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Dr. Xian Xu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Previously, she was a Research Assistant Professor at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is an Associate at Cambridge Digital Humanities, University of Cambridge. She earned her Ph.D. from HKUST (VisLab) and her MFA and BA from the Central Academy of Drama. Her research and creative practice span data-driven storytelling, human–computer collaboration, and immersive learning in virtual reality and the metaverse. Dr. Xu has published in leading venues including ACM CHI, ACM SIGGRAPH, ACM Multimedia, IEEE VIS, and IEEE VR. Her artistic works have been showcased at ACM SIGGRAPH, the ICRA Art Program, and the Asia Digital Art Festival, and her VR-based education project received a Best Paper Honorable Mention at IEEE VR 2025. Learn more at xxuxian.github.io