Jessica Outlaw, M.S., is a culture and behavior researcher in immersive tech and the Founder of The Extended Mind. She uses behavioral science to help XR companies build and test experiences. She does research in digital worlds, app design, and gives trainings to new and experienced designers.

We talk to Jessica about what it’s like to bootstrap your own applied research career and her past and current work with research in VR and the gaming sector. She shares how she builds and executes a research project, what is - for her - the perfect team composition and the value of a social scientist within it. Lastly, she offers advice for people starting out working with industry and/or transitioning from academia to industry.

Mentioned in Podcast:

https://extendedmind.io/social-vr/

Jessica’s work:

https://extendedmind.io/

2018 Survey of 600 VR users https://extendedmind.io/blog/2018/4/4/virtual-harassment-the-social-experience-of-600-regular-virtual-reality-vrusers

She is a 2017 winner of Oculus Launch Pad and you can download her debiasing training app with Clorama Dorvilias here:
https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1552250918219351/
She has a masters in behavioral science from UC San Diego and her research has been featured in FastCo, CNet, and the The Sunday Times of London.

Social media or other links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/theextendedmind
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicaoutlaw/