurel@interval.com) is an artist, writer and researcher whose work focuses on human-computer interaction at Interval Research Corporation in Palo Alto, California. She holds an M.F.A. and Ph.D. in theatre from the Ohio State University. She has been called the tecnodiva of technology and the alternative designer of videogames, but this fails to do justice to the complex research and study that Laurel has carried out over the last 20 years. Her research activities revolve around virtual environments, on-line communities, cultural aspects of technology and gender differences. The differences in how boys and girls face reality affects the way they interact with computers and video games. It was this awareness which led Laurel in 1996 to co-found Purple Moon, a software company which produces computer games for girls. One of its objectives is to produce technology adapted to how women interact and think. One aspect of her work is a radical approach to the design of computer interfaces, and coming from an artistic background, Laurel brings the creativity derived from her experience in experimental theatre in the 1970s. Her approach is completely fresh and is often cited as an example of how the arts can play a central role in technology. Brenda Laurel has served as a consultant on interactive media for Apple Computer, Sony Pictures, Paramount New Media, Citibank and Fujitsu Laboratories. She is active in many professional organisations, and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Communication Research Institute of Australia. She has published numerous articles in magazines such as Wired, The Journal of Computer Game Design, and Multimedia review. |
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