Augmented reality as a tool for improving the utility of information
Wednesday 29 July
6.00pm - 7.00pm
Mawson Centre Lecture Theatre
Mawson Centre
Mawson Lakes campus
Augmented reality is the process of overlaying registered virtual graphical information over a user's view of the physical world.
This technology allows for the presentation of information to be better assimilated with the actual world around us. This lecture will provide an overview of the current state of the art in the domain of augmented reality, including following forms of augmented reality: spatial, handheld, head mounted display, and outdoor.
Example applications of this technology in medicine, search and rescue, entertainment, manufacturing and lifestyle will be examined. A number of future directions for augmented reality will also be shared.
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Science & Engineering for a Sustainable
Future.
Division of
Information Technology, Engineering & the Environment
Professor Bruce Thomas
With a B.A in Physics, a Masters in Computer Science and a PhD in Computer Science, Professor Thomas is a perfect fit in his role as the Director of the Wearable Computer Laboratory at UniSA.
His achievements in the field of computer science are impressive; he is the inventor of the first outdoor augmented reality game, ARQuake, and is currently a NICTA (National ICT Australia) Fellow and a visiting scholar with the Human Interaction Technology Laboratory at the University of Washington.
Professor Thomas has worked tirelessly in UniSA's School of Computer and Information Science since 1990.