Mark Billinghurst
About Mark Billinghurst
Affiliations (Current and Past)
- University of South Australia
- University of Auckland, Auckland Bioengineering Institute
Location
- Adelaide, Australia
Bio
SIGGRAPH Asia 2025
Mark Billinghurst directs the Empathic Computing Laboratory at the University of Auckland and the University of South Australia. He researches how virtual and real worlds can be merged, publishing over 750 papers on AR, VR, collaboration, Empathic Computing, and related topics. In 2023, he was elected as an IEEE Fellow.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2024
Mark Billinghurst is Director of the Empathic Computing Laboratory, and Professor at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia, and also at the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand. He earned a PhD in 2002 from the University of Washington and conducts research on how virtual and real worlds can be merged, publishing over 650 papers on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, remote collaboration, Empathic Computing, and related topics. In 2013, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and in 2019, he was given the ISMAR Career Impact Award in recognition of his lifetime contribution to AR research and commercialization. In 2022 he was selected for the ACM SIGCHI Academy, for leading human-computer interaction researchers, and also selected for the IEEE VGTC VR Academy for leading VR researchers.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2023
Prof. Mark Billinghurst is an expert in human-computer interface technology, particularly Augmented Reality (AR). He earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington in 2002, where he created the Magic Book—an interactive children’s book viewed through a head-mounted display. He received accolades like the Discover Magazine Award in 2001 for this innovation. Prof. Billinghurst is known for his contributions to Human Interface Technology research and was featured at the Carter Holt Harvey New Zealand Innovation Pavilion in 2002-2003. He’s been recognized with a World Technology Award nomination and appointed to the New Zealand Government’s Growth and Innovation Advisory Board. His research centers on advanced 3D user interfaces, including Wearable Computing for small, collaborative devices, Shared Space to enhance collaboration through AR, and Multimodal Input, combining natural language and AI for intuitive human-computer interaction using voice, gesture, speech, gaze, and body motion.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2021
Mark Billinghurst is Director of the Empathic Computing Laboratory, and Professor at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia, and at the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand. He earned a PhD in 2002 from the University of Washington and conducts research on how virtual and real worlds can be merged, publishing over 600 papers on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Empathic Computing, and related topics. In 2013 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and in 2019 was given the ISMAR Career Impact Award for lifetime contribution to AR research and commercialization.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2018
Mark Billinghurst is Professor of Human Computer Interaction at the University of Auckland. He earned a PhD in 2002 from the University of Washington and researches innovative computer interfaces that explore how virtual and real worlds can be merged, publishing over 300 papers in topics such as wearable computing, Augmented Reality and mobile interfaces. Prior to joining the University of Auckland he was Director of the HIT Lab NZ at the University of Canterbury and the Empathic Computing Lab at the University of South Australia, and he has previously worked at British Telecom, Nokia, Google and the MIT Media Laboratory.
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