Responsibilities
I am a Professor in the Virtual Environments and Computer
Graphics group in the Department of Computer Science, University College London. I am
currently head of the group. My research
area in real-time interactive virtual environments, with
particular interest in mixed-reality systems, large-scale models and
collaboration between immersive facilities. The group runs a CAVE-like facility. Details of
my active projects
can be found here.
I am first superviser for several doctoral students Vijay Pawar
(writing up), Jeren
Chen (writing up), Jason Drummond (writing up), Jozef Dobos, Pan
Ye, Julian Hodgson and Sebastian Friston.
My
teaching responsibilities can be found here.
I am currently deputy head of department. I was director of the Engineering Doctorate Centre in Virtual
Environment, Imaging and Visualisation from 2005- 2013. Previously
I was responsible for external relations
for the department and I remain active in a number of technology
transfer iniatives. I also consult to a
small number of companies in areas related to graphics or new media.
I am the CTO and founder of Animal Systems (ASIO Ltd), creators of Chirp.
I have co-authored two books. Networked
Graphics by myself and Manuel Oliveira was published in
2010. Mel Slater, Yiorgos Chrysanthou and I wrote a book on Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments: From
Realism to Real-Time
In the academic year 2006-2007 I was on secondment to Electronic Arts
in Guildford.
News & Announcements
Latency Tracking Matlab code, example data and example
applications available here.
CAVE: If you are interested in following up the recent Guardian
and BBC articles on the CAVE laboratory, please see this page, or
contact David Swapp or I.
Jobs and Studentships: In 2011/2012 I will be looking to
recruit PhD and EngD students on topics related to immersive virtual
environments, 3D interaction, distributed virtual environments, 3D
games engines or large-scale rendering.
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