Thinh (Ted) Nguyen-Vo
Biography
Thinh (Ted) has a BSc in Computer Science from HCMC University of Science. He stared an MSc at School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT), Simon Fraser University in Fall 2016, and joined the iSPACE research lab, where he started his studies on VR technology and human spatial perception in immersive virtual environments. His research interests involve using technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality, augmented technology, to improve human life.
Projects
Gamifying Research - Researchifying Games
While traditional experimental paradigms offer tight stimulus control and repeatability, then tend to be a bit boring and removed from many real-world situations, which can limit real-world transferability of results.
How can we bring together the methodological strenghs of research with the intrinsic motivation of playfulness and gaming?
The ...
Would the rectangular reference frame of a CAVE help to reduce disorientation and improve navigation performance in VR? Here, we show that simply providing the rectangular reference frame of a room (as a simple wireframe cuboid), but not a CAVE improved navigational search performance.
Despite recent advances in virtual reality, locomotion in a virtual environment is still restricted becau...
How do we best design locomotion interfaces for VR that provide "enough" physical motion cues (vestibular/proprioceptive) while still being effective, affordable, compact, and safe?
Despite amazing progress in computer graphics and VR displays, most affordable and room-sized VR locomotion interfaces provide only little physical motion cues (e.g., vestibular & proprioceptive cues). To provide...
Publications
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Nguyen-Vo, T., Riecke, B. E., & Stuerzlinger, W. (2017, April). Investigating the Effect of Simulated Reference Frames on Spatial Orientation in Virtual Reality. Poster presented at the Second International Workshop on Models and Representations in Spatial Cognition, Tübingen, Germany.
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Nguyen-Vo, T., Riecke, B. E., & Stuerzlinger, W. (2017). Moving in a Box: Improving Spatial Orientation in Virtual Reality using Simulated Reference Frames (pp. 207–208). Presented at the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 3DUI. https://doi.org/10.1109/3DUI.2017.7893344
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Nguyen-Vo, T., DiPaola, S., & Riecke, B. E. (2017). Detecting Spatial Orientation Demands during Virtual Navigation using EEG Brain Sensing (pp. 1–5). Presented at the ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Software for Augmented and Virtual Reality (SAVR 2017), Vancouver, Canada.
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Kitson, A., Nguyen-Vo, T., Hashemian, A. M., Stepanova, E. R., & Riecke, B. E. (2017, November). A User Study Comparing Two Low-Cost Chair Interfaces for Embodied Virtual Locomotion. Talk presented at the Psychonomic Society 58th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Nguyen-Vo, T., & Riecke, B. E. (2017, November). Detecting Spatial Orientation Demand during Virtual Navigation using EEG Brain Sensing. Poster presented at the Psychonomic Society 58th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Hashemian, A. M., Kitson, A., Nguyen-Vo, T., Benko, H., Stuerzlinger, W., & Riecke, B. E. (2018). Investigating a Sparse Peripheral Display in a Head-Mounted Display for VR Locomotion (p. 2–page extended abstract and poster (accepted)). Presented at the IEEE Virtual Reality 2018, Reutlingen, Germany: IEEE.
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Nguyen-Vo, T., Riecke, B. E., & Stuerzlinger, W. (2018). Simulated Reference Frame: A Cost-Effective Solution to Improve Spatial Orientation in VR (p. 8 pages). Presented at the IEEE Virtual Reality 2018, Reutlingen, Germany: IEEE.
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Nguyen-Vo, T., Riecke, B. E., Stuerzlinger, W., Pham, D.-M., & Kruijff, E. (2018). Do We Need Actual Walking in VR? Leaning with Actual Rotation Might Suffice for Efficient Locomotion. Presented at the Spatial Cognition 2018 (submitted poster).
