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Holger Regenbrecht Virtual and Augmented Reality, 3D Teleconferencing, Architecture, Automotive and Aerospace IT, Embodied Interaction, Therapy, Sense of Presence Holger's department homepage Holger's private homepage

Dr Simon Hörmann Assistant Research Fellow working on Augmented Reflection Technology TheraMem in Early Stroke Rehabilitation; PhD thesis on Fooling the Brain: Investigating the Clinical Utility of Visual Illusions with Augmented Reflection Technology, Holger supervisor together with Liz Franz and Brian Dixon (Psychology) also course co-coordinator for INFO340, tutor/lecturer for INFO213 and SURV 412 Graduated May 11, 2013.

Reece Arnott PhD thesis 3D Scanning From Digital Images, Holger as co-supervisor, Geoff Wyvill (Computer Science) as primary supervisor PhD thesis under revision.

Dallas Knight PhD thesis on Digital Channels in healthcare service delivery: A case study within the primary maternity setting; Holger as supervisor together with Alec Holt and Russel Butson (Higher Education Development Centre) PhD thesis under revision.

Abdulaziz Alshaer Completed MSc thesis on the Influence of peripheral and stereoscopic vision on driving performance in a power wheelchair simulator, now PhD student, Holger and David O'Hare (Psychology) as supervisors Graduated May 11, 2013.

Max Allen MSc thesis on Kinect-based interaction in an ART box, Holger as supervisor

Lavell Muller MsC thesis on Rubber hand illusion with the Augmented Mirror Box, Holger as supervisor

Jonny Collins InfoSci BSc Hons student on VoxelAR and 9-peg-hole test for physiotherapy, Holger as supervisor

Julian Munster MsC thesis on Using mobile AR to implement the user experience of a Personal Augmented Space: location-based visualisation and interaction with social media (microblogging), Holger, Mariusz Nowostawski and Martin Kohlhaas (Weimar) as supervisors MsC thesis under examination.

Mohammed Alghamdi PhD thesis on Videoconferencing for individual and group settings in psychotherapy, Holger and Colin as supervisors

Julia Vendeland PostGradDipSci student on Stereoscopic slide presentations, Holger as supervisor

Mustafa Alsaeed MSc thesis on Investigating factors leading to participation in mobile crowdsourcing applications, Mariusz Nowostawski and Holger as supervisors MsC thesis under examination.

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Ralph Schoenfelder PhD candidate, Immersive Modeling in VR/AR; Graz University of Technology (TUG, Austria), Holger as co-supervisor (Dieter Schmalstieg (TUG) as primary supervisor)

Tobias Langlotz PhD candidate, User generated content with mobile AR, Graz University of Technology, Austria, Holger as co-supervisor (Dieter Schmalstieg (TUG) as primary supervisor)

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Past

Dr Christoph John PhD thesis on Volumetric Hand Reconstruction and Tracking to Support Non-verbal Communication in Collaborative Virtual Environments; Holger supervisor together with Geoff Wyvill (Computer Science) and Uli Schwanecke (Wiesbaden/Germany) PhD thesis submitted and examined: Christoph graduated in December 2011.

Dr Cameron Teoh PhD thesis on Body Language Availability In Videoconferencing Holger supervisor together with David O'Hare (Psychology) PhD thesis submitted and examined: Cameron graduated in December 2012.

David Bottinga Fusing of marker-based and Sun Spot accellerometer tracking, SENG480 dissertation, Holger, Mark George and Chris Edwards as supervisors also summer student working on dynamometers and AR visualization

Mansoor Alghamdi Depth and size perception of different backgrounds with the AMB, SKEN580 dissertation (MSc thesis), Holger as supervisor

Abdulaziz Alshaer Design Evaluation with mobile Augmented Reality, SENG480 dissertation, Holger as supervisor

Julia Hoermann BSc (internship) student from TU Munich (Mathematics) working on her Bachelor thesis "Measuring and visualising hand movements for a therapeutic application"Holger as co-supervisor (Joachim Bungartz (TUM) as primary supervisor)

Sam Paulin Summer Bursary Student working on QCAR (Android AR on mobile phone) application "Dental Head"

Dr. Markus Sareika was PhD candidate, Graz University of Technology (TUG, Austria), Holger as co-supervisor

Hobert Sasa MSc candidate, Conceptual Design of a teleconferencing system with Samoa; Holger as supervisor

Tobias Langlotz MARCUS exchange program, Visiting Researcher, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Stefanie Zollmann MARCUS exchange program, Visiting Researcher, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Max Allen Augemnted Reality Architecture, INFO480 dissertation, Holger as supervisor

Lavell Muller Eye-to-Eye videoconferencing, INFO480 dissertation, Holger as supervisor

Hussain AL-Issa Masters in Health Informatics, AR in Psycho- and Physiotherapy, HASC590 Dissertation, Holger as co-supervisor with Alec Holt

Steven Seo MSc candidate, Conceptual Design and Development of an eCRC system; Alec Holt as primary supervisor, Michael Schultz and Holger as associated supervisors

Claudia Ott MSc candidate, Managing private picture collections with a game-like UI; Design Studies (Hebecker, Wakes), Holger as associated supervisor

Hussam Al-Mahoozi Summer Studentship, Implementation of Augemented Mirror-Box improvements; Holger and Simon as supervisors

Magbagbeola Adejumo (Jumo) Summer Studentship, Implementation of an eye-to-eye videoconferencing link between Christchurch and Dunedin; Holger, Mark Billinghurst and Raphael Grasset as supervisors

Balasubramanian Sundaram (Bala) Summer Studentship, Designing and implementing a program structure for the Augmented Mirror Box (AMB); Holger and Simon as supervisors

Nabil Boag Summer Studentship, Conceptual Study on educational videoconferencing for Tandberg; Holger and Raphael Grasset as supervisors

Dong Zhou Multi User Augmented Architecture, PhD student, Holger supervisor together with Martin Purvis

Lisa Blum MARCUS exchange program, Visiting Researcher, Fraunhofer FIT, St. Augustin, Germany

Alexander Wollert Augmented Mirror Box software development, Intern, Uni Koblenz/Germany

Khalaf Alsalem Analysis of session initiation and control in desktop multi-party videoconferencing applications with collaboration capabilities, PGDipSci student, Holger supervisor

Steven Seo Electronic Identification of Groups with an increased risk of Colorectal Cancer (CRC), PGDipSci student, Holger supervisor together with Michael Schultz (Gastroentereology)

Morgan Bruce Immersive, effective, affordable virtual reality for the treatment of psychological disorders, BAppSci student, Holger supervisor

Jacqui Hannagan Postgrad student, research thesis on implementation and evaluation of a three-degrees of freedom computer mouse (TwistMouse)

Richard Barrington Postgrad and summer student, research thesis on visualisation / interaction in cultural landscape project for Central Otago

Greg Scowen Postgrad student, research thesis on popularity and usability of web sites

Dr. Joerg Hauber 3D User Interfaces and Social Presence; was PhD student, University of Canterbury (HITLabNZ), Holger as associated supervisor Joerg's HITlab homepage

Sabine Lukaschik Diploma (Masters) student, Gaming environment for (e)Learning: Focus Input modalities

Katrin Frank Diploma (Masters) student, Visualisation of spatial and temporal jaw movement data, together with Physiotherapy (Gill Johnson)

Daniel Wickeroth Diploma (Masters) student, collaborative Mixed Reality Exposure Therapy (cMRET), together with Psychology (Brian Dixon)

Jian Sun Honours student, research thesis on affordable three-way telecommunication, together with Martin Purvis

Michael Greenan Tutor INFO340 (2006)

Vincent Goh Tutor INFO410 (2006)

Sam Moyle Multi-Media Interfaces, "Small" Interfaces, Usability, (Heuristic) Evaluation, Situational Awareness Sam's department homepage

Christoph Langenhahn Internship student working on environment modeling for teleconferencing

Gordon Wetzstein Eye-To-Eye contact in videoconferencing, large projection for V/C, "VR corner"

David Williamson Tutor INFO340, INFO410 David is a member of the InfoSci postgrad group.

Aimee Hills Communication Quality in Videoconferencing Systems Aimee's email: hilai215(at)student(dot)otago(dot)ac(dot)nz

Daniel Kerse Telepresence and User-Initiated Control See also the telecommunications page.

Gary Burrows Ubiquitous Interface for Galleries Gary's department homepage

Dr. Jared Hayes Complex Information Display, was PhD student and tutor

"Very Past"

William Wong's MSRL group