Paula Strunden studied architecture in Vienna, Paris and London and worked at Raumlabor Berlin and Herzog & de Meuron Basel. Currently she pursues her design-led PhD within the European network TACK at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Her work specializes in embodied and multisensory virtuality, exploring the intersection of architecture, scenography and extended reality (xR). Her performative xR installations have been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts London, Nieuwe Insituut Rotterdam, Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam and nominated for the Dutch Film Award Gouden Calf in 2020 and 2023. Through her internet platform, xR Atlas, she advocates for an interdisciplinary historiography of virtual technologies and promotes the recognition of female pioneers in xR.