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69
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14425
World Ranking
2007
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1011

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Hrvoje Benko is a researcher affiliated with Facebook (United States) whose work spans several fields within computer science and neuroscience. Their research primarily explores human-computer interaction and cognitive neuroscience, with a focus on gaze tracking, assistive technologies, and interactive displays.

Benko's scholarly output includes 15 publications in computer science and 6 in neuroscience. Subfields of study represented in their work include:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Social Psychology

The main research topics covered in Benko's publications are:

  • Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
  • Interactive and Immersive Displays
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Augmented Reality Applications
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Benko include:

  • Towards gaze-based prediction of the intent to interact in virtual reality, 2021, ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications
  • Evaluating the Performance of Hand-Based Probabilistic Text Input Methods on a Mid-Air Virtual Qwerty Keyboard, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • Fabricate It or Render It? Digital Fabrication vs. Virtual Reality for Creating Objects Instantly, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
  • Gaze as an Indicator of Input Recognition Errors, 2022, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • Gaze dynamics are sensitive to target orienting for working memory encoding in virtual reality, 2022, Journal of Vision

Benko frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Tanya R. Jonker (6 co-authored works)
  • Candace E. Peacock (3 co-authored works)
  • Ting Zhang (3 co-authored works)
  • John J. Dudley (3 co-authored works)
  • Aakar Gupta (3 co-authored works)

Publication venues where Benko has contributed multiple works include:

  • Apollo (University of Cambridge) - 2 publications
  • arXiv (Cornell University) - 2 publications
  • ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts

In 2017, Benko was recognized as an ACM Senior Member.

Best Publications

  • Precise selection techniques for multi-touch screens

    Hrvoje Benko;Andrew D. Wilson;Patrick Baudisch

  • OmniTouch: wearable multitouch interaction everywhere

    Chris Harrison;Hrvoje Benko;Andrew D. Wilson

  • Haptic Retargeting: Dynamic Repurposing of Passive Haptics for Enhanced Virtual Reality Experiences

    Mahdi Azmandian;Mark Hancock;Hrvoje Benko;Eyal Ofek

  • Combining multiple depth cameras and projectors for interactions on, above and between surfaces

    Andrew D. Wilson;Hrvoje Benko

  • RoomAlive: magical experiences enabled by scalable, adaptive projector-camera units

    Brett Jones;Rajinder Sodhi;Michael Murdock;Ravish Mehra

  • Pen + touch = new tools

    Ken Hinckley;Koji Yatani;Michel Pahud;Nicole Coddington

  • IllumiRoom: peripheral projected illusions for interactive experiences

    Brett R. Jones;Hrvoje Benko;Eyal Ofek;Andrew D. Wilson

  • NormalTouch and TextureTouch: High-fidelity 3D Haptic Shape Rendering on Handheld Virtual Reality Controllers

    Hrvoje Benko;Christian Holz;Mike Sinclair;Eyal Ofek

  • MirageTable: freehand interaction on a projected augmented reality tabletop

    Hrvoje Benko;Ricardo Jota;Andrew Wilson

  • Haptic Revolver: Touch, Shear, Texture, and Shape Rendering on a Reconfigurable Virtual Reality Controller

    Eric Whitmire;Hrvoje Benko;Christian Holz;Eyal Ofek

  • Sphere: multi-touch interactions on a spherical display

    Hrvoje Benko;Andrew D. Wilson;Ravin Balakrishnan

  • CLAW: A Multifunctional Handheld Haptic Controller for Grasping, Touching, and Triggering in Virtual Reality

    Inrak Choi;Eyal Ofek;Hrvoje Benko;Mike Sinclair

  • Mutual disambiguation of 3D multimodal interaction in augmented and virtual reality

    Ed Kaiser;Alex Olwal;David McGee;Hrvoje Benko

  • Enabling People with Visual Impairments to Navigate Virtual Reality with a Haptic and Auditory Cane Simulation

    Yuhang Zhao;Cynthia L. Bennett;Hrvoje Benko;Edward Cutrell

  • Sparse Haptic Proxy: Touch Feedback in Virtual Environments Using a General Passive Prop

    Lung-Pan Cheng;Eyal Ofek;Christian Holz;Hrvoje Benko

  • Room2Room: Enabling Life-Size Telepresence in a Projected Augmented Reality Environment

    Tomislav Pejsa;Julian Kantor;Hrvoje Benko;Eyal Ofek

  • Collaborative Mixed Reality Visualization of an Archaeological Excavation

    Hrvoje Benko;Edward W. Ishak;Steven Feiner

  • Touch and stylus discrimination and rejection for contact sensitive computing devices

    Kenneth Paul Hinckley;Hrvoje Benko;Steven Bathiche;Paul Henry Dietz

  • Grips and gestures on a multi-touch pen

    Hyunyoung Song;Hrvoje Benko;Francois Guimbretiere;Shahram Izadi

  • ShadowGuides: visualizations for in-situ learning of multi-touch and whole-hand gestures

    Dustin Freeman;Hrvoje Benko;Meredith Ringel Morris;Daniel Wigdor

  • IllumiRoom: peripheral projected illusions for interactive experiences

    Brett R. Jones;Hrvoje Benko;Eyal Ofek;Andrew D. Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew D. Wilson
Andrew D. Wilson Microsoft (United States)
Eyal Ofek
Eyal Ofek Microsoft (United States)
Ken Hinckley
Ken Hinckley Microsoft (United States)
Shahram Izadi
Shahram Izadi Google (United States)
Christian Holz
Christian Holz ETH Zurich
Steven Feiner
Steven Feiner Columbia University
Nicolas Villar
Nicolas Villar Microsoft (United States)
Steven Bathiche
Steven Bathiche Microsoft (United States)
Paul Henry Dietz
Paul Henry Dietz Misapplied Sciences, Inc.
Stephen E. Hodges
Stephen E. Hodges Microsoft (United States)

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