Julia Uhr
PhD, Creative Technology and Design ‘23 • MIXED REALITY, GAME, TECH POLICY, PROGRAMMING LANGUAUGE FOR VR
ATLAS Institute
julia.uhr@colorado.edu

Julia Uhr is a licensed attorney in Colorado and a programmer, and she is currently pursuing a PhD in Creative Technology and Design. Her research focuses on XR and tech policy. Julia has a MA in philosophy and a JD degree, both from the University of Colorado Boulder. She also holds a BA in philosophy from Mount Holyoke College. She is advised by Ellen Do and Ajume Wingo.

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In the news

Hands playing HOT SWAP, a game where the controllers are reconfigurable.
ACME Lab: Creating technologies to support creativity

Dec. 6, 2021

ATLAS recently released a new video that celebrates the ACME Lab and its commitment to designing technologies to support creativity. Directed by Professor Ellen Do, the lab researches computational tools for design, creativity, cognition, tangible and embedded interaction, and computing for health and wellness.

Animated view of a castle with trees around it, as well as showing where variables are chosen in the VR world of Popo.
POPO lets novices program from inside their VR surroundings

Nov. 9, 2021

Julia Uhr, an ATLAS PhD student and researcher in the ACME Lab, has created a fun 3D visual programming language that empowers novice coders to create customized VR environments while inside those environments.

augmented reality view of a battery energy storage container
Augmented reality technology to give battery storage facility workers "X-ray" vision

Sept. 16, 2021

To assist first responders and site operators, the ACME Lab developed ARMAS—augmented reality maintenance and safety—a marker-based AR system that lets the user see color-coded visualizations of battery cells inside containers.

Julia Uhr
ATLAS PhD student's game wins "Best Remix" award at Public Domain Game Jam

Feb. 23, 2021

Julia Uhr's game, "There are No Eyes Here," received the Best Remix award at the third annual Public Domain Game Jam. The painting-based puzzle utilizes elements of Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky paintings as levers, and players locate the elements they can manipulate to complete each stage.