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Schedule

14:30 - 14:45 GMT +2
(8:30 - 8:45 AM EDT)

Intro/Welcome 

Panelists:

  • Vision:
    Sarah Creem-Regehr, University of Utah

  • Touch:
    Maud Marchal, Univ. Rennes, INSA, IRISA

  • Hearing:
    Rafael Patrick, Virginia Tech

  • Cognition:
    Mark Billinghurst, University of South Australia

14:45 - 15:30 GMT+2 

(8:45 - 9:30 AM EDT) 

Panel: Key issues in perception and cognition in XR across the various senses 

15:30 - 16:15 GMT +2
(9:30 - 10:15 AM EDT)

Paper Presentations

  • 15:35 - 15:55 GMT +2 (9:35 - 9:55 AM EDT)
    Comparing distance judgments in real and augmented reality
    Jeanine Stefanucci, University of Utah
     

  • 15:55 - 16:15 GMT +2 (9:55 - 10:15 AM EDT)
    Distance Estimation with Social Distancing: A Mobile Augmented Reality Study
    Soumyajit Chakraborty, Vanderbilt University

16:15 - 16:45 GMT +2
(10:15 - 10:45 AM EDT)

Break 

16:45 - 17:25 GMT +2
(10:45 - 11:25 AM EDT)

  • 16:45 - 17:05 GMT+2 (10:45 - 11:05 AM EDT)
    Adapting Image Analysis Measures of Visual Clutter to Multiple Plane Augmented Reality User Interfaces
    Jonathan G Flittner, Virginia Tech
     

  • 17:05 - 17:25 GMT +2 (11:05 - 11:25 AM EDT)
    Effects of a Distracting Background and Focal Switching Distance in an Augmented Reality System
    Mohammed Safayet Arefin, Mississippi State University

Paper Presentations

17:25 - 18:20 GMT +2
(11:25 AM - 12:20 PM EDT)

Keynote Speaker

How the Social Network of Knowledge Leads to Scientific Truth 

J. Edward Swan II, Mississippi State University

Science, as practiced since the Renaissance, can lead to true outcomes, as measured by the astounding growth in technology and prosperity since that time.  How can this be, and why did it start at that time?  For many centuries, this question has been explored by philosophers and historians.  This talk will cover some of this history, and address puzzles such as:
 

  • No one person knows the truth, yet truth nevertheless emerges from scientific inquiry. 

  • Philosophers cannot even cleanly define the concept of “truth”, yet truth nevertheless emerges from scientific inquiry. 

  • In every field and sub-field of scientific knowledge and technology, complexity is ever growing, far beyond what any one person can comprehend, yet truth nevertheless emerges from scientific inquiry. 
     

As one who uses empirical methods to pursue scientific inquiry, the speaker has found understanding some of this history to be helpful, especially when pondering the worth or meaning of conducting specific experiments.

18:20 - 18:30 GMT +2
(12:20- 12:30 PM EDT)

Closing Remarks

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