Beste Demircan is a doctoral researcher at the Gameful Futures Lab, Research Centre of Gameful Realities, at Tampere University. She holds an M.Des. in Design Studies from the Izmir University of Economics, Turkey. She has worked as an architectural designer for 2 years and also as an Augmented Reality & 3D Technical Specialist in the software industry for about 3 years. Her main interest areas are augmented and virtual reality, integration of design and technology, wearable design, and community studies. Her current research focuses on somaesthetic experience design within the cyberspaces in XR.