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39
Citations
8475
World Ranking
7557
National Ranking
2072

Overview

Thomas A. Furness is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Engineering, Computer Science, and Medicine. Within these areas, the scientist has focused particularly on subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Clinical Psychology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's work covers several main topics related to advanced technology and healthcare. These include Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts, Augmented Reality Applications, Teleoperation and Haptic Systems, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research, Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions, COVID-19 and Mental Health, and Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques.

Thomas A. Furness has coauthored research with multiple frequent collaborators such as Nathan J. Dreesmann, Diana Taibi Buchanan, Hilaire J. Thompson, Steve Mann, and V. Phillip.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Virtual Reality Meditation for Fatigue in Persons With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Mixed Methods Pilot Study, 2023, JMIR Formative Research
  • Rectilinear strain sensing framework for real time compensation of structural distortions in precision machinery, 2022, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture
  • Beyond the Metaverse: XV (eXtended meta/uni/Verse), 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • 4397 Virtual Reality Meditation for Acute Post-Operative Pain of Inpatient Adults: Preliminary Results, 2020, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

Frequent venues where the scientist has published include JMIR Formative Research, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture, arXiv (Cornell University), and the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.

Best Publications

  • Effects of field of view on presence, enjoyment, memory, and simulator sickness in a virtual environment

    J.J.-W. Lin;H.B.L. Duh;D.E. Parker;H. Abi-Rached

  • Virtual reality as an adjunctive pain control during burn wound care in adolescent patients.

    Hunter G. Hoffman;Jason N. Doctor;David R. Patterson;Gretchen J. Carrougher

  • Virtual reality in the treatment of spider phobia: a controlled study

    A Garcia-Palacios;H Hoffman;A Carlin;T.A Furness

  • Virtual environments and advanced interface design

    Woodrow Barfield;Thomas A. Furness

  • Virtual retinal display

    Thomas Adrian Furness;Joel S. Kollin

  • Display system for a head mounted viewing transparency

    Thomas A. Furness;Robert E. Fischer;Peter K. Purdy;Kirk Beach

  • Virtual reality helmet display quality influences the magnitude of virtual reality analgesia.

    Hunter G. Hoffman;Eric J. Seibel;Todd L. Richards;Thomas A. Furness

  • The effectiveness of virtual reality for dental pain control: a case study.

    Hunter G. Hoffman;Azucena Garcia-Palacios;David R. Patterson;Mark Jensen

  • Spatial perception in virtual environments: Evaluating an architectural application

    D. Henry;T. Furness

  • Effects of Image Scale and System Time Delay on Simulator Sickness within Head-Coupled Virtual Environments

    Mark H. Draper;Erik S. Viirre;Thomas A. Furness;Valerie J. Gawron

  • Miniature image acquistion system using a scanning resonant waveguide

    Eric J. Seibel;Thomas A. Furness

  • The Super Cockpit and its Human Factors Challenges

    Thomas A. Furness

  • Image acquisition with depth enhancement

    Eric J. Seibel;Quinn Y. J. Smithwick;Thomas A. Furness

  • Virtual image registration in augmented display field

    Winyu Chinthammit;Eric Seibel;Thomas A Furness

  • Interfaces That Heal: Coupling Real and Virtual Objects to Treat Spider Phobia

    Hunter G. Hoffman;Azucena Garcia-Palacios;Albert Carlin;Thomas A. Furness

  • Shared space: An augmented reality approach for computer supported collaborative work

    M. Billinghurst;S. Weghorst;T. Furness

  • Miniature optical scanner for a two axis scanning system

    Charles D. Melville;Thomas A. Furness;Michael R. Tidwell;Joel S. Kollin

  • Physically touching and tasting virtual objects enhances the realism of virtual experiences

    H. G. Hoffman;A. Hollander;K. Schroder;S. Rousseau

  • Alleviating motion, simulator, and virtual environmental sickness by presenting visual scene components matched to inner ear vestibular sensations

    Donald E. Parker;Been-Lirn Henry Duh;Thomas A. Furness;Jerrold D. Prothero

  • "Conflicting" motion cues to the visual and vestibular self-motion systems around 0.06 Hz evoke simulator sickness.

    Henry Been-Lirn Duh;Donald E. Parker;James O. Philips;Thomas A. Furness

  • All Reality: Virtual, Augmented, Mixed (X), Mediated (X,Y), and Multimediated Reality

    Steve Mann;Tom Furness;Yu Yuan;Jay Iorio

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric J. Seibel
Eric J. Seibel University of Washington
Hunter G. Hoffman
Hunter G. Hoffman University of Washington
Mark Billinghurst
Mark Billinghurst University of South Australia
Azucena García-Palacios
Azucena García-Palacios Jaume I University
Robert V. Kenyon
Robert V. Kenyon University of Illinois at Chicago
Todd L. Richards
Todd L. Richards University of Washington
Mark P. Jensen
Mark P. Jensen University of Washington
Cristina Botella
Cristina Botella Jaume I University
Kori Inkpen
Kori Inkpen Microsoft (United States)

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