
Assistant Professor; Director of the Smale Interactive Visualization Center,
ETBD Lead Departmental Advisor
ETBD Lead Departmental Advisor
Emerging Technology in Business and Design
Eric Hodgson
Educational Credentials
- Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, Miami University
- M.A., Cognitive Psychology, Miami University
- B.A., Psychology, Malone College
Teaching Areas
- Virtual Reality
- Augmented Reality
- 3D modeling
- 3D animation
- Game development
Research Interests
My research focuses on applied uses of virtual reality (e.g., medical training, consumer behavior, VR human-computer interaction, improving VR as a platform for research), as well as spatial cognition and navigation, e.g., creating 3D worlds for people to navigate, improving how people navigate, testing spatial memory and perception.