CG Art,
AI Pipelines
& Research.
PhD research investigating player-avatar relationships in social VR platforms — with particular focus on VRChat. Areas of inquiry include the Proteus Effect, avatar identity, social presence, digital embodiment, and phantom touch phenomena in virtual environments.
Michael Tzetzias,
aka Lovely Mammoth.
Creative Technologist and PhD Candidate with a passion for storytelling and world-building. Over the years, he has honed his craft through formal studies in Fine Arts and professional experience in 3D animation, VFX, and game engines. His journey led him to further specialize in Digital Design & Interactive Applications at Middlesex University, expanding his expertise in UX/UI and Interactive Storytelling, and later in Digital Communication Media and Interactive Environments at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, focusing on Virtual Reality and User Experience Design. His research focuses on user-avatar relationship is social virtual reality. Currently, he works as Lead Gen AI Creative at Pixofix, designing solutions and custom workflows for image and video generation for Fashion Industry.