Timothy Jung is Chair Professor of XR and Founder/Director of the Creative AR & VR Hub and also Digital Transformation Knowledge Platform Lead at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
His research interests include AI, Blockchain powered immersive technology innovation for well-being and quality of life.
He is renowned for his work in AR & VR in tourism, cultural heritage and he extensively published in these areas with over 150 research papers.
He co-authored 8 books including Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality which was the most downloaded book in Business and Management in 2018.
He is a recipient of industry award (Sorrento Peninsula 2022 Award), several best academic paper awards at international conferences as well as journal paper of the year awards including Emerald Literati 2018, 2020 Award, 2019 IFITT Journal Paper of the Year Award. His research work has been covered by Manchester Evening News, Independent, Guardian and Huffington Post and he is a regular keynote speaker in major international conferences.
He is President of International Association of Immersive Technology Innovation (IAITI) and he is Chair of annual international AR/VR/XR/Metaverse Conference.
