Panagiotis Markopoulos
BA in Games Design and MA in Virtual Reality Design/Development
panagiotis.p.markopoulos@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1111-2580 |
Areas of expertise
Game Design/Development, VR, UI and UX Design, 3D Modeling, Creative writing, Story boarding and Project management.
Game Design/Development, VR, UI and UX Design, 3D Modeling, Creative writing, Story boarding and Project management.
Research community or research topic
PhD dissertation topic: The metaverse concept's shortcomings and the necessary advancements to make it a reality.
PhD dissertation topic: The metaverse concept's shortcomings and the necessary advancements to make it a reality.
Biography
Panagiotis (Panos) Markopoulos holds a BA in Games Design and an MA in Virtual Reality from the University of Arts London, College of Communication, School of Design. He now pursues his PhD studies at the Doctoral Programme in Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Turku (Finland). His research is on the metaverse concept's shortcomings and the necessary advancements to make it a reality.
His areas of interest are game design/development, VR game design/development, environment/world design, storytelling, narrative structure, character design, 3D modelling, UI/UX design, Photoshop art, and project management. He has professional experience in the game design industry as a member of a game design team at the Game Lab of the Turku University of Applied Sciences in Finland, as a VR engineer at the Humanitarian Operations Ltd, Hope Games Division (UK), as a game designer at the European Award Winner games company (Rebel Crew Games), and as UIUX designer at Sparthink Technologies (iOS/Android and Game Apps), and EMPROSS Software Quality Engineering.
His interests and areas of expertise are Creative Design, World/Level Design, Storytelling, UI Design, Logo Design, 3D Modeling, Games Design, Gamification, and Character Design.
He has academic 18 publications in blind peer review international journals and conferences, in the areas of gaming, games design, virtual reality and the metaverse concept.
He speaks fluent English and Greek and is an EU (Greece) and USA citizen.
Publications
- A Metaverse Where Users, NPCs and AI Agents Can Coexist (2025)
- AHFE International
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - A Certification Framework for Virtual Reality and Metaverse Training Scenarios in the Maritime and Shipping Industry (2022)
- AHFE International
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Gamification in a Democratic Pro-Environmental Behaviour Model Towards Achieving Effective ESG Corporate Strategies (2022)
- AHFE International
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - The use of metaverse in maritime sector – a combination of social communication, hands on experiencing and digital twins (2022)
- AHFE International
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Avatar Based Multiplayer Functionalities in Next Generation Communication and Learning in Virtual Reality Social Platforms – Case MarISOT Room (2021) Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom) Luimula Mika, Markopoulos Evangelos, Österman Mikko, Markopoulos Panagiotis, Aho Jami, Ravyse Werner, Saarinen Juha, Reunanen Tero
(Other publication) - Digital Museum Transformation Strategy Against the Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis (2021)
- Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Neural Network Driven Eye Tracking Metrics and Data Visualization in Metaverse and Virtual Reality Maritime Safety Training (2021) Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom) Markopoulos Evangelos, Luimula Mika, Calbureanu-Popescu Calin, Markopoulos Panagiotis, Ranttila Pertti, Laukkanen Sami, Laivuori Niko, Ravyse Werner, Saarinen Juha, Nghia Tran
(Other publication) - Understanding How Users Engage in an Immersive Virtual Reality-Based Live Event (2021) Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom) Markopoulos Panagiotis, Pyae Aung, Khakurel Jayden, Markopoulos Evangelos, Saarnio Rauno, Luimula Mika
(Other publication) - Eye Tracking in Maritime Immersive Safe Oceans Technology (2020) 11th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom) Mika Luimula, Evangelos Markopoulos, Johanna K. Kaakinen, Panagiotis Markopoulos, Niko Laivuori, Werner Ravyse
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - FiAAR: An Augmented Reality Firetruck Equipment Assembly and Configuration Assistant Technology (2020) 11th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom) Bellalouna, Fahmi; Luimula, Mika; Markopoulos, Panagiotis; Markopoulos, Evangelos; Zipperling, Franco
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Finger tracking and hand recognition technologies in virtual reality maritime safety training applications. (2020) 11th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom) Evangelos Markopoulos, Panagiotis Markopoulos, Niko Laivuori, Christos Moridis, Mika Luimula
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Towards a methodology for online VR application testing (2020) 11th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications – CogInfoCom 2020 Chrisna Botha-Ravyse, Mika Luimula, Fahmi Bellalouna, Tord Hettervik Frøland, Panagiotis Markopoulos
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - A Gamified Approach Towards Identifying Key Opportunities and Potential Sponsors for the Future of F1 Racing in a Declining Car Ownership Environment (2019) Advances in Human Factors in Wearable Technologies and Game Design. Markopoulos, Evangelos; Markopoulos, Panagiotis; Liumila, Mika; Almufti, Younus; Romano, Chiara; Benitez, Paulina Vanessa
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - A virtual reality game for cognitive impairment screening in the elderly: a user perspective (2019) 10th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications – CogInfoCom 2019 Dulau, Eva; Botha-Ravyse, Chrisna R.; Luimula, Mika; Markopoulos, Panagiotis; Markopoulos, Evangelos; Tarkkanen, Kimmo
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Digital Cultural Strategies Within the Context of Digital Humanities Economics (2019) Advances in Human Factors in Wearable Technologies and Game Design. Markopoulos, Evangelos; Markopoulos, Panagiotis; Liumila, Mika; Almufti, Younus; Romano, Chiara
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Mapping the Monetization Challenge of Gaming in Various Domains (2019)
- Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Virtual and Augmented Reality Gamification Technology on Reinventing the F1 Sponsorship Model not Purely Focused on the Team’s and Car’s Performance. (2019) Advances in Human Factors in Wearable Technologies and Game Design. Markopoulos, Evangelos; Markopoulos, Panagiotis; Liumila, Mika; Chi Chang, Ya; Aggarwal, Vasu; Ademola, Jumoke
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
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