Valerio De Luca is a researcher in the Department of Engineering for Innovation at the University of Salento, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Information Engineering in 2014. His past research interests include high-performance computing, grid computing, distributed systems for real-time audio-video streaming and video QoE. Since 2015, he has worked with the Augmented and Virtual Reality Laboratory (AVR Lab), where he has been involved in projects on human–computer interaction and extended reality for medicine, e-learning, and cultural heritage. He recently worked on GPU computing, with applications to optimal UAV path planning, and on augmented reality for the improvement of situation awareness in UAV remote controls. He is currently involved in a project on the use of extended reality for real-time support in surgery.