Experience Designer, Researcher, Educator, Creative Coder, Analog Astronaut
Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Research Affiliate MIT Media Lab; Ocean Discovery League; Analog Astronaut Foundation
Dan Novy (NovySan) is an experience designer, researcher, and Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. His work spans simulation, game design, virtual production, and immersive storytelling, with a particular focus on the intersection of human factors and speculative environments. A certified analog astronaut and contributor to the upcoming World’s Biggest Analog mission, Novy creates experiential platforms that fuse scientific rigor with creative worldbuilding. Novy is involved in deep-ocean exploration, synthetic character design, data visualization, and immersive experience design, working with prominent organizations such as NASA, JPL, NOAA, Disney Imagineering, Universal Creative, National Geographic, the Ocean Discovery League, and the Analog Astronaut Foundation.
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