Filipe Pinto

Filipe Pinto is a Lecturer and PhD candidate at Universidade Lusófona's School of Communication, Architecture, Arts and Technologies. As a senior developer and team leader at HEI-Lab (Digital Human-Environment Interaction Lab), he specializes in game development for academic research, contributing to projects like FCT-funded PlayersAll: Media Agency and Empowerment.

• PhD Research: Game Studies, focusing on "Converging Realities: Exploring fourth wall breaks and metanarratives in video games"
• Education: Degree in Communications (Organizational Communication), Post-graduation in Sports Marketing, Degree in Multimedia Applications and Video Games, Master's in Design (dissertation on suspension of disbelief)

Research Interests

His work bridges game studies, cybersecurity, and virtual reality, exploring how procedural narratives can address social discourse. He leads development of immersive educational simulations while analyzing metanarrative techniques in interactive media.

Scientific Output

Recent publications include:

• 2024 IEEE Conference on Games paper on fourth wall breaks
• Preprint on cybersecurity risk behaviors

Lab Affiliation

Active contributor to HEI-Lab since 2019, focusing on human-environment interaction through digital media.