Mark Billinghurst
Mark Nathan Billinghurst is a
computer interface technology researcher. His work focuses on augmented reality (AR) technology. Billinghurst was made a Fellow of the IEEE
in 2023.
Education
Billinghurst completed his school education at the
Waikato University.[2] He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington's Human Interface Technology Laboratory in 2002.[2][3] His dissertation was Shared Space: Explorations in Collaborative Augmented Reality. Billinghurst's doctoral advisors were Linda Shapiro and Thomas A. Furness III.[4] For his PhD course, Billinghurst created the Magic Book, a children's book animated through augmented reality produced by a head-mounted display.[2][5] Billinghurst describes the Magic Book as technology "that allows you to overlay computer graphics onto the real world, in real time".[6]
Career
Billinghurst is professor of Human Computer Interaction at the
MIT Media Laboratory.[11] During his career, Billinghurst has published over 650 research papers; he is one of the most cited AR researchers.[11][7][10]
Personal life
Billinghurst was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand.[1] He is a member of the Riccarton Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[12]
Awards and honors
- 2001 Discover Magazine Entertainment Award for the Magic Book technology.[2]
- Selected for the 2002 New Zealand Innovation Pavilion.[1]
- Nominated for the 2004 World Technology Network Education Award.[2]
- 2006 World Class New Zealand Award.[3]
- Winner of the 2006 International Mobile Gaming Awards Grand Prix for the AR Tennis mobile game.[3]
- 2007 Adweek Buzz Awards for Best Print Campaign.[3]
- 2012 IEEE ISMAR Lasting Impact Award.[3]
- 2013 IEEE VR Technical Achievement Award "for contributions to research and commercialization in Augmented Reality".[11][3][10]
- Elevated to Fellow of the
- 2018 University of South Australia ITEE Research Excellence award.[3]
- 2019 IEEE ISMAR Career Impact Award.[7]
- Elevated to Fellow of the IEEE in 2023 "for contributions to augmented and virtual reality".[13]
References
- ^ a b c d "Merging the real and the virtual in Canterbury". Stuff. 2009-01-31. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mark Billinghurst". Empathic Computing Lab. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "2019 VGTC Awards". ieeevr.org. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "Mark Billinghurst - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". mathgenealogy.org. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ a b c "Prof. Mark Billinghurst joined JVRB´s Advisory Board — JVRB - Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting". www.jvrb.org. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "TBI Interview with Mark Billinghurst of HIT Lab NZ". The Big Idea. 2007-05-30. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mark Billinghurst". profiles.auckland.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ Putt, Sarah (2020-08-12). "Can AR and VR help save New Zealand tourism?". Computerworld. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ a b "Augmented World Expo | Mark Billinghurst". augmentedworldexpo.com. 2014-03-28. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ a b c d "The 2013 Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award" (PDF). IEEE Computer Society. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ a b c d e "Mark Billinghurst Home Page, University of South Australia". people.unisa.edu.au. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ a b "Mormon Scholar named a Fellow in the Royal Society of New Zealand". news-nz.churchofjesuschrist.org. 2013-12-02. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "2023 Newly Elevated Fellows" (PDF). IEEE.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
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