Ronald Azuma
{{Short description|American computer scientist}}
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|field = Augmented reality
|workplaces = Intel Laboratories
|alma_mater = University of North Carolina{{cite web |url=https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb2762476 |title=UNC University Libraries Catalog |publisher=University of North Carolina |accessdate=18 August 2021}}
|thesis_title = Predictive tracking for augmented reality
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|thesis_year = 1995
|doctoral_advisor = T. Gary Bishop
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Ronald Azuma is an American computer scientist, widely recognized for contributing to the field of augmented reality (AR). His work A survey of augmented reality{{cite journal |last=Azuma |first=Ronald |date=August 1997 |title=A Survey of Augmented Reality |url=http://www.cs.unc.edu/~azuma/ARpresence.pdf |access-date=2 June 2021 |journal=Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments |publisher=MIT Press |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=355–385 |doi=10.1162/pres.1997.6.4.355|s2cid=469744 }} became the most cited article in the AR field and is one of the most influential MIT Press papers of all time.{{cite journal |last=Azuma |first=Ronald |date=2016 |title=The most important challenge facing augmented reality |url=https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/PRES_a_00264 |access-date=29 June 2021 |journal=Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments |publisher=MIT Press |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=234–238 |doi=10.1162/PRES_a_00264|s2cid=28206624 }} Azuma is considered to provide a commonly accepted definition of AR and is often named one of AR’s most recognized experts.{{cite book |last1=Zhou |first1=Feng |last2=Duh |first2=Henry Been-Lirn |last3=Billinghurst |first3=Mark |title=2008 7th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality |chapter=Trends in augmented reality tracking, interaction and display: A review of ten years of ISMAR |date=2008 |chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4637362 |access-date=29 June 2021 |publisher=IEEE |pages=193–202 |doi=10.1109/ISMAR.2008.4637362|hdl=10092/2345 |isbn=978-1-4244-2840-3 |s2cid=206986719 |hdl-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Szajna |first1=Andrzej |last2=Stryjski |first2=Roman |last3=Wozniak |first3=Waldemar |last4=Chamier-Gliszczynski |first4=Norbert |last5=Kostrzewski |first5=Mariusz |date=22 August 2020 |title=Assessment of Augmented Reality in Manual Wiring Production Process with Use of Mobile AR Glasses |journal=Sensors |publisher=MDPI |volume=20 |issue=17 |page=4755 |doi=10.3390/s20174755|pmid=32842693 |pmc=7506974 |bibcode=2020Senso..20.4755S |doi-access=free }}
Awards and recognition
Azuma was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016 for contributions to Augmented Reality (AR).{{cite web |url=https://services27.ieee.org/fellowsdirectory/keywordsearch.html?keyword=azuma |title=IEEE Fellows Directory |publisher=IEEE |accessdate=24 August 2021}}
Patents
The list of most cited patents according to Google Scholar:{{cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&hl=en&user=3-VYNGabp80C |title=Ronald Azuma |publisher=Google Scholar |accessdate=24 August 2021}}
- Optical see-through augmented reality modified-scale display.{{cite patent |country=US |number=7002551 |status=patent |title=Optical see-through augmented reality modified-scale display |pubdate=18 March 2004 |pridate=25 September 2002 |inventor=Ronald Azuma, Ron Sarfaty |invent1=Ronald Azuma |invent2=Ron Sarfaty |url=https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20040318&CC=US&NR=2004051680A1&KC=A1}}
- Method and apparatus for generating augmented reality content.{{cite patent |country=US |number=2012086727 |status=patent |title=Method and apparatus for generating augmented reality content |pubdate=12 April 2012 |pridate=8 October 2010 |inventor=Thommen Korah, Ronald Azuma |invent1=Thommen Korah |invent2=Ronald Azuma |url=https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20120412&CC=US&NR=2012086727A1&KC=A1}}
Publications
With his scientific research and publications, Azuma contributed on the international scale to the computer science field of augmented reality, including such publishers as MIT Press or IEEE. Below are his most cited articles, according to Google Scholar:
- A survey of augmented reality, MIT Press, 1997.
- Recent advances in augmented reality, IEEE, 2001.{{cite journal |last1=Azuma |first1=Ronald |last2=Baillot |first2=Yohan |last3=Behringer |first3=Reinhold |last4=Feiner |first4=Steven |last5=Julier |first5=Simon |last6=MacIntyre |first6=Blair |date=November 2001 |title=Recent advances in augmented reality |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/963459 |access-date=24 August 2021 |journal=IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications |publisher=IEEE |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=34–47 |doi=10.1109/38.963459|s2cid=791733 }}
- Improving static and dynamic registration in an optical see-through HMD, ACM, 1994.{{cite book |last1=Azuma |first1=Ronald |last2=Bishop |first2=Gary |title=Proceedings of the 21st annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques - SIGGRAPH '94 |chapter=Improving static and dynamic registration in an optical see-through HMD |date=July 1994 |publisher=ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) |volume=94 |pages=197–204 |doi=10.1145/192161.192199|isbn=0897916670 |s2cid=7250743 |doi-access=free }}
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