Overview
Background
I am a researcher in Interaction Design, building new interactive devices and seeking to understand the experience of using those devices. I am a future technologist and pursue technology-first human-computer interaction - building and exploring novel tech that may later provide solutions to human-centered problems. I have a special interest in Haptics for Extended Reality and Smart Clothing for Muscle Control. My research typically involves device design and engineering, studies of human perception, and user experience explorations of new technologies.
I have published over 40 peer-reviewed articles across top venues in Human-Computer Interaction, including CHI, UIST, CSCW, and ISMAR. I serve frequently as an associate editor for CHI, UIST, VR, and ISS.
Availability
- Dr Jarrod Knibbe is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Masters (Research) of Computer Science, University of Bristol
- Doctor of Philosophy of Computer-Human Interaction, University of Bristol
Research interests
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Haptics for Virtual Reality
One of the great challenges of virtual reality is that you can't actually touch stuff - you can't feel it's texture, weight, heat, etc. There are two broad camps trying to address this: the Accuracy camp and the Naturalness camp. The accuracy camp wants you to experience material properties as accurately as possible, so they build specialist controllers. The naturalness camp wants you to be unencumbered by controllers, so they use illusions. I have no allegiance to either camp and work across them both. I am currently building controllers to let you grasp objects of complex shapes and sizes, and building illusions that play with your sense of where you are in the room so you can use physical props in your VR experiences.
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Smart Clothing
We are increasingly able to integrate an amazing range of sensors and actuators into fabric, creating Smart Clothing. However, we are not seeing these clothes in stores or in our wardrobes. I believe this is for two key reasons: (1) no killer app - we are not yet doing anything really convincing with these clothes, and (2) tailoring is hard - we are not yet able to make smart clothing work regardless of your body shape or size. Once we have solved problem (2), I believe solutions to problem (1) will follow.
Research impacts
My research has inspired new features in smartphones from Google (the Pixel's battery share) and Samsung (PowerShare), and has been featured in various news outlets (including Wired, the Economist, Hackaday, Fast Company, and the Guardian).
I also work extensively with companies and organisations to explore ways for digital transformation to solve their challenges. I facilitate design thinking workshops to help identify new opportunities, build new partnerships, and reveal next steps for new projects. I have run workshops for numerous multinationals and government organisations, leading to substantial new work packages and meaningful change. I have run professional courses on scientific leadership.
Works
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2015
Conference Publication
Smart makerspace: an immersive instructional space for physical tasks
Knibbe, Jarrod, Grossman, Tovi and Fitzmaurice, George (2015). Smart makerspace: an immersive instructional space for physical tasks. 2015 International Conference on Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces - ITS '15, Madeira, Portugal, 15-18 November 2015. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2817721.2817741
2015
Conference Publication
Juggling the effects of latency : software approaches to minimizing latency in dynamic projector-camera systems
Knibbe, Jarrod, Benko, Hrvoje and Wilson, Andrew D. (2015). Juggling the effects of latency : software approaches to minimizing latency in dynamic projector-camera systems. UIST '15: The 28th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Charlotte, NC, United States, 8-11 November 2015. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2815585.2815735
2015
Journal Article
VideoHandles: searching through action camera videos by replicating hand gestures
Knibbe, Jarrod, Seah, Sue Ann and Fraser, Mike (2015). VideoHandles: searching through action camera videos by replicating hand gestures. Computers and Graphics, 48, 99-106. doi: 10.1016/j.cag.2015.01.004
2015
Conference Publication
The cage: towards a 6-DoF remote control with force feedback for UAV interaction
Anderson, Charlie, Barash, Benji, McNeill, Charlie, Ogun, Denis, Wray, Michael, Knibbe, Jarrod, Morris, Christopher H. and Seah, Sue Ann (2015). The cage: towards a 6-DoF remote control with force feedback for UAV interaction. CHI '15: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Seoul, South Korea, 18-23 April 2015. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2702613.2732877
2015
Conference Publication
TellTale : Adding a Polygraph to Everyday Life
Charlesworth, Thomas, Ford, Helena, Milton, Luke, Mortensson, Thomas, Pedlingham, James, Knibbe, Jarrod and Seah, Sue Ann (2015). TellTale : Adding a Polygraph to Everyday Life. CHI '15: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Seoul, South Korea, 18-23 April 2015. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2702613.2732878
2014
Conference Publication
VideoHandles: replicating gestures to search through action-camera video
Knibbe, Jarrod, Seah, Sue Ann and Fraser, Mike (2014). VideoHandles: replicating gestures to search through action-camera video. SUI 2014: Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, Honolulu, HI, United States, 4-5 October 2014. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2659766.2659784
2014
Conference Publication
Extending interaction for smart watches : enabling bimanual around device control
Knibbe, Jarrod, Martinez Plasencia, Diego, Bainbridge, Christopher, Chan, Chee-Kin, Wu, Jiawei, Cable, Thomas, Munir, Hassan and Coyle, David (2014). Extending interaction for smart watches : enabling bimanual around device control. CHI '14: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto, ON, Canada, 26 April-1 May 2014. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2559206.2581315
2014
Conference Publication
ReflectoSlates : personal overlays for tabletops combining camera-projector systems and retroreflective materials
Martinez Plasencia, Diego, Knibbe, Jarrod, Haslam, Andy D., Latimer, Eddie James, Dennis, Barnaby, Lewis, Gareth J., Whiteley, Matthew and Coyle, David (2014). ReflectoSlates : personal overlays for tabletops combining camera-projector systems and retroreflective materials. CHI '14: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto, ON, Canada, 26 April-1 May 2014. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2559206.2581269
2014
Conference Publication
SensaBubble: a chrono-sensory mid-air display of sight and smell
Seah, Sue Ann, Plasencia, Diego Martinez, Bennett, Peter, Karnik, Abhijit, Otrocol, Vlad, Knibbe, Jarrod, Cockburn, Andy and Subramanian, Sriram (2014). SensaBubble: a chrono-sensory mid-air display of sight and smell. CHI '14: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto ON, Canada, 26 April- 1 May 2014. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2556288.2557087
2014
Conference Publication
Quick and dirty: streamlined 3D scanning in archaeology
Knibbe, Jarrod, O'Hara, Kenton P., Chrysanthi, Angeliki, Marshall, Mark T., Bennett, Peter D., Earl, Graeme, Izadi, Shahram and Fraser, Mike (2014). Quick and dirty: streamlined 3D scanning in archaeology. 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work and social computing, Baltimore, MD, United States, 15-19 February 2014. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2531602.2531669
2012
Journal Article
Static load in the nursing profession; the silent killer?
Knibbe, J. J. and Knibbe, N. E. (2012). Static load in the nursing profession; the silent killer?. Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation, 41, 5637-5638. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0902-5637
2012
Journal Article
The businesscase for ergonomic changes in health care: calculating and predicting financial outcome for ergonomic changes and innovations in health care: interactive businesscase modelling
Knibbe, J. J. and Knibbe, N. E. (2012). The businesscase for ergonomic changes in health care: calculating and predicting financial outcome for ergonomic changes and innovations in health care: interactive businesscase modelling. Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation, 41, 5657-5658. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0910-5657
2012
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Flying through the hospital: efficiency and safety of an ergonomic solution
Knibbe, J. J., Knibbe, N. E. and Waaijer, E. (2012). Flying through the hospital: efficiency and safety of an ergonomic solution. Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation, 41, 5642-5643. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0904-5642
2012
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Designing the care environment in hospitals and nursing homes: a pilot for a new and reliable method for determining the optimum space to live in and work in
Knibbe, J. J. and Waaijer, E. (2012). Designing the care environment in hospitals and nursing homes: a pilot for a new and reliable method for determining the optimum space to live in and work in. Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation, 41, 5650-5651. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0907-5650
2012
Journal Article
An international validation study of the care thermometer: a tool supporting the quality of ergonomic policies in health care
Knibbe, J. J. and Knibbe, N. E. (2012). An international validation study of the care thermometer: a tool supporting the quality of ergonomic policies in health care. Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation, 41, 5639-5641. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0903-5639
2012
Journal Article
Assessments of patients with a 5-category or a 3-category practical classification system: validaty and practicality
Knibbe, J. J., Knibbe, N. E. and Waaijer, E. (2012). Assessments of patients with a 5-category or a 3-category practical classification system: validaty and practicality. Work-A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation, 41, 5655-5656. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0909-5655
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Jarrod Knibbe is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Tailoring Haptic Interaction to Perception in Virtual Reality
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Maxime Cordeil
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Doctor Philosophy
The Impact of AI-enabled Avatars on Body Ownership within Individualised Virtual Reality for Mental Health
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor James Kirby, Professor Julie Henry, Associate Professor Nell Baghaei
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Doctor Philosophy
Augmented Human Operations: Using XR and AI in Remote Challenging Environments
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Chelsea Dobbins, Associate Professor Maxime Cordeil
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Doctor Philosophy
Extreme Analytics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Stephen Viller, Professor Gianluca Demartini, Associate Professor Maxime Cordeil
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