Rosie Connolly

I'm a VR researcher interested in all forms of creative technology!

I’m currently researching virtual navigation and social proxemics in immersive VR environments I also experiment with perception of AI-driven agents as well as creative VR applications.

Graphics & Vision, Trinity College Dublin

Recent Projects

The Impact of Navigation in Proxemics

Full Title: The Impact of Navigation on Proxemics in an Immersive Virtual Environment with Conversational Agents

My first paper was accepted at IEEEVR in the journal track (TVCG) 2025. In this study I explore the impact of teleportation on interpersonal distance in social interactions with embodied conversational agents.

This work was also presented in the poster track of EWIC 2024.

Visit the project page.

Immersive Portfolio

VR Portfolio

Created for European Researchers’ Night 2025, this immersive VR Portfolio explores the evolution of user interfaces from 2D to 3D. This immersive experience showcases creative technologies within a dynamic 3D environment.

Check out the project archives for past projects.

Background

Education

MsC in Interactive Digital Media

Trinity College Dublin

BsC in Management Science & Information Systems Studies

Trinity College Dublin

PhD in Computer Science

Trinity College Dublin

Roles

Teaching Assistant — Programming for Digital Media

Teaching Assistant for CS7025 Programming for Digital Media

Software Engineering Intern

Salesforce, Network Security Team

Disability Inclusion Researcher

Trinity Career's Service

Public Relations Officer

PRO for TCD Sense Project

Skills

Development

C#, JavaScript, Java, Python, PHP, HTML5, CSS, R, VBA, Object-Oriented Design (OOD), Algorithms and Data Structures, MySQL

Tools

Unity, Blender, 3ds Max, Adobe Suite, IBM SPSS

Maths & Stats:

Statistical Analysis, Experimental Design Forecasting, Applied Probability, Calculus, Linear Algebra, Experimental Design

Creative & Design

Graphic Design, Interactive Storytelling, User Experience

connolr3@tcd.ie

Developed with JQuery & GSAP libraries, hosted on Github.io.