Interactive Computing Experiences Research Cluster: People: Andres Vargas

Andres Vargas

Dr. Andres Vargas received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida in 2022. He previously received his Master's in the same field in 2014 through a Fulbright fellowship at University of Central Florida. Andres also got a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from ESPOL in Ecuador.

Andres research is on user interfaces and interaction techniques that can help domain experts with low technical skills build augmented reality scenarios. Andres is building authoring tools from immersive and non-immersive perspectives to create in situ AR experiences. Andres also collaborated with a project to build a SLAM algorithm to find positioning and rotation when movements are agile. Andres's previous work in Augmented Reality involves comparing AR/VR and traditional interfaces to analyze the perceived learning gains on complex rules-set in the soccer context. He has also explored usability of sketch based interfaces in the context of descriptive statistics, math and gesture recognition.

Projects

Penny Pincher

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Publications

Vargas, A., Kapalo, K., Koh, S., Sottilare, R., Garrity, P., and LaViola, J. "A Comparison of Desktop and Augmented Reality Scenario Based Training Authoring Tools", Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces 2019, 2 pages, March 2019.
Williamson, B.M., Vargas González, A.N., Garrity, P., Sottilare, R., and LaViola, J. "AgileSLAM: A Localization Approach for Agile Head Movements in Augmented Reality", Adjunct-Proceedings ISMAR 2018, 6 pages.
Vargas, A.; Kapalo, K.; Koh, S.L.; LaViola, J.J. "Exploring the Virtuality Continuum for Complex Rule-Set Education in the Context of Soccer Rule Comprehension", Multimodal Technologies Interact. 2017, 1, 30.
Taranta, E., Vargas, A., Compton, S., LaViola, J. "A Dynamic Pen-based Interface for Writing and Editing Complex Mathematical Expressions With Math Boxes", ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems.
Vargas, A., Taranta, E., LaViola, J. "Sketch Based Interaction Techniques for Chart Creation and Manipulation", 2016 Conference on Pen and Touch Technology in Education: (Forthcoming).
Taranta, E., Vargas, A., and LaViola, J. " Streamlined and accurate gesture recognition with Penny Pincher", Special Section on Graphics Interface, October 2015.
Vargas, A. " Sketchart: A Pen-Based Tool for Chart Generation and Interaction", Master's Thesis, University of Central Florida, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, July 2014.

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