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Overview

Stephen R. Ellis is affiliated with the Ames Research Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including engineering, psychology, and computer science. The scientist's work integrates these disciplines to explore complex interactions between technology and human behavior.

Ellis's main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Psychology
  • Computer Science

The scientist has focused on several subfields, notably:

  • Social Psychology
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Media Technology
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Research topics prominently addressed by Ellis cover:

  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Aerospace and Aviation Technology
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
  • Image and Video Quality Assessment
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Ellis has contributed to scholarly publications appearing in venues such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Notable recent papers include:

  • "A Simple Video-Based Technique for Measuring Latency in Virtual Reality or Teleoperation," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • "Public perception of metaverse and mental health on Twitter: A sentiment analysis," 2022, Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts are:

  • Ilja T. Feldstein
  • Chayakrit Krittanawong
  • Ameesh Isath
  • Craig L. Katz
  • Scott Kaplin

Best Publications

  • Pictorial communication in virtual and real environments

    Stephen R. Ellis

  • What are virtual environments

    S.R. Ellis

  • The effects of virtual reality, augmented reality, and motion parallax on egocentric depth perception

    J. Adam Jones;J. Edward Swan;Gurjot Singh;Eric Kolstad

  • Quantitative Evaluation of Perspective and Stereoscopic Displays in Three-Axis Manual Tracking Tasks

    Won S. Kim;Stephen R. Ellis;Mitchell E. Tyler;Blake Hannaford

  • Statistical dependency in visual scanning

    S R Ellis;L Stark

  • The effect of perspective geometry on judged direction in spatial information instruments

    M W McGreevy;S R Ellis

  • Presence of mind: A reaction to thomas sheridan's “further musings on the psychophysics of presence”

    Stephen R. Ellis

  • Perceptual sensitivity to head tracking latency in virtual environments with varying degrees of scene complexity

    Katerina Mania;Bernard D. Adelstein;Stephen R. Ellis;Michael I. Hill

  • Nature and origins of virtual environments: a bibliographical essay

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  • A comparison of position and rate control for telemanipulations with consideration of manipulator system dynamics

    Won Kim;F. Tendick;S. Ellis;L. Stark

  • Generalizeability of Latency Detection in a Variety of Virtual Environments

    Stephen R. Ellis;Katerina Mania;Bernard D. Adelstein;Michael I. Hill

  • Telerobotics: Display, control, and communication problems

    L. Stark;Won-Soo Kim;F. Tendick;B. Hannaford

  • Eye Movements during the Viewing of Necker Cubes

    Stephen R Ellis;Lawrence Stark

  • Head Tracking Latency in Virtual Environments: Psychophysics and a Model:

    Bernard D. Adelstein;Thomas G. Lee;Stephen R. Ellis

  • Localization of virtual objects in the near visual field.

    Stephen R. Ellis;Brian M. Menges

  • Calculus of Nonrigid Surfaces for Geometry and Texture Manipulation

    S.D. Young;B.D. Adelstein;S.R. Ellis

  • Spatial Displays and Spatial Instruments

    Stephen R. Ellis;Mary K. Kaiser;Arthur J. Grunwald

  • Using virtual menus in a virtual environment

    Richard H. Jacoby;Stephen R. Ellis

  • Matching and Reaching Depth Judgments with Real and Augmented Reality Targets

    J. Edward Swan;Gurjot Singh;Stephen R. Ellis

  • Demand Characteristics in Assessing Motion Sickness in a Virtual Environment: Or Does Taking a Motion Sickness Questionnaire Make You Sick?

    Sean D. Young;Bernard D. Adelstein;Stephen R. Ellis

  • Factors influencing operator interaction with virtual objects viewed via head-mounted see-through displays: viewing conditions and rendering latency

    S.R. Ellis;F. Breant;B. Manges;R. Jacoby

  • Dynamic response of electromagnetic spatial displacement trackers

    Bernard D. Adelstein;Eric R. Johnston;Stephen R. Ellis

  • Localization of Virtual Objects in the Near Visual Field (Operator Interaction with Simple Virtual Objects)

    Stephen R. Ellis;Brian M. Menges

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence Stark
Lawrence Stark University of California, Berkeley
Blake Hannaford
Blake Hannaford University of Washington
Anders Ynnerman
Anders Ynnerman Linköping University
Joseph L. Gabbard
Joseph L. Gabbard Virginia Tech
Andrew B. Watson
Andrew B. Watson Apple (United States)
Sean D. Young
Sean D. Young University of California, Irvine
Joseph N. S. Eisenberg
Joseph N. S. Eisenberg University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephen J. Smith
Stephen J. Smith Allen Institute for Brain Science
Roger W. Remington
Roger W. Remington University of Minnesota
Fredrik Gustafsson
Fredrik Gustafsson Linköping University

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