Associate Professor Stewart Von Itzstein

Associate Professor in Computer Science UniSA STEM

Mawson Lakes Campus (D3-23B)
tel +61 8 830 23056

email Stewart.VonItzstein@unisa.edu.au

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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.

Highlights

Year	Output
2018	Volmer, B, Baumeister, J, Von Itzstein, S, Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I, Schlesewsky, M, Billinghurst, M & Thomas, BH 2018, 'A comparison of predictive spatial augmented reality cues for procedural tasks', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2846-2856. Open access 44 38
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. 6
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. 46 39
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	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. 28

Chapters

Year	Output
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. 6

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Pieschacon, JM, Costabile, M, Cunningham, A, Zucco, J, Von Itzstein, S & Smith, RT 2025, 'Smart pipette: elevating laboratory performance with tactile authenticity and real-time feedback', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 5788-5800.
2024	McKechnie-Martin, CT, Cunningham, A, Baumeister, J & Von Itzstein, GS 2024, 'A Meta-Ethnography of Player Motivation in Digital Games: The 28 Dimensions of Play', Games and Culture, online, pp. 1-25. Open access 1 1
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 5 4 1
2023	Volmer, B, Baumeister, J, Von Itzstein, S, Schlesewsky, M, Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I & Thomas, BH 2023, 'Event related brain responses reveal the impact of spatial augmented reality predictive cues on mental effort', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 29, no. 12, pp. 4990-5007. Open access 4 3
2018	Volmer, B, Baumeister, J, Von Itzstein, S, Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I, Schlesewsky, M, Billinghurst, M & Thomas, BH 2018, 'A comparison of predictive spatial augmented reality cues for procedural tasks', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2846-2856. Open access 44 38

Conferences

Year	Output
2023	Harris, D, Von Itzstein, GS, Kelly, D & Smith, E 2023, 'IDE vs. pen-and-paper showdown - performance and perceptions of testing first-year IT students' programming skills', 2023: ASCILITE 2023 Conference Proceedings: People, Partnerships and Pedagogies, ASCILITE, pp. 1-5. 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. 10
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 13 11
2022	Volmer, B, Baumeister, J, Matthews, R, Grosser, L, Von Ltzstein, S, Banks, S & Thomas, BH 2022, 'A comparison of spatial augmented reality predictive cues and their effects on sleep deprived users', IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR), IEEE, pp. 589-598. Open access 4 4
2021	Martin, CT, Baumeister, J, Cunningham, A & Von Itzstein, GS 2021, 'The spheres of player motivation: towards a new typology for player motivation in digital games', 8th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2021, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 140-145. 3 1
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 33 26
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. 46 39
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	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. 28
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	Irlitti, A & Von Itzstei, S 2013, 'Validating constraint driven design techniques in spatial augmented reality', in RT Smith & BC Wunsche (eds), Fourteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2013), Australian Computer Society, pp. 63-72. Open access
2013	Irlitti, A, Von Itzstein, S, Alem, L & Thomas, B 2013, 'Tangible interaction techniques to support asynchronous collaboration', 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, IEEE, pp. 1-6. 17 8
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
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
2011	Moir, C & Von Itzstein, GS 2011, 'A framework for identifying user suitability to visualisation approaches', in Y Xiao (ed.), IADIS International Conferences Computer Graphics, Visualization, Computer Vision and Image Processing 2011, IADIS Press, pp. 1-13.
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 17
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 7
2008	Von Itzstein, GS & Fursenko, F 2008, 'Understanding the motivation of tertiary students', Universtiy of Fraser Valley Press, pp. 290-302.

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
Hongik University	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
KTH Royal Institute of Technology	SWEDEN
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Local Arrangements Chair International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2017)	2017
Local Arrangements Chair International Symposium on Big Data Visual Analytics (BDVA 2017)	2017
Local Arrangements Chair 18th International Society of Magnetic Resonance Meeting (ISMAR 2013), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2013
Local Arrangements Chair International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2012)	2012
Program Committee Australian User Interface Conference	2012
Program Committee Australian User Interface Conference	2011
Program Committee Annual ACM SIGCHI New Zealand Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHINZ 2010)	2010

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
A Framework of Goodwill: How to Build a Secure Assessment Environment That is Accepted by Instructors and Learners	Current
Hand skill training with custom haptics, real-time visual instruction, and immersive technologies	Current
ACAR: asynchronous collaboration in augmented reality	Completed
Dynamic haptic interfaces in virtual reality: remapping physical controls to virtual user interfaces using haptic retargeting	Completed
Spatial augmented reality predictive cues for improving task performance and reducing mental effort	Completed
Supporting ad-hoc tangible interaction	Completed
The spheres of player motivation: understanding the dimensionality of players in digital games	Completed
The validity of eye movements as a measure of viewer understanding of a visualisation approach	Completed

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