Ronald Azuma Explained
| Ronald Azuma |
| Citizenship: | United States |
| Field: | Augmented reality |
| Workplaces: | Intel Laboratories |
| Alma Mater: | University of North Carolina[1] |
| Thesis Title: | Predictive tracking for augmented reality |
| Thesis Url: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=8D8EC69C1B7AAB3BF04791487ABF7B98?doi=10.1.1.21.7685&rep=rep1&type=pdf |
| Thesis Year: | 1995 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | T. Gary Bishop |
Ronald Azuma is an American computer scientist, widely recognized for contributing to the field of augmented reality (AR). His work A survey of augmented reality[2] became the most cited article in the AR field and is one of the most influential MIT Press papers of all time.[3] Azuma is considered to provide a commonly accepted definition of AR and is often named one of AR’s most recognized experts.[3] [4] [5]
Awards and recognition
Azuma was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016 for contributions to Augmented Reality (AR).[6]
Patents
The list of most cited patents according to Google Scholar:[7]
- Optical see-through augmented reality modified-scale display.[8]
- Method and apparatus for image enhancement.[9]
- Method and apparatus for generating augmented reality content.[10]
Publications
With his scientific research and publications, Azuma contributed on the international scale to the computer science field of augmented reality, including such publishers as MIT Press or IEEE. Below are his most cited articles, according to Google Scholar:[7]
- A survey of augmented reality, MIT Press, 1997.[2]
- Recent advances in augmented reality, IEEE, 2001.[11]
- Improving static and dynamic registration in an optical see-through HMD, ACM, 1994.[12]
Notes and References
- Web site: UNC University Libraries Catalog . University of North Carolina . 18 August 2021.
- Azuma . Ronald . August 1997 . A Survey of Augmented Reality . 2 June 2021 . Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments . MIT Press . 6 . 4 . 355–385 . 10.1162/pres.1997.6.4.355. 469744 .
- Azuma . Ronald . 2016 . The most important challenge facing augmented reality . 29 June 2021 . Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments . MIT Press . 25 . 3 . 234–238 . 10.1162/PRES_a_00264. 28206624 .
- Book: Zhou . Feng . Duh . Henry Been-Lirn . Billinghurst . Mark . 2008 7th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality . Trends in augmented reality tracking, interaction and display: A review of ten years of ISMAR . 2008 . https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4637362 . 29 June 2021 . IEEE . 193–202 . 10.1109/ISMAR.2008.4637362. 10092/2345 . 978-1-4244-2840-3 . 206986719 . free .
- Szajna . Andrzej . Stryjski . Roman . Wozniak . Waldemar . Chamier-Gliszczynski . Norbert . Kostrzewski . Mariusz . 22 August 2020 . Assessment of Augmented Reality in Manual Wiring Production Process with Use of Mobile AR Glasses . Sensors . MDPI . 20 . 17 . 4755 . 10.3390/s20174755. 32842693 . 7506974 . 2020Senso..20.4755S . free .
- Web site: IEEE Fellows Directory . IEEE . 24 August 2021.
- Web site: Ronald Azuma . Google Scholar . 24 August 2021.
- US . 7002551 . patent . Optical see-through augmented reality modified-scale display . 18 March 2004 . 25 September 2002 . Ronald Azuma, Ron Sarfaty . Ronald Azuma . Ron Sarfaty .
- US . 2007035562 . patent . Method and apparatus for image enhancement . 15 February 2007 . 25 September 2002 . Ronald Azuma, Ron Sarfaty . Ronald Azuma . Ron Sarfaty .
- US . 2012086727 . patent . Method and apparatus for generating augmented reality content . 12 April 2012 . 8 October 2010 . Thommen Korah, Ronald Azuma . Thommen Korah . Ronald Azuma .
- Azuma . Ronald . Baillot . Yohan . Behringer . Reinhold . Feiner . Steven . Julier . Simon . MacIntyre . Blair . November 2001 . Recent advances in augmented reality . 24 August 2021 . IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications . IEEE . 21 . 4 . 34–47 . 10.1109/38.963459. 791733 .
- Book: Azuma . Ronald . Bishop . Gary . Proceedings of the 21st annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques - SIGGRAPH '94 . Improving static and dynamic registration in an optical see-through HMD . July 1994 . ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) . 94 . 197–204 . 10.1145/192161.192199. 0897916670 . 7250743 . free .
