A bit more about Mitchell.

Mitchell Norman is from rural South Australia, growing up on a farm, Mitchell was taught the value of hard work from a young age. Mitchell’s father also instilled the value of a good education. Mitchell took this heart, and a love of technology drove him to complete a Bachelor of Software Engineering (Hons) with first-class honours at the University of South Australia (UniSA).

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Mitchell’s honours project, supervised by Prof. Bruce Thomas of UniSA and Dr. Matt Adcock of CSIRO, focused on Immersive Data Analytics. This project gave Mitchell a passion for all things Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), and for Human-Computer Interactions (HCI) and shortly after completing his honour Mitchell applied for entry into a Ph.D.

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Completing a Ph.D. in 2024 under the supervision of Prof. Mark Billinghurst, Mitchell’s research focused on collaborative Mixed Reality (MR) experiences with a particular interest in collaborations requiring many collaborators across many spaces. Mitchell’s years of experience with MR technologies have given him great insight into the niche challenges that need to be overcome to deploy successful software.