Step into the spotlight

Project details

Full project title: Step into the spotlight: Immersive virtual reality environment for overcoming oral presentation and public speaking fear in higher education (Stagecraft)

Duration: 1 July 2023-30 June 2024

UWE Bristol project team:

• Dr Abhinesh Prabhakaran (Principal Investigator)
• Professor Colin Booth (Co-Investigator)
• Professor Patrick Manu (Co-Investigator)

Project summary

This study developed a novel virtual reality-based tool called StageCraft to help students overcome their oral presentation and public speaking fear. StageCraft integrates immersive virtual reality and generative Artificial intelligence (AI) to provide an immersive virtual environment for students and graduates to develop their oral presentations and public speaker in a "safer" space that is realistic enough to induce responses similar to a real-world environment.