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 New Plymouth Boys' High School.[1] He received Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Science (first class honors) and Master of Philosophy (Applied Mathematics & Physics) degrees in 1990 and 1992 respectively. Both degrees are from 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 University of South Australia (from 2015),[3][5] professor at the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute (from 2018)[3][7][5] and director of the Empathic Computing Laboratory.[2][8][7] He is the founder and formerly the director of the University of Canterbury's HIT Lab NZ for 13 years;[9][10][3] he is now an associate professor at the University of Canterbury.[7][11] In 2001, Billinghurst co-founded ARToolworks and helped to create ARToolKit, an open source AR development platform.[9][10] He is a founder of the SuperVentures AR/VR fund.[3] Billinghurst is part of the New Zealand Government’s Growth and Innovation Advisory Board, being appointed in 2005.[2] Billinghurst's previous work includes jobs with ATR Research Labs in Japan, British Telecom's Advanced Perception Unit, an internship with Hit Lab US,[1] Nokia, Google, Amazon[7] and 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 Royal Society of New Zealand in 2013.[11][12]
  • 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
  1. "Merging the real and the virtual in Canterbury". Stuff. 2009-01-31. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  2. "Mark Billinghurst". Empathic Computing Lab. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  3. "2019 VGTC Awards". ieeevr.org. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  4. "Mark Billinghurst - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". mathgenealogy.org. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "Mark Billinghurst". profiles.auckland.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  8. 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.
  9. "Augmented World Expo | Mark Billinghurst". augmentedworldexpo.com. 2014-03-28. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  10. "The 2013 Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award" (PDF). IEEE Computer Society. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  11. "Mark Billinghurst Home Page, University of South Australia". people.unisa.edu.au. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  12. "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.
  13. "2023 Newly Elevated Fellows" (PDF). IEEE.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
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