Tag: PhD

To build a convincing illusion, we must first understand how reality convinces us. For centuries, visual technologies have become better at constructing things that are not physically present. Painting reproduced appearances. Photography captured them mechanically. Cinema constructed moving worlds. Games made those worlds interactive. Virtual reality placed the observer inside them. Augmented reality (AR) creates […]

When people hear the word “PhD”, they probably imagine a thesis, research papers, conferences and finally a certificate with “Doctor” written somewhere on it… But after spending a few years doing a PhD, I have realised that the certificate is only a small part of the story.

I was in my fourth year of school when I first decided I wanted to be magician.

Moving away to a new country, more than 8,000 kms away from home, where you don’t speak the native language, in pursuit of your dreams, comes with apprehension and excitement. These feelings are not loud, unlike the trumpets blown back in my country, they are the slow winding creepers finding their way into your existence. […]

Moving across the world to pursue a PhD sounds, on paper, like a bold and inspiring decision. It carries the promise of intellectual growth, new cultures, and the kind of independence that shapes a person for life. But what often goes unspoken is the emotional cost—the quiet, persistent weight of anxiety, depression, and loneliness that […]

If you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas