Larry F. Hodges

Ph.D

Personal Homepage:
http://people.clemson.edu/~lfh/

Current place of employment:
Clemson University

Larry F. Hodges joined the computer science faculty at Georgia Tech in 1988 after receiving his Ph.D. at North Carolina State University. His dissertation was in the area of stereoscopic computer graphics under the Direction of Professor David McAllister in the Department of Computer Science. At Georgia Tech he was a founding member of the Graphics, Visualization & Usability (GVU) Center and also led the Virtual Environments Research Group which focused on the rapidly emerging area of Virtual Reality. In 1993 he organized a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and computer scientists who began to investigate the use of VR for exposure therapy of phobias. This work resulted in the 1995 publication of Effectiveness of computer-generated (virtual reality) graded exposure in the treatment of acrophobia in the American Journal of Psychiatry. This paper was the first published report of a controlled study on the use of VR for psychotherapy in the psychiatric literature and received wide media attention, including an announcement of the paper’s results on CBS Evening News the day the journal article was released and follow-up stories in a number of venues, including Scientific American Frontiers, CNN, Dateline NBC, Good Morning America, US News & World Report, MIT Technology Review, Discover, and the New York Times. Since that first study he has continued to expand the development of what has become known as VR Therapy or Virtual Therapy with two patents and over 25 journal publications in the clinical psychology and psychiatry literature on various clinical applications of VR, including treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Fear of Flying, Social Phobias, and Balance Disorders. In 1996 he, with research colleague Barbara Rothbaum of Emory University, founded Virtually Better, Inc., a company that specializes in creation, testing, and sales of virtual environments for clinical applications in psychiatry, psychology, and addiction. Virtually Better Therapy systems are currently in use by clinicians in many locations across the US and in eleven other countries. In 2006, Dr. Hodges was awarded the IEEE Virtual Reality Career Award for his work in clinical virtual reality. In addition to his research work in Clinical Applications of VR, Dr. Hodges has also maintained an active research agenda in numerous other areas of Virtual Reality, Visualization, and 3D User Interface Design with over 150 published papers. He has served as General Chair of both the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference and the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology. He currently serves on the Steering Committee of the IEEE VR Conference and on the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics. He has graduated a number of M.S and Ph.D. students who have gone on to research and academic positions in VR and related areas at places such as Georgia Tech, the University of Southern California, Texas A&M University, Virginia Tech, North Carolina State University, UNC Charlotte, Fraunhoeffer, Disney, BAE Systems, and Sarnoff Corp. In 2002 Dr. Hodges returned to North Carolina to serve as Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. There he has led an effort that, in five years, doubled the number of Computer Science faculty members and tripled the annual external funding for the Department.

Publications by Larry F. Hodges (bibliography)

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Jeong, Dong Hyun, Song, Chang Geun, Chang, Remco and Hodges, Larry F. (2009): User experimentation: an evaluation of velocity control techniques in immersive virtual environments. In Virtual Reality, 13 (1) pp. 41-50.

Suma, Evan A., Finkelstein, Samantha L., Reid, Myra, Ulinski, Amy Catherine and Hodges, Larry F. (2009): Real Walking Increases Simulator Sickness in Navigationally Complex Virtual Environments. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2009 VR 2009 14-18 March, 2009, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. pp. 245-246.

Daugherty, Brent, Wallendael, Lori Van, Babu, Sabarish, Cutler, Brian and Hodges, Larry F. (2008): Virtual Human versus Human Administration of Photographic Lineups. In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 28 (6) pp. 65-75.

Zanbaka, Catherine Amine, Ulinski, Amy Catherine, Goolkasian, Paula and Hodges, Larry F. (2007): Social responses to virtual humans: implications for future interface design. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007. pp. 1561-1570.

Majumder, Aditi, Hodges, Larry F., Cohen-Or, Daniel and Spencer, Stephen N. (eds.) VRST 2007 - Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology November 5-7, 2007, Newport Beach, California, USA.

Cairco, Lauren, Babu, Sabarish, Ulinski, Amy Catherine, Zanbaka, Catherine A. and Hodges, Larry F. (2007): Shakespearean karaoke. In: Majumder, Aditi, Hodges, Larry F., Cohen-Or, Daniel and Spencer, Stephen N. (eds.) VRST 2007 - Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology November 5-7, 2007, Newport Beach, California, USA. pp. 239-240.

Daugherty, Brent, Babu, Sabarish, Cutler, Brian and Hodges, Larry F. (2007): Officer Garcia: a virtual human for mediating eyewitness identification. In: Majumder, Aditi, Hodges, Larry F., Cohen-Or, Daniel and Spencer, Stephen N. (eds.) VRST 2007 - Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology November 5-7, 2007, Newport Beach, California, USA. pp. 117-120.

Ulinski, Amy Catherine, Wartell, Zachary and Hodges, Larry F. (2007): Bimanual task division preferences for volume selection. In: Majumder, Aditi, Hodges, Larry F., Cohen-Or, Daniel and Spencer, Stephen N. (eds.) VRST 2007 - Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology November 5-7, 2007, Newport Beach, California, USA. pp. 217-218.

Babu, Sabarish, Suma, Evan A., Barnes, Tiffany and Hodges, Larry F. (2007): Can Immersive Virtual Humans Teach Social Conversational Protocols?. In: Sherman, William R., Lin, Ming C. and Steed, Anthony (eds.) IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, VR 2007 10-14 March, 2007, Charlotte, NC, USA. pp. 215-218.

Babu, Sabarish, Schmugge, Stephen, Barnes, Tiffany and Hodges, Larry F. (2006): "What Would You Like to Talk About?" An Evaluation of Social Conversations with a Virtual Receptionist. In: Gratch, Jonathan, Young, Michael, Aylett, Ruth, Ballin, Daniel and Olivier, Patrick (eds.) IVA 2006 - Intelligent Virtual Agents - 6th International Conference August 21-23, 2006, Marina Del Rey, CA, USA. pp. 169-180.

Babu, Sabarish, Schmugge, Stephen, Inugala, Raj, Rao, Srinivasa, Barnes, Tiffany and Hodges, Larry F. (2005): Marve: A Prototype Virtual Human Interface Framework for Studying Human-Virtual Human Interaction. In: Panayiotopoulos, Themis, Gratch, Jonathan, Aylett, Ruth, Ballin, Daniel, Olivier, Patrick and Rist, Thomas (eds.) IVA 2005 - Intelligent Virtual Agents - 5th International Working Conference September 12-14, 2005, Kos, Greece. pp. 120-133.

Zanbaka, Catherine A., Lok, Benjamin, Babu, Sabarish, Xiao, Dan, Ulinski, Amy Catherine and Hodges, Larry F. (2004): Colorplate: Effects of Travel Technique on Cognition in Virtual Environments. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2004 VR 2004 27-31 March, 2004, Chicago, IL, USA. p. 286.

Zanbaka, Catherine A., Lok, Benjamin, Babu, Sabarish, Xiao, Dan, Ulinski, Amy Catherine and Hodges, Larry F. (2004): Effects of Travel Technique on Cognition in Virtual Environments. In: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2004 VR 2004 27-31 March, 2004, Chicago, IL, USA. pp. 149-156.

Krum, David M., Omoteso, Olugbenga, Ribarsky, William, Starner, Thad and Hodges, Larry F. (2002): Evaluation of a Multimodal Interface for 3D Terrain Visualization. In: IEEE Visualization 2002 2002. .

Shi, Jiaoying, Hodges, Larry F., Sun, Hanqiu and Peng, Qunsheng (eds.) VRST 2002- Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology November 11-13, 2002, Hong Kong, China.

Rizzo, Albert A., Burdea, Grigore C., Hodges, Larry F., Schultheis, Maria T., Strickland, Dorothy, Wiederhold, Brenda K. and Wiederhold, Mark D. (2002): Tutorial 3: Assessment, Rehabilitation and Therapy Applications Using VR. In: VR 2002 2002. pp. 301-.

Wartell, Zachary, Hodges, Larry F. and Ribarsky, William (2001): Characterizing Image Fusion Techniques in Stereoscopic HTDs. In: Graphics Interface 2001 June 7-9, 2001, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. pp. 223-232.

Bowman, Doug A., Johnson, Donald B. and Hodges, Larry F. (2001): Testbed Evaluation of Virtual Environment Interaction Techniques. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 10 (1) pp. 75-95.

Jacobson, Jeffrey, Redfern, Mark S., Furman, Joseph M., Whitney, Susan L., Sparto, Patrick J., Wilson, Jeffrey B. and Hodges, Larry F. (2001): Balance NAVE: a virtual reality facility for research and rehabilitation of balance disorders. In: VRST 2001 2001. pp. 103-109.

Krum, David M., Ribarsky, William, Shaw, Christopher D., Hodges, Larry F. and Faust, Nickolas (2001): Situational visualization. In: VRST 2001 2001. pp. 143-150.

Hodges, Larry F. (2001): Using the Virtual World to Improve Quality of Life in the Real World. In: VR 2001 2001. pp. 1-.

Seay, A. Fleming, Krum, David M., Hodges, Larry F. and Ribarsky, William (2001): Simulator Sickness and Presence in a High FOV Virtual Environment. In: VR 2001 2001. pp. 299-300.

Hodges, Larry F., Anderson, Page, Burdea, Grigore C., Hoffman, Hunter G. and Rothbaum, Barbara O. (2001): Treating Psychological and Physical Disorders with VR. In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 21 (6) pp. 25-33.

Kessler, G. Drew, Bowman, Doug A. and Hodges, Larry F. (2000): The Simple Virtual Environment Library: An Extensible Framework for Building VE Applications. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 9 (2) pp. 187-208.

Allison, Don and Hodges, Larry F. (2000): Virtual reality for education?. In: VRST 2000 2000. pp. 160-165.

Leibe, Bastian, Starner, Thad, Ribarsky, William, Wartell, Zachary, Krum, David M., Singletary, Brad and Hodges, Larry F. (2000): The Perceptive Workbench: Toward Spontaneous and Natural Interaction in Semi-immersive Virtual Environments. In: VR 2000 2000. pp. 13-20.

Leibe, Bastian, Starner, Thad, Ribarsky, William, Wartell, Zachary, Krum, David M., Weeks, Justin, Singletary, Brad and Hodges, Larry F. (2000): Toward Spontaneous Interaction with the Perceptive Workbench. In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 20 (6) pp. 54-65.

Bowman, Doug A., Wineman, Jean, Hodges, Larry F. and Allison, Don (1999): The Educational Value of an Information-Rich Virtual Environment. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 8 (3) pp. 317-331.

Bowman, Doug A., Davis, Elizabeth Thorpe, Hodges, Larry F. and Badre, Albert N. (1999): Maintaining Spatial Orientation during Travel in an Immersive Virtual Environment. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 8 (6) pp. 618-631.

Bowman, Doug A., Johnson, Donald B. and Hodges, Larry F. (1999): Testbed evaluation of virtual environment interaction techniques. In: VRST 1999 1999. pp. 26-33.

Bowman, Doug A. and Hodges, Larry F. (1999): Formalizing the Design, Evaluation, and Application of Interaction Techniques for Immersive Virtual Environments. In J. Vis. Lang. Comput., 10 (1) pp. 37-53.

Dinh, Huong Q., Walker, Neff, Hodges, Larry F., Song, Chang and Kobayashi, Akira (1999): Evaluating the Importance of Multi-sensory Input on Memory and the Sense of Presence in Virtual Environments. In: VR 1999 1999. pp. 222-228.

Wartell, Zachary, Ribarsky, William and Hodges, Larry F. (1999): Third-Person Navigation of Whole-Planet Terrain in a Head-tracked Stereoscopic Environment. In: VR 1999 1999. pp. 141-.

Bowman, Doug A., Hodges, Larry F. and Bolter, Jay David (1998): The Virtual Venue: User-Computer Interaction in Information-Rich Virtual Environments. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 7 (5) pp. 478-493.

Bowman, Doug A., Wineman, Jean, Hodges, Larry F. and Allison, Don (1998): Designing Animal Habitats Within an Immersive VE. In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 18 (5) pp. 9-13.

Watson, Benjamin, Walker, Neff, Hodges, Larry F. and Worden, Aileen (1997): Managing Level of Detail Through Peripheral Degradation: Effects on Search Performance with a Head-Mounted Display. In ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 4 (4) pp. 323-346.

Reddy, Martin, Watson, Benjamin, Walker, Neff and Hodges, Larry F. (1997): Managing Level of Detail in Virtual Environments: A Perceptual Framework. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 6 (6) pp. 658-666.

Surdick, R. Troy, Davis, Elizabeth Thorpe, King, Robert A. and Hodges, Larry F. (1997): The Perception of Distance in Simulated Visual Displays: A Comparison of the Effectiveness and Accuracy of Multiple Depth Cues Across Viewing Distances. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 6 (5) pp. 513-531.

Watson, Benjamin, Walker, Neff, Hodges, Larry F. and Reddy, Martin (1997): An Evaluation of Level of Detail Degradation in Head-Mounted Display Peripheries. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 6 (6) pp. 630-637.

Watson, Benjamin, Walker, Neff and Hodges, Larry F. (1997): Managing level of detail through head-tracked peripheral degradation: a model and resulting design principles. In: VRST 1997 1997. pp. 59-63.

Strickland, Dorothy, Hodges, Larry F., North, Max M. and Weghorst, Suzanne (1997): Overcoming Phobias by Virtual Exposure. In Communications of the ACM, 40 (8) pp. 34-39.

Bowman, Doug A. and Hodges, Larry F. (1997): An Evaluation of Techniques for Grabbing and Manipulating Remote Objects in Immersive Virtual Environments. In: SI3D 1997 1997. pp. 35-38,182.

Allison, Don, Wills, Brian, Bowman, Doug A., Wineman, Jean and Hodges, Larry F. (1997): The Virtual Reality Gorilla Exhibit. In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 17 (6) pp. 30-38.

Kessler, G. Drew, Hodges, Larry F. and Walker, Neff (1995): Evaluation of the CyberGlove as a Whole-Hand Input Device. In ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 2 (4) pp. 263-283.

Hodges, Larry F., Kooper, Rob, Meyer, Thomas C., Rothbaum, Barbara O., Opdyke, Dan, Graaff, Johannes J. de, Williford, James S. and North, Max M. (1995): Virtual Environments for Treating the Fear of Heights. In IEEE Computer, 28 (7) pp. 27-34.

Koller, David, Lindstrom, Peter, Ribarsky, William, Hodges, Larry F., Faust, Nickolas and Turner, Gregory A. (1995): Virtual GIS: A Real-Time 3D Geographic Information System. In: IEEE Visualization 1995 1995. pp. 94-100.

Adelson, Stephen J., Allen, Jeanette, Badre, Albert N., Hodges, Larry F. and Lawrence, Andrea (1993): Performance Comparison of Multiple Image Depth and Shape Cues. In International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 5 (4) pp. 347-360.

Williford, James S., Hodges, Larry F., North, Max M. and North, Sarah M. (1993): Relative effectiveness of virtual environment desensitization and imaginal desensitization in the treatment of acrophobia. In: Graphics Interface 93 May 19-21, 1993, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. p. 162.

Adelson, Stephen J. and Hodges, Larry F. (1993): Stereoscopic ray-tracing. In The Visual Computer, 10 (3) pp. 127-144.

Hodges, Larry F., Bolter, Jay David, Mynatt, Elizabeth D., Ribarsky, William and Teylingen, Ron van (1993): Virtual Environments Research at the Georgia Tech GVU Center. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 2 (3) pp. 234-243.

Hodges, Larry F. and Davis, Elizabeth Thorpe (1993): Geometric Considerations for Stereoscopic Virtual Environments. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 2 (1) pp. 34-43.

Watson, Benjamin and Hodges, Larry F. (1992): Fast algorithms for rendering cubic curves. In: Graphics Interface 92 May 11-15, 1992, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. pp. 19-28.

Adelson, Stephen J., Bentley, Jeffrey B., Chong, In Seok, Hodges, Larry F. and Winograd, Joseph (1991): Simultaneous Generation of Stereoscopic Views. In Comput. Graph. Forum, 10 (1) pp. 3-10.

Neighbors-III, William Kenneth and Hodges, Larry F. (1989): TREE--MAKER: A user tool. In: Graphics Interface 89 June 19-23, 1989, London, Ontario, Canada. pp. 235-241.

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