Keynotes

Current Virtual/Augmented/Extended Reality (VR/AR/XR) systems enable the user to see virtual content. Yet, relatively few VR/AR/XR systems are used daily to interact with or edit 3D content.

In this talk, I discuss some of the associated challenges, such as input methods and precision requirements, human perception and spatial cognition, the effects of occasionally failing technologies, and complex and/or multi-scale virtual content. I present recent work that addresses these challenges and mention potential areas for future research.

Biography

Dr. Stuerzlinger is a leading researcher in Human-Computer Interaction and Virtual Reality/3D User Interfaces. He got his Doctorate from the Vienna University of Technology, was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chapel Hill in North Carolina, and a professor at York University in Toronto. Since 2014, he has been a full professor at the School of Interactive Arts + Technology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Stuerzlinger is a member of the IEEE VGTC VR Academy and the ACM SIGCHI Academy. His work aims to gain a deeper understanding of and to find innovative solutions for real-world problems. Current research projects include better 3D interaction techniques for Virtual, Augmented, and Extended Reality applications, new human-in-the-loop systems for big data analysis (Visual and Immersive Analytics), the characterization of the effects of technology limitations on human performance, investigations of human behaviors with occasionally failing technologies, and new Virtual/Augmented/Extended Reality hardware and software.