David Gochfeld is an award-winning XR creator, a theatrical director and performer, and a researcher focusing on XR technologies for theatre and immersive storytelling. His pioneering work with live performance in virtual reality has appeared at festivals worldwide, including Tribeca, Raindance and the Venice Biennale Cinema. He advises theatre companies in the US, UK and Europe on interactive and immersive technologies for theatrical productions. He is currently the Performance Lab Fellow at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, where he investigates storytelling and live performance in shared virtual environments, motion capture performance techniques, and HCI and user experience considerations for artists and audiences.