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Dr Robert Cuthbert
Dr

Robert Cuthbert

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Overview

Background

Robert is a Research Fellow who joined the RECOVER Injury Research Centre in 2024. He is part of the Technology-enabled rehabilitation team, which focuses on developing more effective and efficient health services supported by technology innovation.

Robert's previous research revolved around the application of Virtual Reality (VR) for burn injury rehabilitation. Using collaborative design with burn survivors and healthcare professionals, he has developed functional VR rehabilitation prototypes tailored for burn injuries.

Robert's research interests include the application of serious games in healthcare settings.

Availability

Dr Robert Cuthbert is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Digital and Interactive Games, Queensland University of Technology
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Information Technology (General), Queensland University of Technology
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Computer-Human Interaction, Queensland University of Technology

Works

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5 works between 2020 and 2024

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2024

Other Outputs

Virtual journeys in rehabilitation: enhancing user motivation through virtual reality

Cuthbert, Robert (2024). Virtual journeys in rehabilitation: enhancing user motivation through virtual reality. PhD Thesis, School of Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology. doi: 10.5204/thesis.eprints.251730

Virtual journeys in rehabilitation: enhancing user motivation through virtual reality

2021

Conference Publication

Virtual reality esports - understanding competitive players' perceptions of location based VR esports

Turkay, Selen, Formosa, Jessica, Cuthbert, Robert, Adinolf, Sonam and Brown, Ross Andrew (2021). Virtual reality esports - understanding competitive players' perceptions of location based VR esports. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Electr Network, 8-13 May 2021. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3411764.3445073

Virtual reality esports - understanding competitive players' perceptions of location based VR esports

2020

Conference Publication

Tradies, technology and therapy: towards designing gameful VR environments for burn rehabilitation

Cuthbert, Robert, Turkay, Selen, Brown, Ross, Johnson, Daniel, Altizer, Roger and Desselle, Mathilde (2020). Tradies, technology and therapy: towards designing gameful VR environments for burn rehabilitation. CHI PLAY '20: The Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, Canada, November 2020. New York, NY, United States: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3410404.3414236

Tradies, technology and therapy: towards designing gameful VR environments for burn rehabilitation

2020

Conference Publication

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil: how collegiate esports players define, experience and cope with toxicity

Turkay, Selen, Formosa, Jessica, Adinolf, Sonam, Cuthbert, Robert and Altizer, Roger (2020). See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil: how collegiate esports players define, experience and cope with toxicity. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Electr Network, 25-30 April 2020. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3313831.3376191

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil: how collegiate esports players define, experience and cope with toxicity

2020

Conference Publication

The effects of customisation on player experiences and motivation in a virtual reality game

Cuthbert, Robert, Turkay, Selen and Brown, Ross (2020). The effects of customisation on player experiences and motivation in a virtual reality game. 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction (OZCHI), Fremantle, WA, Australia, 2 - 5 December 2019. New York, NY, United States: Asasociation for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3369457.3369475

The effects of customisation on player experiences and motivation in a virtual reality game

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2027
    Innovative Solutions for Treating Driving Anxiety using Virtual Reality: The INSPIRE Feasbility and Pilot Trial
    Motor Accident Insurance Commission
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

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