Dr James Walsh

Enterprise Fellow UniSA STEM

Mawson Lakes Campus (GP2-01B)
tel +61 8 830 23976

email James.Walsh@unisa.edu.au

Available for media comment
Research Degree Supervisor

Research

Highlights

Augmented Reality,Tangible User Interfaces,Origanic User Interfaces,Ubiquitous Computing,Pervasive Computing

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Khan, AA, Yu, R, Liu, T, Gu, N, Walsh, J & Mohandes, SR 2024, 'Nudge or mandate: an exploration into the constraints of volumetric modular construction in Australia', Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, online, pp. 1-34. Open access 4 3
2023	Drogemuller, A, Cunningham, A, Walsh, J, Baumeister, J, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2023, 'Aesthetics and comprehension of curved 3D graphs in Virtual Reality', Journal of Computer Languages, vol. 75, article no. 101198, pp. 1-18.
2023	Khan, AA, Yu, R, Gu, N, Liu, T, Walsh, J, Sepasgozar, S & Crough, D 2023, 'Exploring critical risk factors in volumetric modular construction: fault tree analysis with stakeholders' perspectives on probability and impact', Journal of Architectural Engineering, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 1-18. 5 3
2023	Khan, AA, Yu, R, Liu, T, Gu, N & Walsh, J 2023, 'Volumetric modular construction risks: a comprehensive review and digital-technology-coupled circular mitigation strategies', Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 8, article no. 7019, pp. 1-34. Open access 20 19 1
2023	Rinnert, T, Walsh, J, Fleury, C, Coppin, G, Duval, T & Thomas, BH 2023, 'AR presentation of team members' performance and inner status to their leader: a comparative study', Applied Sciences (Switzerland), vol. 14, no. 1, article no. 123. Open access 1 1
2023	Rinnert, T, Walsh, J, Fleury, C, Coppin, G, Duval, T & Thomas, BH 2023, 'How can one share a user's activity during VR synchronous augmentative cooperation?', Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, vol. 7, no. 2, article no. 20, pp. 1-14. Open access 3 1
2022	May, KW, KC, C, Ochoa, JJ, Gu, N, Walsh, J, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2022, 'The identification, development, and evaluation of BIM-ARDM: a BIM-based AR defect management system for construction inspections', Buildings, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 1-28. Open access 36 33 1
2020	Cao, R, Dey, S, Cunningham, A, Walsh, J, Smith, RT, Zucco, JE & Thomas, BH 2020, 'Examining the use of narrative constructs in data videos', Visual Informatics, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 8-22. Open access 22 18
2020	Cao, R, Walsh, J, Cunningham, A, Kohler, M, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2020, 'Examining computer-supported 3D event recreation for enhancing cognitive load, memorability, and engagement', Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, vol. 4, no. 3, article no. 37, pp. 1-16. Open access 6 4
2020	Drogemuller, A, Cunningham, A, Walsh, J, Thomas, BH, Cordeil, M & Ross, W 2020, 'Examining virtual reality navigation techniques for 3D network visualisations', Journal of Computer Languages, vol. 56, article no. 100937, pp. 1-13. 22 20 1
2020	Walsh, J & Thomas, BH 2020, 'Aligning realities: correlating content between projected and head worn displays', Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, vol. 4, no. 3, article no. 67, pp. 1-19. Open access 2
2018	Reichherzer, C, Cunningham, A, Walsh, J, Kohler, M, Billinghurst, M & Thomas, BH 2018, 'Narrative and spatial memory for jury viewings in a reconstructed virtual environment', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2917-2926. 13 12 1
2017	Baumeister, J, Ssin, SY, ElSayed, NA, Dorrian, J, Webb, DP, Walsh, JA, Simon, TM, Irlitti, A, Smith, RT, Kohler, M & Thomas, BH 2017, 'Cognitive cost of using augmented reality displays', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 2378-2388. Open access 129 103 3
2014	Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Walsh, JA & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Spatial user interfaces for large-scale projector-based augmented reality', IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 74-82. 41 30

Conferences

Year	Output
2025	Nguyen, HC, Cunningham, A, Schumacher, P & Walsh, J 2025, 'From Boxes to Blueprints: an Investigation of User Expectations and Design Strategies for Spatial Augmented Reality UX/UI', 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), IEEE, pp. 758-762. Open access
2025	Tran, TTH, Peillard, E, Walsh, J, Moreau, G & Thomas, B 2025, 'Impact of Adding, Removing and Modifying Driving and Non-Driving Related Information on Trust in Autonomous Vehicles', 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), IEEE, pp. 1262-1263. Open access
2024	Du, X, Satriadi, KA, Drogemuller, A, Matthews, B, Smith, RT, Walsh, J & Cunningham, A 2024, 'That's rough! Encoding data into roughness for physicalization', in F Mueller et al. (eds), 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1-16. Open access
2024	Zhang, C, Cao, R, Cunningham, A & Walsh, JA 2024, 'Whatever could be, could be: visualizing future movement predictions', 31st IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2024, IEEE, pp. 126-136. 1
2023	May, KW, Walsh, J, Smith, RT, Gu, N & Thomas, BH 2023, 'Examining VR technologies for immersive lighting performance simulation and visualisation in building design and analysis', IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2023, IEEE, pp. 913-914. Open access
2023	McDade, J, Drogemuller, A, Jing, A, Ireland, N, Walsh, J, Thomas, B, Mayer, W & Cunningham, A 2023, 'CADET: a collaborative agile data exploration tool for mixed reality', 21st IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct, IEEE, pp. 899-900. 2 1
2022	May, K, Walsh, J, Smith, R, Gu, N & Thomas, B 2022, 'UnityRev - Bridging the gap between BIM authoring platforms and game engines by creating a real-time bi-directional exchange of BIM data', 27th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA, vol. 2, pp. 527-536. Open access
2022	May, KW, Jing, A, Walsh, J, Smith, RT, Gu, N & Thomas, BH 2022, 'Towards a quantitative approach for monitoring and evaluating construction defect management inspection performance using eye-tracking technologies', 21st IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct, IEEE, pp. 776-781. Open access
2021	Cao, R, Zou-Williams, L, Cunningham, A, Walsh, J, Kohler, M & Thomas, BH 2021, 'Comparing the neuro-physiological effects of cinematic virtual reality with 2D monitors', 2021 IEEE Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), IEEE, pp. 729-738. 16
2021	Drogemuller, A, Cunningham, A, Walsh, J, Baumeister, J, Smith, RT & Thomas, B 2021, 'Haptic and visual comprehension of a 2d graph layout through physicalisation', Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths, CHI 2021, Association for Computing Machinery, article no. 463, pp. 1-16. 17
2021	Drogemuller, A, Walsh, J, Smith, RT, Adcock, M & Thomas, BH 2021, 'Turning everyday objects into passive tangible controllers', 15th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2021, ACM, article no. 54, pp. 1-4. 18
2021	Walsh, JA, Baumeister, J & Thomas, BH 2021, 'Spatial augmented reality visibility and line-of-sight cues for building design', in SN Spencer (ed.), VRST '21, Association for Computing Machinery, article no. 8. Open access 1
2020	May, KW, Walsh, J, Smith, RT, Gu, N & Thomas, BH 2020, 'VRGlare: a virtual reality lighting performance simulator for real-time three-dimensional glare simulation and analysis', 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction: From Demonstration to Practical Use - To New Stage of Construction Robot, ISARC 2020, International Association on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC), pp. 32-39. Open access 6
2019	Cao, R, Walsh, J, Cunningham, A, Reichherze, C, Dey, S & Thomas, BH 2019, 'A preliminary exploration of montage transitions in cinematic virtual reality', Adjunct Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality ISMAR-Adjunct 2019, IEEE, pp. 65-70. Open access 10 9
2019	Cunningham, A, Nowina-Krowicki, M, Walsh, J, Chung, J, Wark, S & Thomas, BH 2019, 'Provenance narratives and visualisation to support understanding and trust', MODSIM2019, 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 421-427. Open access
2019	Drogemuller, A, Cunningham, A, Walsh, J & Thomas, BH 2019, 'Towards instantiating design principles for physical networks', CHI 2019, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1-9. Open access
2019	Ssin, SY, Walsh, JA, Smith, RT, Cunningham, A & Thomas, BH 2019, 'Geogate: correlating geo-temporal datasets using an augmented reality space-time cube and tangible interactions', IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality, IEEE, pp. 1-10. 38 28 4
2019	Walsh, J, Cunningham, A, Wark, S, Nowina-Krowicki, M & Thomas, BH 2019, 'Narrative visualisation of simulations: finding the stories within the data', 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Supporting Evidence-Based Decision Making: The Role of Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2019, The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 256-262. Open access
2018	Cunningham, A, Walsh, J & Thomas, BH 2018, 'Immersive Visualisation of Geo-Temporal Narratives in Law Enforcement', 4th International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics, IEEE, pp. 1-8. Open access 11
2018	Drogemuller, A, Cunningham, A, Walsh, J, Cordeil, M, Ross, W & Thomas, BH 2018, 'Evaluating navigation techniques for 3D graph visualizations in virtual reality', 4th International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics, IEEE, pp. 1-10. Open access 44
2018	Walsh, J, Cunningham, A, Smith, R & Thomas, B 2018, 'Tangible braille plot: tangibly exploring geo-temporal data in virtual reality', 4th International Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics, IEEE, pp. 1-6. Open access 8
2017	Ssin, SY, Zucco, JE, Walsh, JA, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2017, 'SONA: Improving situational awareness of geotagged information using tangible interfaces', International Symposium on Big Data Visual Analytics, BDVA, IEEE, article no. 8114625, pp. 1-8. Open access 2 2
2016	Walsh, JA, Zucco, J, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2016, 'Temporal-geospatial cooperative visual analysis', 2016 Big Data Visual Analytics (BDVA), IEEE, pp. 1-8. 7 3
2014	Walsh, JA, von Itzstein, S & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Ephemeral interaction using everyday objects', in BC Wunsche & S Marks (eds), Fifteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2014), Australian Computer Society, vol. 150, pp. 29-37. Open access
2013	Walsh, JA, von Itzstein, S & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Tangible agile mapping: ad-hoc tangible user interaction definition', in RT Smith & BC Wunsche (eds), Fourteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2013), Australian Computer Society, pp. 3-12. Open access
2011	Walsh, JA & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Visualising environmental corrosion in outdoor augmented reality', 12th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2011), Australian Computer Society, pp. 39-46. 16

Reports

Year	Output
2024	Baumeister, J, Park, J-Y, Cunningham, A, Von Itzstein, S, Gwilt, I, Davis, A & Walsh, J 2024, Patterns in the dark: deceptive practices in online interactions, Data Standards Body, Australia. Open access
2024	Baumeister, J, Park, J-Y, Cunningham, A, Von Itzstein, S, Gwilt, I, Davis, A & Walsh, J 2024, Pressure Test: Deceptive Patterns, Data Standards Board within Federal Treasury, Australia.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation)	AUSTRALIA
Defence Science and Technology Group	AUSTRALIA
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	IRELAND
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)	AUSTRALIA
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Lab-STICC	FRANCE
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
prefabAUS	AUSTRALIA
Taiyuan University of Technology	CHINA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Manchester	UNITED KINGDOM
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA) Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	2025
Honorable Mention Award Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)	2024
Best Paper Award IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR)	2022
Best Paper Award IEEE Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces	2021
Certificate of Recognition of Research Project and Collaboration Defence Science and Technology	2020
Excellence in Research Award Data to Decisions CRC	2019
Australian Information Industry Association iAwards (National): Research and Development Project of the Year Merit Australian Information Industry Association	2018
Australian Information Industry Association iAwards (South Australia): Research and Development Project of the Year Australian Information Industry Association	2018
Best Paper Award Big Data Visual and Analytics	2018
Member Australian Computer Society (ACS)	2018
Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	2018
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)	2018
Retail Game-Changer Challenge Winner ($25,000) Precision Group	2018
Best Paper: SONA: Improving Situational Awareness of Geotagged Information Using Tangible Interfaces CORE Australasian User Interface Conference	2017
Best Paper: Ephemeral Interaction Using Everyday Objects CORE Australasian User Interface Conference	2014

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Enhancing Cultural Competency in Adolescents through Storyliving in Immersive Learning Environments	Current
Immersive Narrative Visualisation for Understanding Autonomous Maritime Vessels	Current
IMT Atlantique/ UniSA Cotutelle	Current
InvestigXR: Enhancing Crash Scene Investigations Through Extended Reality	Current
Tangible immersive analytics	Current
Using Spatial Augmented Reality to Enhance Productivity, Training and Safety in the Operation of Heavy Machinery	Current
Visualising the future: spatial-temporal Augmented Reality visualisations to enhance situation awareness	Current
Embodied navigation: graphs beyond the desktop	Completed
Exploring risks, drivers, and constraints of modular construction in Australasia: leveraging immersive VR technology for safety and efficiency	Completed
Integrating immersive technologies with building information modelling (BIM) for improved productivity of building performance	Completed
Perceiving collaborative activity with extended reality: how to improve collaborative work by sharing users' status	Completed
Tangible spatiotemporal visualisation	Completed
The effective use of immersive data storytelling for event-related information	Completed
Virtual reality in the court of law: improving jury understanding in a reconstructed environment	Completed

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Dr James Walsh

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Collaborations

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA)

Honorable Mention Award

Best Paper Award

Best Paper Award

Certificate of Recognition of Research Project and Collaboration

Excellence in Research Award

Australian Information Industry Association iAwards (National): Research and Development Project of the Year Merit

Australian Information Industry Association iAwards (South Australia): Research and Development Project of the Year

Best Paper Award

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Retail Game-Changer Challenge Winner ($25,000)

Best Paper: SONA: Improving Situational Awareness of Geotagged Information Using Tangible Interfaces

Best Paper: Ephemeral Interaction Using Everyday Objects

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