Alan Chalmers is a Professor of Visualisation at the
International Digital Laboratory, WMG, University of
Warwick, UK. He has an MSc with distinction from Rhodes
University, 1985 and a PhD from University of Bristol,
1991. He has published over 200 papers in journals and
international conferences on high-fidelity graphics,
multi-sensory perception, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
imaging, virtual archaeology and parallel rendering. He
is Honorary President of Afrigraph and a former Vice
President of ACM SIGGRAPH. Together with SpheronVR, a
high-precision German camera company, he was
instrumental in the development of the world’s first HDR
video camera, which was completed in July 2009. He is
the Founder and a Director of the spin-out company goHDR
Ltd., which aims to be the leader in the software which
enables HDR technology.
Chalmers’ research goal is “Real Virtuality”, obtaining
physically-based, multi-sensory, high-fidelity virtual
environments at interactive rates through a combination
of parallel processing and human perception techniques. |
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