Augmented World Expo (archive) » HITLab New Zealand http://archive.augmentedworldexpo.com The world's largest augmented reality and wearables show Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:47:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 HITLab New Zealand http://archive.augmentedworldexpo.com/organizations/participating-companies/presenter/hit-lab-newzealand/ http://archive.augmentedworldexpo.com/organizations/participating-companies/presenter/hit-lab-newzealand/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:34:50 +0000 http://augmentedworldexpo.com/?p=5129 The Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand (HIT Lab NZ) is developing and commercializing technology that improves human computer interaction and by doing so unlocks the power of human intelligence. The HIT Lab NZ conducts research with new emerging technologies such as Augmented Reality, Next Generation Video Conferencing, Immersive Visualization and Human-Robot Interaction. Interaction Design techniques are used to adapt these technologies to the needs of end users and solve real world problems. The end goal is to improve the user experience with technology.

 

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]]> http://archive.augmentedworldexpo.com/organizations/participating-companies/presenter/hit-lab-newzealand/feed/ 0 Mark Billinghurst http://archive.augmentedworldexpo.com/people/2014-speaker/mark-billinghurst/ http://archive.augmentedworldexpo.com/people/2014-speaker/mark-billinghurst/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:29:07 +0000 http://augmentedworldexpo.com/?p=4688 Dr. Mark Billinghurst is one of the world’s leading augmented reality researchers, focusing on innovative computer interfaces that explore how virtual and real worlds can be merged. Director of the HIT Lab New Zealand (HIT Lab NZ) at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, he has produced over 250 technical publications and presented demonstrations and courses at a wide variety of conferences. He has a PhD from the University of Washington and conducts research in Augmented and Virtual Reality, multimodal interaction and mobile interfaces. He has previously worked at ATR Research Labs, British Telecom, Nokia and the MIT Media Laboratory. One of his research projects, the MagicBook, was winner of the 2001 Discover award for best Entertainment application, and his AR Tennis project won the 2005 IMG award for best independent mobile game. He was awarded the 2013 IEEE VR Technical Achievement Award for contributions to research and commercialization in Augmented Reality. In 2001 he co-founded ARToolworks, one of the oldest commercial AR companies.
Company: HIT Lab NZ http://www.hitlabnz.org/ 
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