Template:Multiple issuesChar Davies (born 1954) is a Canadian contemporary artist who uses technologies associated with virtual reality.Her first immersive virtual environment was Osmose (1995),. She has created in new media, and immersive virtual space as an "experiential spatial-temporal arena' for de-habituating, or de-automatizing, our everyday perception."Davies' work has been exhibited and has been featured in books, journals, and catalogues. Her essays have appeared in anthologies.She was a founding director of the 3D CG software company Softimage, its first vice-president (1987–94) and director of visual research (1994–97).