Mark Billinghurst

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Mark Nathan Billinghurst is a computer interface technology researcher. His work focuses on augmented reality (AR) technology. Billinghurst was made a Fellow of the IEEE in 2023.

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Education

Billinghurst completed his school education at the New Plymouth Boys' High School. [1] He received Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Science (first class honors) and Master of Philosophy (Applied Mathematics & Physics) degrees in 1990 and 1992 respectively. Both degrees are from Waikato University. [2] He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington's Human Interface Technology Laboratory in 2002. [2] [3] His dissertation was Shared Space: Explorations in Collaborative Augmented Reality. Billinghurst's doctoral advisors were Linda Shapiro and Thomas A. Furness III. [4] For his PhD course, Billinghurst created the Magic Book, a children's book animated through augmented reality produced by a head-mounted display. [2] [5] Billinghurst describes the Magic Book as technology "that allows you to overlay computer graphics onto the real world, in real time". [6]

Career

Billinghurst is professor of Human Computer Interaction at the University of South Australia (from 2015), [3] [5] professor at the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute (from 2018) [3] [7] [5] and director of the Empathic Computing Laboratory. [2] [8] [7] He is the founder and formerly the director of the University of Canterbury's HIT Lab NZ for 13 years; [9] [10] [3] he is now an associate professor at the University of Canterbury. [7] [11] In 2001, Billinghurst co-founded ARToolworks and helped to create ARToolKit, an open source AR development platform. [9] [10] He is a founder of the SuperVentures AR/VR fund. [3] Billinghurst is part of the New Zealand Government’s Growth and Innovation Advisory Board, being appointed in 2005. [2] Billinghurst's previous work includes jobs with ATR Research Labs in Japan, British Telecom's Advanced Perception Unit, an internship with Hit Lab US, [1] Nokia, Google, Amazon [7] and the MIT Media Laboratory. [11] During his career, Billinghurst has published over 650 research papers; he is one of the most cited AR researchers. [11] [7] [10]

Personal life

Billinghurst was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand. [1] He is a member of the Riccarton Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [12]

Awards and honors

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Augmented reality</span> View of the real world with computer-generated supplementary features

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Computer-mediated reality</span> Ability to manipulate ones perception of reality through the use of a computer

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mixed reality</span> Merging of real and virtual worlds to produce new environments

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Bolas</span>

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A projection augmented model is an element sometimes employed in virtual reality systems. It consists of a physical three-dimensional model onto which a computer image is projected to create a realistic looking object. Importantly, the physical model is the same geometric shape as the object that the PA model depicts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ARToolKit</span>

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Metaio GmbH was a privately held augmented reality (AR) company that was acquired by Apple Inc. in May of 2015. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, with subsidiaries in San Francisco, California, New York City, New York, and Dallas, Texas, Metaio provided a software development kit (SDK) for programming PC, web, mobile applications, and custom offline augmented reality applications. Additionally, Metaio was the creator of Junaio, a free mobile AR browser available for Android and iOS devices.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas A. Furness III</span>

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Ronald Azuma is an American computer scientist, widely recognized for contributing to the field of augmented reality (AR). His work A survey of augmented reality became the most cited article in the AR field and is one of the most influential MIT Press papers of all time. Azuma is considered to provide a commonly accepted definition of AR and is often named one of AR’s most recognized experts.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">HIT Lab NZ</span> Research Centre

The Human Interface Technology Lab NZ is a research centre in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand. Primarily the research undertaken fits within the ANZSRC Type of Activity applied research category. HIT Lab NZ also teaches two postgraduate research degrees, a PhD degree and a research Masters, both in the field of Human Interface Technology.

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Ruggiero Lovreglio is an Italian academic based in Auckland, New Zealand. He is an associate professor at Massey University and a Rutherford Discovery Fellow for Royal Society Te Apārangi. His research is focused on large-scale and small-scale evacuation dynamics and safety training using emerging technologies, such as virtual reality and augmented reality.

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  9. 1 2 "Augmented World Expo | Mark Billinghurst". augmentedworldexpo.com. 2014-03-28. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
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