Associate Professor Ross Smith

Associate Professor in Computer Science UniSA STEM

Mawson Lakes Campus (W1-07)
tel +61 8 830 25551

email Ross.Smith@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Augmented Reality
Mixed Reality
Virtual Reality
Electro-mechanical Prototype Systems
User Experience/Interfaces

Associate Professor Ross Smith is a member of the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments (IVE) leadership team and is Director of the Wearable Computer Lab at the University of South Australia. His research strengths focus on interactive systems to support health and medical technologies that are informed by industry challenges. He has extensive experience with virtual/augmented/mixed reality, novel interaction devices, deformable surfaces, input device hardware development, and user interface design.

Ross investigates how medical equipment and processes can be enhanced with mixed reality technologies to support practitioners. Some recent examples include the use of Microsoft HoloLens augmented reality... Read more

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Research

Research focus

Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Clinical Sciences
Cognitive Sciences
Public Health and Health Services
Nursing

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, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2020	Smith, RT, Clarke, TJ, Mayer, W, Cunningham, A, Matthews, B & Zucco, JE 2020, 'Mixed reality interaction and presentation techniques for medical visualisations', in PM Rea (ed.), Biomedical Visualisation, Springer, Switzerland, ch. 7, pp. 123-139. 16
2018	Thomas, BH, Welch, GF, Dragicevic, P, Elmqvist, N, Irani, P, Jansen, Y, Schmalstieg, D, Tabard, A, ElSayed, NA, Smith, RT & Willett, W 2018, 'Situated analytics', in K Marriott, F Schreiber, T Dwyer et al. (eds), Immersive Analytics, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, ch. 7, pp. 185-220. 55
2017	Harvie, DS, Smith, RT, Hunter, E V, Davis, MG, Sterling, M & Moseley, GL 2017, 'Using visuo-kinetic virtual reality to induce illusory spinal movement: the MoOVi illusion', PEERJ, vol. 5, article no. e3023, pp. 1-16. Open access 17 19 10
2017	Tonkin, E, Jeffs, L, Wycherley, TP, Maher, C, Smith, R, Hart, J, Cubillo, B & Brimblecombe, J 2017, 'A smartphone app to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among young adults in Australian remote Indigenous communities: design, formative evaluation and user-testing', JMIR mHealth and uHealth, vol. 5, no. 12, article no. e192, pp. 1-17. Open access 22 21 3
2016	Baumeister, J, Dorrian, J, Banks, S, Chatburn, A, Smith, RT, Carskadon, MA, Lushington, K & Thomas, BH 2016, 'Augmented reality as a countermeasure for sleep deprivation', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1396-1405. Open access 7 6

Chapters

Year	Output
2024	Clarke, TJ, Gwilt, I, Zucco, J, Mayer, W & Smith, RT 2024, 'Superpowers in the metaverse: augmented reality enabled X-ray vision in immersive environments', in V Geroimenko (ed.), Augmented and Virtual Reality in the Metaverse, Springer, Switzerland, ch. 15, pp. 283-309.
2022	Gwilt, I, Davis, A, Mignone, J, Smith, RT & Chua, A 2022, 'Augmenting environmental graphics in healthcare spaces', in E Edmunds & C Vear (eds), Augmented reality art: from an emerging technology to a novel creative medium, 3rd ed., Springer, Switzerland, ch. 10, pp. 191-208. Open access
2020	Smith, RT, Clarke, TJ, Mayer, W, Cunningham, A, Matthews, B & Zucco, JE 2020, 'Mixed reality interaction and presentation techniques for medical visualisations', in PM Rea (ed.), Biomedical Visualisation, Springer, Switzerland, ch. 7, pp. 123-139. 16
2018	Thomas, BH, Welch, GF, Dragicevic, P, Elmqvist, N, Irani, P, Jansen, Y, Schmalstieg, D, Tabard, A, ElSayed, NA, Smith, RT & Willett, W 2018, 'Situated analytics', in K Marriott, F Schreiber, T Dwyer et al. (eds), Immersive Analytics, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, ch. 7, pp. 185-220. 55
2017	Von Itzstein, GS, Billinghurst, M, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2017, 'Augmented reality entertainment: Taking gaming out of the box', Encyclopedia of computer graphics and games, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 1-9.
2011	Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Porter, SR, Broecker, MM, Close, B & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Large scale spatial augmented reality for design and prototyping', in B Furht (ed.), Handbook of augmented reality, Springer, New York, ch. 10, pp. 231-254.
2010	Avery, B, Smith, RT, Piekarski, W & Thomas, BH 2010, 'Designing outdoor mixed reality hardware systems', in E Dubois (ed.), The engineering of mixed reality systems, Springer, UK, pp. 211-231. Open access 3

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Altman, K, Saredakis, D, Keage, H, Hutchinson, A, Corlis, M, Smith, RT, Crawford, GB & Loetscher, T 2024, 'Personalised virtual reality in palliative care: clinically meaningful symptom improvement for some', BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, online. Open access 1 75
2024	Elsayed, N, Marriott, K, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2024, 'A day using situated analytics: access the hidden dimension!', Interactions, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 43-51.
2024	Pieschacon, JM, Costabile, M, Cunningham, A, Zucco, J, Von Itzstein, S & Smith, RT 2024, 'Smart pipette: elevating laboratory performance with tactile authenticity and real-time feedback', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, online, pp. 1-13.
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	Matthews, B, Thomas, BH, Von Itzstein, S & Smith, R 2023, 'Adaptive reset techniques for haptic retargeted interaction', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 1478-1490. Open access 3 2 1
2023	Mouatt, B, Smith, AE, Parfitt, G, Stanford, T, McDade, J, Smith, RT & Stanton, TR 2023, 'What I see and what I feel: the influence of deceptive visual cues and interoceptive accuracy on affective valence and sense of effort during virtual reality cycling', PEERJ, vol. 11, article no. e16095, pp. 1-21. Open access 2 2 15
2023	Sharrad, K, Martini, C, Tai, A, Spurrier, N, Smith, R, Esterman, A, Gwilt, I, Sandford, D & Carson-Chahhoud, K 2023, 'Mixed reality technology to deliver psychological interventions to adolescents with asthma: qualitative study using the theoretical framework of acceptability', JMIR Human Factors, vol. 10, article no. e34629, pp. 1-12. Open access 4
2022	Dumuid, D, Olds, T, Wake, M, Lund Rasmussen, C, Pedišić, Ž, Hughes, JH, Foster, DJ, Walmsley, R, Atkin, AJ, Straker, L, Fraysse, F, Smith, RT, Neumann, F, Kenett, RS, Jarle Mork, P, Bennett, D, Doherty, A & Stanford, T 2022, 'Your best day: an interactive app to translate how time reallocations within a 24-hour day are associated with health measures', PLoS One, vol. 17, no. 9, article no. e0272343, pp. 1-16. Open access 6 4 150
2022	Harvie, D, Smith, RT, Martin, D, Hirsh, AT & Trost, Z 2022, 'Editorial: Novel applications of virtual and mixed reality in pain research and treatment', Frontiers in Virtual Reality, vol. 3, article no. 1018804, pp. 1-3. Open access 2 2 8
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 31 28 1
2022	Smith, AE, Wade, AT, Olds, T, Dumuid, D, Goldsworthy, MR, Ridding, MC, Dorrian, J, Mellow, ML, Murphy, KJ, Keage, H, Smith, RT & Karayanidis, F and 10 other authors 2022, 'Characterising activity and diet compositions for dementia prevention: protocol for the ACTIVate prospective longitudinal cohort study', BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 1, article no. e047888, pp. 1-12. Open access 7 6 11
2021	Sharrad, K, Kopsaftis, Z, Tai, A, Spurrier, N, Smith, R, Esterman, A, Gwilt, I, Stallman, H & Carson-Chahhoud, K 2021, 'Mixed reality technology as a delivery mechanism for psychological intervention in adolescents with asthma: a qualitative protocol', International Journal of Qualitative Methods, vol. 20, pp. 1-8. Open access 2 1 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 17 17
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 4 4
2020	Harvie, DS, Rio, E, Smith, RT, Olthof, N & Coppieters, MW 2020, 'Virtual reality body image training for chronic low back pain: a single case report', Frontiers in Virtual Reality, vol. 1, article no. 13, pp. 1-10. Open access 10 33
2020	Harvie, DS, Smith, RT, Moseley, G, Meulders, A, Michiels, B & Sterling, M 2020, 'Illusion-enhanced virtual reality exercise for neck pain: a replicated single case series', Clinical Journal of Pain, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 101-109. Open access 20 18 9
2020	Mouatt, B, Smith, AE, Mellow, ML, Parfitt, G, Smith, R & Stanton, TR 2020, 'The use of virtual reality to influence motivation, affect, enjoyment, and engagement during exercise: a scoping review', Frontiers in Virtual Reality, vol. 1, article no. 564664, pp. 1-23. Open access 69 30
2018	ElSayed, NA, Smith, RT, Marriott, K & Thomas, BH 2018, 'Context-aware design pattern for situated analytics: Blended Model View Controller', Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, vol. 44, pp. 1-12. 13 11
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 108 94 3
2017	Doshi, A, Smith, RT, Thomas, BH & Bouras, C 2017, 'Use of projector based augmented reality to improve manual spot-welding precision and accuracy for automotive manufacturing', International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 89, no. 5, pp. 1279-1293. Open access 114 96 3
2017	Harvie, DS, Smith, RT, Hunter, E V, Davis, MG, Sterling, M & Moseley, GL 2017, 'Using visuo-kinetic virtual reality to induce illusory spinal movement: the MoOVi illusion', PEERJ, vol. 5, article no. e3023, pp. 1-16. Open access 17 19 10
2017	Tonkin, E, Jeffs, L, Wycherley, TP, Maher, C, Smith, R, Hart, J, Cubillo, B & Brimblecombe, J 2017, 'A smartphone app to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among young adults in Australian remote Indigenous communities: design, formative evaluation and user-testing', JMIR mHealth and uHealth, vol. 5, no. 12, article no. e192, pp. 1-17. Open access 22 21 3
2016	Baumeister, J, Dorrian, J, Banks, S, Chatburn, A, Smith, RT, Carskadon, MA, Lushington, K & Thomas, BH 2016, 'Augmented reality as a countermeasure for sleep deprivation', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1396-1405. Open access 7 6
2016	ElSayed, NA, Thomas, BH, Marriott, K, Piantadosi, J & Smith, RT 2016, 'Situated analytics: demonstrating immersive analytical tools with augmented reality', Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, vol. 36, pp. 13-23. 84 63 7
2016	Harvie, DS, Hillier, S, Madden, VJ, Smith, RT, Broecker, M, Meulders, A & Moseley, GL 2016, 'Neck pain and proprioception revisited using the Proprioception Incongruence Detection Test', Physical Therapy, vol. 96, no. 2, pp. 1-8. Open access 20 20 5
2015	Harvie, DS, Broecker, M, Smith, RT, Meulders, A, Madden, VJ & Moseley, L 2015, 'Bogus visual feedback alters onset of movement-evoked pain in people with neck pain', Psychological Science, vol. 26, pp. 385-392. Open access 77 68 121
2015	Simon, TM, Thomas, BH & Smith, RT 2015, 'Low-profile jamming technology for medical rehabilitation', It Professional: Technology Solutions for the Enterprise, vol.17, no. 5, pp. 28-34. 8 7
2014	Chimani, M, Eades, P, Hong, S, Huang, W, Klein, K, Marner, M, Smith, R & Thomas, BH 2014, 'People prefer less stress and fewer crossings', Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8871 no. , pp. 523-524. 7 5
2014	Fujimoto, Y, Smith, RT, Taketomi, T, Yamamoto, G, Miyazaki, J, Kato, H & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Geometrically-correct projection-based texture mapping onto a deformable object', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 20, no. 4, article no. 6777427, pp. 540-549. Open access 29 19
2014	Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Thomas, BH, Klein, K, Eades, P & Hong, S-H 2014, 'GION: interactively untangling large graphs on wall-sized displays', Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8871, pp. 113-124. 18 13
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. 37 28 3
2013	Smith, RT, Webber, G, Sugimoto, M, Marner, M & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Automatic sub-pixel projector calibration: supporting improved calibration for projected environments', Ite Transactions on Media Technology and Applications, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 204-213. Open access 4

Conferences

Year	Output
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
2023	Clarke, TJ, Mayer, W, Zucco, JE & Smith, RT 2023, 'Generating pseudo random volumes for volumetric research', IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2023, IEEE, pp. 266-270.
2023	Clarke, TJ, Mayer, W, Zucco, JE, Drogemuller, A & Smith, RT 2023, 'Volumetric X-ray vision using illustrative visual effects', IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2023, IEEE, pp. 769-771.
2023	Clarke, TJ, Mayer, W, Zucco, JE, Matthews, BJ & Smith, RT 2023, 'Adapting VST AR X-ray vision techniques to OST AR', International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), IEEE, pp. 495-500. Open access 2 1
2023	Matthews, BJ, Reichherzer, C & Smith, RT 2023, 'Remapped interfaces: building contextually adaptive user interfaces with haptic retargeting', in A Schmidt et al. (eds), CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, article no. 469, pp. 1-4. 2
2023	Matthews, BJ, Reichherzer, C, Thomas, BH & Smith, RT 2023, 'Maskwarp: visuo-haptic illusions in mixed reality using real-time video inpainting', IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2023, IEEE, pp. 767-768. Open access
2023	Matthews, BJ, Thomas, BH, Von Itzstein, GS & Smith, RT 2023, 'Towards applied remapped physical-virtual interfaces: synchronization methods for resolving control state conflicts', in A Schmidt et al. (eds), CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, article no. 698, pp. 1-18. 5
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, Jing, A, Stanton, T & Smith, R 2023, 'Assessing superhuman speed as a gamified reward in a virtual reality bike exergame', in A Schmidt et al. (eds), CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, article no. 41, pp. 1-8. 6
2023	Satriadi, KA, Cunningham, A, Smith, RT, Dwyer, T, Drogemuller, A & Thomas, BH 2023, 'ProxSituated visualization: an extended model of situated visualization using proxies for physical referents', in A Schmidt et al. (eds), CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, article no. 382, pp. 1-20. 10 4
2023	Schumacher, P, Fraysse, F, Matthews, B, Modra, S, Smith, R, Thewlis, D, Langridge, G & Bevan, J 2023, 'A virtual reality experiential prototyping tool for the application of anthropometry in complex, confined human environments', EKSIG 2023 (International Conference of the Design Research Society Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge, Politecnico di MIlano, pp. 509-525. Open access
2022	Matthews, BJ, Thomas, BH, Von Itzstein, GS & Smith, RT 2022, 'Shape aware haptic retargeting for accurate hand interactions', IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR), IEEE, pp. 625-634. Open access 8 7
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.
2022	Satriadi, KA, Cunningham, A, Thomas, BH, Drogemuller, A, Odi, A, Patel, N, Aston, C & Smith, RT 2022, 'Augmented scale models: presenting multivariate data around physical scale models in augmented reality', 21st IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR 2022, IEEE, pp. 54-63. Open access 9 4
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. 15
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. 16
2021	Hart, JD, Piumsomboon, T, Lee, GA, Smith, RT & Billinghurst, M 2021, 'Manipulating avatars for enhanced communication in extended reality', 2021 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Reality (ICIR), IEEE, pp. 9-16. Open access 15 11
2020	Cordeil, M, Bach, B, Cunningham, A, Montoya, B, Smith, RT, Thomas, BH & Dwyer, T 2020, 'Embodied axes: tangible, actuated interaction for 3D augmented reality data spaces', CHI 2020: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, article no. 3376613, pp. 1-12. 46 5
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	Hart, J, Piumsomboon, T, Lawrence, L, Lee, G, Smith, RT & Billinghurst, M 2019, 'Demonstrating Emotion sharing and augmentation in cooperative virtual reality games', IEEE, article no. 8699208, pp. 405-406. Open access
2019	Matthews, BJ & Smith, RT 2019, 'Head gaze target selection for redirected interaction', SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 XR - International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SA 2019, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 13-14. 5
2019	Matthews, BJ, Thomas, BH, Von Itzstein, S & Smith, RT 2019, 'Remapped physical-virtual interfaces with bimanual haptic retargeting', 2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), IEEE, pp. 19-27. Open access 28 21
2019	Norman, M, Lee, G, Smith, R & Billinqhurst, M 2019, 'A mixed presence collaborative mixed reality system', 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019, IEEE, article no. 8797966, pp. 1106-1107. 8 5
2019	Norman, M, Lee, GA, Smith, RT & Billinghurst, M 2019, 'The impact of remote user's role in a mixed reality mixed presence system', 17th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry, VRCAI 2019, Association for Computing Machinery, article no. a2, pp. 1-9. 19
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. 34 26 1
2018	Hart, JD, Piumsomboon, T, Lawrence, L, Lee, GA, Smith, RT & Billinghurst, M 2018, 'Demonstrating emotion sharing and augmentation in cooperative virtual reality games', 5th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2018, ACM Digital Library, pp. 117-120. 6 2
2018	Hart, JD, Piumsomboon, T, Lawrence, L, Lee, GA, Smith, RT & Billinghurst, M 2018, 'Emotion sharing and augmentation in cooperative virtual reality games', 5th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2018, ACM Digital Library, pp. 453-460. 20
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	ElSayed, NA, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2017, 'HORUS EYE: See the invisible bird and snake vision for augmented reality information visualization', 15th Adjunct IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2016, IEEE, pp. 203-208. Open access 10 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	Irlitti, A, Smith, RT, Von Itzstein, S, Billinghurst, M & Thomas, BH 2016, 'Challenges for asynchronous collaboration in augmented reality', 15th Adjunct IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2016, IEEE, article no. 7836453, pp. 31-35. 39 28
2016	Kikuchi, T, Hiroi, Y, Smith, RT, Thomas, BH & Sugimoto, M 2016, 'MARCut: Marker-based laser cutting for personal fabrication on existing objects', 10th Anniversary Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2016, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 468-474. 10 6
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
2015	Baumeister, J, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Kohler, M & Thomas, BH 2015, 'Visual subliminal cues for spatial augmented reality', in T Oishi & J Grubert (eds), 14th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Workshops, IEEE, article no. 7344747, pp. 4-11. 3 5
2015	ElSayed, NAM, Thomas, BH, Marriott, K, Piantadosi, J & Smith, RT 2015, 'Situated analytics', 2015 Big Data Visual Analytics (BDVA), IEEE, pp. 1-8. Open access 57 30 1
2015	Simon, TM, Thomas, BH & Smith, RT 2015, 'Controlling stiffness with jamming for wearable haptics', in K Mase (ed.), 19th ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2015, ACM, pp. 45-46. 2
2014	Adcock, M, Ranatunga, D, Smith, R & Thomas, B 2014, 'Object-based touch manipulation for remote guidance of physical tasks', SUI '14: 2nd ACM symposium on Spatial user interaction, ACM, pp. 113-122. 20
2014	Broecker, M, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Depth perception in view-dependent near-field spatial AR', in BC Wunsche & S Marks (eds), Australasian User Interface Conference - AUIC 2014, Australian Computer Society, pp. 87-88. Open access
2014	Fujimoto, Y, Taketomi, T, Yamamoto, G, Miyazaki, J, Kato, H, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Geometrically-correct projection-based texture mapping onto a cloth', IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, IEEE Press, article no. 6802105, pp. 165-166.
2014	Irlitti, A, Von Itzstein, S, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Performance improvement using data tags for handheld spatial augmented reality', in S Spencer (ed.), 20th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery Inc, pp. 161-165. 4
2014	Simon, TM, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2014, 'Wearable jamming mitten for virtual environment haptics', 2014 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ACM, pp. 67-70. 39 10
2014	Simon, TM, Thomas, BH, Smith, RT & Smith, M 2014, 'Adding input controls and sensors to RFID tags to support dynamic tangible user interfaces', 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, ACM, pp. 165-172. 10
2014	Thomas, BH, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, El, SN, Itzstein, GS, Klein, K, Adcock, M, Eades, P, Irlitti, A, Zucco, J, Simon, T, Baumeister, J & Suthers, T 2014, 'Spatial augmented reality: a tool for 3D data visualization', International Workshop on 3DVis: does 3D really make sense for data visualization, IEEE Press. 23
2013	Broecker, M, Thomas, BH & Smith, RT 2013, 'Adapting ray tracing to spatial augmented reality', 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, article no. 6671826, pp. 1-6. 6 1
2013	Hoang, TN, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2013, '3D interactions with a passive deformable haptic glove', 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, article no. 6671822, pp. 1-6. 10 2
2013	Hoang, TN, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Passive deformable haptic glove to support 3D interactions on mobile augmented reality environments', 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, article no. 6671793, pp. 257-258. 16 6
2013	Hoang, TN, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2013, 'Ultrasonic glove input device for distance-based interactions', 23rd International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2013), IEEE, pp. 46-53. 4 4
2013	Shen, H, Smith, R, Paay, J & Calder, P 2013, 'Message from the technical program committee', in H Shen et al. (eds), Proceedings of the 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Augmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration, OzCHI 2013, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. vii. Open access
2012	Joo, HJ, Smith, R, Thomas, B & Park, J 2012, 'Spatial augmented reality based tangible CAD system', in M Green (ed.), 18th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, ACM, pp. 207-208. 1
2012	Maas, ET, Marner, MR, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2012, 'Supporting freeform modelling in spatial augmented reality environments with a new deformable material', in H Shen & RT Smith (eds), 13th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2012), Australian Computer Society, pp. 77-86. Open access 3
2012	O'Malley, SJ, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2012, 'Data mining office behavioural information from simple sensors', in H Shen & RT Smith (eds), 13th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2012), Australian Computer Society, pp. 97-98. Open access 4
2012	Simon, TM & Smith, RT 2012, 'Magnetic substrate for use with tangible spatial augmented reality in rapid prototyping workflows', in H Shen & RT Smith (eds), 13th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2012), Australian Computer Society, pp. 95-96. Open access
2012	Simon, TM, Smith, RT, Thomas, B, Von Itzstein, S, Smith, M, Park, J & Park, J 2012, 'Merging tangible buttons and spatial augmented reality to support ubiquitous prototype designs', in H Shen & RT Smith (eds), 13th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2012), Australian Computer Society, pp. 29-38. Open access 7
2012	Smith, R 2012, 'Productivity games to increase organizational trust: How gaming and fun in the workplace can develop a culture of trust and innovation', 4th IEEE 2012 International Games Innovation Conference, IGiC 2012, IEEE, article no. 6329831, pp. 1-6.
2011	Broecker, M, Smith, R & Thomas, B 2011, 'Adaptive substrate for enhanced spatial augmented reality contrast and resolution', International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT), The Virtual Reality Society of Japan, pp. 110-117.
2011	Broecker, MM, Smith, RT & Thomas, BH 2011, 'Adaptive substrate for enhance spatial augmented reality contrast and resolution', 10th International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 251-252. Open access 1
2011	Smith, RT, Marner, MR & Thomas, BH 2011, 'An adaptive color marker for Spatial Augmented Reality environments and visual feedback', IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2011, IEEE, pp. 269-270. 2 1
2011	Thomas, BH, Smith, M, Simon, T, Park, J, Park, J, Von Itzstein, GS & Smith, RT 2011, 'Glove-based sensor support for dynamic tangible buttons in spatial augmented reality design environments', 15th Annual International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC), IEEE, article no. 5959577, pp. 109-110. Open access 6 2
2011	Thomas, BH, Von Itzstein, GS, Vernik, R, Porter, S, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Broecker, M, Close, B, Walker, S, Pickersgill, S, Kelly, S & Schumacher, P 2011, 'Spatial augmented reality support for design of complex physical environments', IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), IEEE, pp. 588-593. Open access 15
2011	Von Itzstein, G, Thomas, BH, Smith, RT & Walker, S 2011, 'Using spatial augmented reality for appliance design', IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom) 2011, IEEE, pp. 665-667. Open access 6
2010	Porter, SR, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Zucco, J & Thomas, BH 2010, 'Validating spatial augmented reality for interactive rapid prototyping', in T Hollerer (ed.), 9th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2010, IEEE, article no. 5643599, pp. 265-266. Open access 42
2010	Porter, SR, Marner, MR, Smith, RT, Zucco, J, Thomas, BH & Schumacher, PC 2010, 'Spatial augmented reality for interactive rapid prototyping', 20th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, Virtual Reality Society of Japan, pp. 110-117.
2009	Paay, J, Thomas, BH, Kjeldskov, J, O'Hara, K & Smith, RT 2009, 'FrostWall: A dual-sided situated display for informal collaboration in the corridor', in J Kjeldskov, ACM, pp. 369-372. Open access 3
2009	Segrave, S, Cybulski, J, Holt, D, Munro, J, O'Brien, D, Keppell, M, Murdoch, D, Bradle, B, Corbitt, B, Smith, R, Dick, M, Zadeh, H, Searle, I & Sarkar, P 2009, 'eSimulations for blended learning in professional education: capacity building, knowledge transfer and dissemination', Auckland University of Technology, and Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite), pp. 942-944. Open access
2008	Piekarski, W, Thomas, BH & Smith, RT 2008, 'Tech Note: Digital Foam', in Sabine Coquillart, Wolfgang Sturzlinger and Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, IEEE symposium on 3D user interfaces, 3DUI 2008, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 35-37. Open access 14 6
2008	Smith, RT & Piekarski, W 2008, 'Public and private workspaces on tabletop displays', in Beryl Plimmer & Gerald Weber, Australian Computer Society Inc, pp. 51-54.
2008	Thomas, BH, Smith, RT & Avery, BRJ 2008, 'Lightweight Hand and Arm Tracking for Mobile Augmented Reality', in Dan Siewiorek & Asim Smailagic, IEEE, pp. 105-106. Open access 1 1
2008	Thomas, BH, Smith, RT & Piekarski, W 2008, 'Digital Foam Interaction Techniques for 3D Modeling', in Ernst Kruiff, ACM, pp. 61-68. Open access 37

Reports

Year	Output
2022	Marlow, N, Eckert, M, Sharplin, G, Smith, R, Gwilt, I, Brinn, M & Carson-Chahhoud, K 2022, Evidence snapshot: improving staff experience with health technology, University of South Australia, Australia.

Research

Patents

Details	Registry	Status
Digital foam Smith, Ross Travers; Thomas, Bruce Hunter; Piekarski, Wayne	US	Granted
Distance based modelling and manipulation methods for augmented reality systems using ultrasonic gloves Hoang, Thuong N; Thomas, Bruce H; Smith, Ross T	US	Granted
Method and apparatus for calibration of multiple projector systems Smith, Ross Travers; Webber, Guy; Sugimoto, Maki; Marner, Michael Robert; Thomas, Bruce Hunter	US	Granted

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Aalborg University	DENMARK
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Education Centre	AUSTRALIA
Benha University	EGYPT
Catholic University of Leuven	BELGIUM
Charles Sturt University	AUSTRALIA
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation)	AUSTRALIA
CSIRO ICT Centre	AUSTRALIA
Curtin University	AUSTRALIA
Deakin University	AUSTRALIA
General Motor Holden Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Government of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Hongik University	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis	UNITED STATES
INRIA Sohpia Antipolis	FRANCE
Kadego Cadgile	AUSTRALIA
Keio University	JAPAN
Know Centre	AUSTRIA
KTH Royal Institute of Technology	SWEDEN
Ku Leuven	BELGIUM
Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan	SWEDEN
La Trobe University	AUSTRALIA
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts	SWITZERLAND
Menzies School of Health Research	AUSTRALIA
Microsoft Research	UNITED KINGDOM
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Nara Institute of Science and Technology	JAPAN
Norwegian University of Science and Technology	NORWAY
Osnabrueck University	GERMANY
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
Sorbonne University	FRANCE
Technische Universitat Graz	AUSTRIA
Teesside University	UNITED KINGDOM
Tokyo Institute of Technology	JAPAN
Universite de Lyon	FRANCE
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Auckland	NEW ZEALAND
University of Calgary	CANADA
University of Canterbury	NEW ZEALAND
University of Central Florida	UNITED STATES
University of East Anglia	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Edinburgh	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Maastricht	NETHERLANDS
University of Manitoba	CANADA
University of Maryland	UNITED STATES
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
University of Oxford	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Tasmania	AUSTRALIA
University of the Sunshine Coast	AUSTRALIA
University of Turin	ITALY
University of Wisconsin-Madison	UNITED STATES
Victoria University	AUSTRALIA
Virginia Commonwealth University	UNITED STATES
Women's and Children's Hospital	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
iAward Winner SA - Research and Development Project of the Year Australian Information Industry Association	2016
iAward for Innovation (Research and Development), Merit Recipient Australian Information Industry Association	2015
Demo Co-chair International Symposium of Mixed and Augmented Reality, Munich, Germany	2014
Conference Co-Chair Australasian User Interface Conference, Australian Computer Science Week, Adelaide	2013
Demo Co-chair International Symposium of Mixed and Augmented Reality, Adelaide	2013
Program Co-chair OzCHI Augmentation, Application, Innovation and Collaboration, Adelaide	2013
Conference Co-chair Australasian User Interface Conference, Australian Computer Science Week, Melbourne	2012
Panel Member, Community Panel Tee Tree Gully Council	2012
Workshop host International symposium on Wearable Computers, Newcastle, United Kingdom	2012
Visiting Associate Professor Nara Institute of Science and Technology	2011
Demonstration Chair International Conference on Augmented Reality and Telexistence	2010

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Human-computer Interaction,Virtual Reality,Computer Programming

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
111021 - Improving wellbeing through intergenerational virtual travel and experiences	Current
111059 - Cognitive and Affective Empathy Mediated Through XR and Haptic Feedback	Current
Design for emotional wellbeing using virtual/mixed reality: Exploring the cross-cultural dynamics that affect the planning, aesthetics and final design layout of living spaces in the homes of multicultural Australians.	Current
Exploring the visualisation of avatars to support remote collaboration in immersive virtual environments	Current
Hand skill training with custom haptics, real-time visual instruction, and immersive technologies	Current
Human action recognition on resource constrained edge platforms	Current
In her shoes - using virtual reality to change male mine workers' sexual harassment attitudes	Current
Interactions within X-Ray Visualizations	Current
Tangible immersive analytics	Current
Tehcniques and guidelines for immersive data storytelling	Current
Transforming the perioperative journey: leveraging immersive technologies to reduce stress and anxiety for better patient outcomes	Current
An investigation into the use of augmented environmental graphic design to help improve employee wellbeing within the healthcare workplace	Completed
Dynamic haptic interfaces in virtual reality: remapping physical controls to virtual user interfaces using haptic retargeting	Completed
Embodied navigation: graphs beyond the desktop	Completed
Integrating immersive technologies with building information modelling (BIM) for improved productivity of building performance	Completed
Layer jamming as a haptic feedback mechanism for wearable augmentations	Completed
Perceptual and affective responses during virtual reality exercise	Completed
Rendering techniques for spatial augmented reality	Completed
Situated analytics	Completed
Spatial augmented reality for remote guidance	Completed
Tangible spatiotemporal visualisation	Completed
The effective use of immersive data storytelling for event-related information	Completed
Toward consistent measurement of cognitive load in augmented reality research	Completed
Towards mixed presence collaborations using mixed reality	Completed

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Associate Professor Ross Smith

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