Thomas A. Furness III's Papers

Campbell, B., Mete, H.O., Furness, T.A., Weghorst, S. and Zabinzky, Z.B. (forthcoming). Emergency Response Planning and Training through Interactive Simulation and Visualization with Decision Support. Presented at International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, May 12-23, 2008, Waltham, MA, USA. [Available online under other terms]

Lin, J.J.W., Parker, D.E., Lahav, M. and Furness, T.A. (2005). Unobtrusive vehicle motion prediction cues reduced simulator sickness during passive travel in a driving simulator. Ergonomics, 48(6), 608-624.

Duh, B.L., Parker, D.E., Phillips, J.O. and Furness, T.A.III (2004). "Conflicting" motion cues at the frequency of crossover between the visual and vestibular self-motion systems evoke simulator sickness. Human Factors, 2004(46), 142-153.

Schowengerdt, B.T., Seibel, E.J., Silverman, N.L. and Furness, T.A. (2004). Stereoscopic retinal scanning laser display with integrated focus cues for ocular accommodation. Proc. SPIE, 5291, 366-376. [Available online under other terms]

Schowengerdt, B.T., Seibel, E.J., Kelly, J.P., Silverman, N.L. and Furness, T.A. (2003). Binocular retinal scanning laser display with integrated focus cues for ocular accommodation. Presented at Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XIV, SPIE&IS&T Electronic Imaging, January 2003, Santa Clara, CA.

Duh, B.L., Parker, D.E. and Furness, T.A. (2003). Does the peripheral "Independent visual background" reduce motion-induced balance disturbance in an immersive environment? In Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

Chinthammit, W., Seibel, E.J. and Furness, T.A.III (2003). A Shared-Aperture Tracking Display for Augmented Reality. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 12(1), 1-18. [Available online under other terms]

Duh, H.B.L., Lin, J.J.W., Parker, D.E. and Furness, T.A. (2003). The Relationship between Simulator Sickness and Presence: Positive, Negative, None?. In C. Stephanidis and J. Jacko (Eds.) Human-Computer Interaction (Part II), (pp. 1086-1090). NJ: LEA.

Hoffman, H. G., Garcia-Palacios, A., Carlin, C.., Furness, T.A. III and Botella-Arbona, C. (2003). Interfaces that heal: Coupling real and virtual objects to cure spider phobia. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 15, 469-486.

Lin, S-K. V., Seibel, E.J. and Furness, T.A.III (2003). Virtual Retinal Display as a Wearable Low Vision Aid. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 15(2), 245-263. [Available online under other terms]

Lin, S.-K.V., Seibel, E.J. and Furness, T.A.III (2003). Testing visual search performance using retinal light scanning as a future wearable low vision aid. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 15(2), 245-263.

McQuaide, S.C., Seibel, E.J., Kelly, J.P., Schowengerdt, B.T. and Furness, T.A. III (2003). A retinal scanning display system that produces multiple focal planes with a deformable membrane mirror. Displays, 24(2), 65-72.

Schowengerdt, B.T., Seibel, E.J., Kelly, J.P., Silverman, N.L. and Furness, T.A. (2003). Binocular retinal scanning laser display with integrated focus cues for ocular accommodation. Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 5006: Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems X, 5006, 1-9.

Seibel, E.J., Smithwick, Q.Y.J. and Furness, T.A.III (2003). Image acquisition with depth enhancement. US Patent #6,563,105. [Available online from patft.uspto.gov]

Chinthammit, W., Seibel, E.J. and Furness, T.A.III (2002). Unique Shared-Aperture Display with Head or Target Tracking. In Proceedings of IEEE VR 2002, pp. 235-242. [Available online under other terms]

Ruiz, R., Weghorst, S., Savage, J., Oppenheimer, P., Furness, T.A. and Dozal, Y (2002). Virtual reality for archeological Maya cities. Presented at UNESCO World Heritage Conference, December 2002, Mexico City.

Lin, J.W., Duh, B.L., Abi-Rached, H., Parker, D.E. and Furness, T.A.III (2002). Effects of field of view on presence, enjoyment, memory and simulator sickness in a virtual environment. In Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2002, pp. 164-171. [Available online under other terms]

McQuaide, S.C., Seibel, E.J., Burstein, R. and Furness, T.A.III (2002). Three-Dimensional Virtual Retinal Display using a Deformable Membrane Mirror. Society for Information Display Digest of Technical Papers, 33(2), 1324-1327.

Duh, B.L., Lin, J.W., Kenyon, R.V., Parker, D.E. and Furness, T.A.III (2002). Effects of characteristics of image quality on balance in an immersive environment. Presence, 11(3), 324-332. [Available online under other terms]

Garcia-Palacios, A., Hoffman, H. G., Carlin, C., Furness, T.A. III and Botella-Arbona, C. (2002). Virtual reality in the treatment of spider phobia: A controlled study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40(9), 983-993.

Parker, D.E., Duh, B-L., Furness, T.A., Prothero, J.D. and Seibel, E.J. (2002). Alleviating motion, simulator, and virtual environmental sickness by presenting visual scene components matched to inner ear vestibular sensations. US Patent #6,497,649. [Available online from patft.uspto.gov]

Lin, J.J.W., Abi-Rached, H., Parker, D.E. and Furness, T.A. (2002). Motion Trajectory Prediction Cues Alleviated Simulator Sickness during Passive Travel through a Virtual Environment. Journal of Vestibular Research, 11(3-5), 332.

Duh, B.L., Abi-Rached, H., Parker, D.E. and Furness, T.A. (2001). Effects on balance disturbance of manipulating depth of an independent visual background in a stereographic display. In Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 45th Annual Meeting.

Chinthammit, Winyu, Burstein, R., Seibel, E. and Furness, T. (2001). Head tracking using the Virtual Retinal Display. Presented at Second IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Augmented Reality, October 29-30, 2001, New York, NY.

Duh, B.L., Parker, D.E. and Furness, T.A.III (2001). Visually-induced balance disturbance was reduced by an "independent visual background" - implications for simulator sickness. Aviation, Space, and Evnironmental Medicine, 72(3), 244.

Parker, D.E., Duh, B.L. and Furness, T.A.III (2001). Self-motion system frequency response: implications for cybersickness. Aviation, Space, and Evnironmental Medicine, 72(3), 293.

Duh, B.L., Lin, J.W., Kenyon, R.V., Parker, D.E. and Furness, T.A.III (2001). Effects of field of view on balance in an immersive environment. In Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2001, pp. 235-240. [Available online under other terms]

Duh, B.L., Parker, D.E. and Furness, T.A.III (2001). An "Independent Visual Background" reduced balance disturbance evoked by visual scene motion: implication for alleviating simulator sickness. In Proceedings of CHI 2001 conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI 2001), pp. 85-89. [Available online under other terms] [Authoritative version]

Hoffman, H.G., Patterson, D.R., Carrougher, S., Nakamura, M. and Furness, T.A. III (2001). The effectiveness of Virtual Reality pain control with multiple treatments. Presented at Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, January, 2001, Newport Beach, CA.

Seibel, E.J., Gau, C.-C., McQuaide, S., Weghorst, S.J., Kelly, J.P. and Furness, T.A.III (2001). Augmented retinal light scanning display for low vision: effect of text color and background on reading performance. In Proceedings of Optical Society of America's Topical Meeting on Vision Science and Its Applications, pp. 51-54.

Schowengerdt, B.T., Kelly, J.P., Seibel, E. J. and Furness, T. A. III (2001). Strong accommodation bias to a collimated retinal scanned light display. Society for Information Display Digest of Technical Papers, 32, 610-613.

Seibel, E.J., Frank, S.S., Kloeckner, K.W. and Furness, T.A.III (2001). Decision-Based Design of a Wearable Low Vision Aid. In Proceedings of ASME IMECE/BED, pp. 193-4.

Hoffman, H.G., Patterson, D.R., Carrougher, G.J., Nakamura, D., Moore, M., Garcia-Palacios, A. and Furness, T.A. III (2001). The effectiveness of Virtual Reality pain control with multiple treatments of longer durations: A case study. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 13, 1-12.

Kelly, J.P., Turner, S., Pryor, H.L., Viirre, E.S., Seibel, E.J. and Furness, T.A.III (2001). Vision with a Scanning Laser Display: Comparison of Flicker Sensitivity to a CRT. Displays, 22(5), 169-175.

Kleweno, C.P., Seibel, E.J., Viirre, E.S., Kelly, J.P. and Furness, T.A.III (2001). The Virtual Retinal Display as an Alternative Low Vision Computer Interface: Pilot Study. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 38(4), 431-442. [Authoritative version]

Seibel, E.J. and Furness, T.A.III (2001). Miniature Image Acquisition System using a Scanning Resonant Waveguide. US Patent 6,294,775. [Available online from patft.uspto.gov]

Parker, D.E., Duh, B.L., Phillips, J.O. and Furness, T.A.III (2000). Self-motion system frequency response: Implications for cybersickness. In Proceedings of Second Biennial Space Biomedical Investigators, pp. 242-3.

Hoffman H.G., Doctor J.N., Patterson, D.R., Carrougher, G.J. and Furness, T.A. III (2000). Use of virtual reality for adjunctive treatment of adolescent burn pain during wound care: A case report. Pain, 85, 305-309.

Kloeckner, K., Furness, T., Seibel, E., Viirre, E. and Pryor, H. (1999). Design of a prototype low vision aid using a scanned laser display. In Proceedings of OSA Vision Science and its Applications, pp. 148-151.

Billinghurst, M., Kato, H., Weghorst, S. and Furness, T. A. (1999). A Mixed Reality 3D Conferencing Application. (Technical Report) Seattle: Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington.

Prothero, J., Draper, M., Furness, T., Parker, D. and Wells, M. (1999). The Use of an Independent Visual Background to Reduce Simulator Side-Effects. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 70(3), 277-283.

Viirre, E., Pryor, H., Nagata, S., and Furness, T. A. (1998). The Virtual Retinal Display: A New Technology for Virtual Reality and Augmented Vision in Medicine. In D. Stredney, S.J. Weghorst Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, pp. 252-257.

Kleweno, C., Seibel, E., Kloeckner, K., Viirre, E. and Furness, T.A. (1998). Evaluation of a Scanned Laser Display as an Alternative Low Vision Computer Interface. In Proceedings of OSA Vision Science and Its Applications, pp. 152-155.

Pryor, Homer L., Furness, Thomas A. and Viirre, E. (1998). The Virtual Retinal Display: A New Display Technology Using Scanned Laser Light. In Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 42nd Annual Meeting, pp. 1570-1574.

Schwartz, P., Bricker, L., Campbell, B., Furness, T., Inkpen, K., Matheson, L., Nakamura, N., Shen, L.-S.,Tanney, S., and Yeh, S. (1998). Virtual Playground: Architectures for a Shared Virtual World. In Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 1998, pp. 43-50. [Authoritative version]

Tanney, S., Schwartz, P., Yen, S., Shen, L-S. and Furness, T.A. III (1998). A Design Method for Virtual Environments Using Narrative and Pattern Languages. () .

Billinghurst, M., Weghorst, S. and Furness, T. A. III (1998). Shared Space: An Augmented Reality Approach for Computer Supported Collaborative Work. Virtual Reality, 3, 25-36.

Hoffman, H., Hollander, A., Schroder, K., Scott, R. and Furness, T. (1998). Physically touching and tasting virtual objects enhances the realism of virtual experiences. Virtual Reality: Research, Development and Application, 3, 226-234.

Kleweno, C., Seibel, E., Kloeckner, K., Burstein, B., Viirre, E. and Furness, T. (1998). Evaluation of a Scanned Laser Display as an Alternative Low Vision Computer Interface. (Technical Report) Seattle: University of Washington, Human Interface Technology Laboratory.

Peterson, B., Wells, M., Furness, T., and Hunt, E. (1998). The Effects of the Interface on Navigation in Virtual Environments. In Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 1998 Annual Meeting, pp. 1496-1505.

Pryor, Homer L., Furness, Thomas A. and Viirre, Erik (1998). Demonstration of the Virtual Retinal Display: A New Display Technology Using Scanned Laser Light. In Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 42nd Annual Meeting, pp. 1149.

Viirre, E., Draper, M., Gailey, C., Miller, D. and Furness, T.A. III (1998). Adaptation of the VOR in Patients with Low VOR Gains. Journal of Vestibular Research, 8(4), 331-334.

Billinghurst, M., Weghorst, S. and Furness, T. (1997). Wearable Computers for Three Dimensional CSCW. In Proceedings of First International Symposium on Wearable Computing, pp. 39-46.

Draper, M.H., Viire, E. S., Furness, T. A. and Parker, D. E. (1997). Theorized Relationship Between Vestibulo-ocular Adaptation and Simulator Sickness in Virtual Environments. Presented at International Workshop on Motion Sickness.

Furness, T.A. III, Winn, W. and Yu, R. (1997). The Impact of Three Dimensional Immersive Virtual Environments on Modern Pedagogy: Global Change, VR and Learning. In Proceedings of Workshops in Seattle, Washington, and Loughborough, England in May and June 1997..

Garcia-Ugalde, F., Furness, T.A. III, Savage-Carmona, J., Gatica-Perez, D. and Garcia-Garduno, V. (1997). Segmentation of Moving Human Body Parts by a Modified MAP-MRF Algorithm. In Proceedings of International Conference on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia, VSMM '97, pp. 197-205.

Prothero, J.D., Draper, M.H., Furness, T.A. III, Parker, D.E. and Wells, M.J. (1997). Do Visual Background Manipulations Reduce Simulator Sickness? In Proceedings of International Workshop on Motion Sickness.

Weghorst, S. and Furness, T. (1997). Advanced Human Interfaces for Telemedicine. (Technical Report) Seattle: University of Washington, Human Interface Technology Laboratory.

Draper, M.H., Wells, M.J., Gawron, V.J. and Furness, T.A. (1996). Exploring the Influence of a Virtual Body on Spatial Awareness. In Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 40th Annual Meeting, pp. 1146-1150.

Prothero, J., Hoffman, H.G., Furness, T.A., Parker, D. and Wells, M. (1995). Foreground/Background Manipulations Affect Presence. In Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, pp. 1410-1414.

Mandeville, J., Furness, T. A., Kawahata, M., Campbell, D., Danset, P., Dahl, A., and Dauner, J. (1995). Greenspace: Creating a Distributed Virtual Environment for Global Applications. In Proceedings of Networked Reality Workshop.

Prothero, J. , Parker, D., Furness, T. A., and Wells, M. (1995). Towards a Robust, Quantitative Measure of Presence. In Proceedings of Conference on Experimental Analysis and Measurement of Situational Awareness, pp. 359-366.

Tidwell, M., Johnston, R.S., Melville, D. and Furness, T.A. (1995). The Virtual Retinal Display - A Retinal Scanning Imaging System. In Proceedings of Virtual Reality World '95, pp. 325-333.

Weghorst, S., Prothero, J., Furness, T.A. III, Anson, D. and Riess, T. (1994). Virtual Images in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease Akinesia. In Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality II, pp. 242-243.

Byrne, C., Holland, C., Moffit, D., Hodas, S. and Furness, T. (1994). Virtual Reality and "At Risk" Students. (Technical Report) Seattle: University of Washington, Human Interface Technology Laboratory.

Furness, T. A. III (1989). Creating Better Virtual Worlds. (Memorandum) Seattle: University of Washington, Human Interface Technology Laboratory.

Furness, T. (1988). Harnessing Virtual Space. In Proceedings of SID International Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 4-7.

Furness, T. (1987). Designing in Virtual Space. In William B. Rouse and Kenneth R. Boff (Eds.) System Design: Behavioral Perspectives on Designers, Tools, and Organization, (pp. 127-143). New York, NY: North-Holland.

Furness, T. (1986). Configuring Virtual Space for the Super Cockpit. In M. Ung Proceedings of Aerospace Simulation II, pp. 103-110.

Furness, T. and Kocian, D.F. (1986). Putting Humans Into Virtual Space. (Technical Report) Seattle: University of Washington, Human Interface Technology Laboratory.

Furness, T.A. (1986). The Super Cockpit and Human Factors Challenges. In Ung, M. Proceedings of Human Factors Society 30th Annual Meeting, pp. 48-52.