Dr John McGowan
| Biography | Dr John McGowan is a lecturer in Interactive Visual and Audio Technology at Napier. His current research interests are looking at ways in which to assist autistic adults in helping manage stress through Augmented Reality technology. His PhD involved the production and investigation of the use an interactive real-time audio-visual tool to aid in music therapy for people on the autism spectrum. He is a certified Audiokinetic Wwise instructor, as well as being a 3D Animation generalist. In addition, he is an award winning musician, and continues to integrate the development of music and production techniques within his academic work. |
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| Research Interests | Audio-visualisation, autism-based research, assistive technolgies, multimodal interactive applications, AR and VR technologies. |
| Teaching and Learning | I have been a college and now university lecturer for the past 16 years, working in James Watt and Fife College's, teaching a variety of Computing and multimedia subjects including 2D and 3D animation, graphics, programming, IT apps, HCI, audio and video production. |