Dr. Coral Manton is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Computing at Bath Spa University.
She is an active artist-technologist and game developer who has worked in AAA, Indie, and Serious Games. She is a resident at the renowned Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol, her current research focuses on game design, playable media, digital heritage, immersive technologies and design activism.
One of Coral’s key research areas is immersive technologies. She leads on VR Gaming in Creative Computing and has developed work for digital projection domes including a research residency at the SAT in Montreal. She is a Fellow of the South West Creative Technology Network for which she received funding to create an AR application exploring themes of Colonialism and Empire on the streets of Bristol in collaboration with Bristol Museum’s Trust, residents of the Pervasive Media Studio and Prof Olivette Otele. As creative technologist for the award winning immersive theatre company, Raucous, Coral has worked with them to develop augmented reality experiences as part of CreativeXR, Magic Leap and Bristol+Bath R&D Expanded Performance.
