Imagine if computers could understand how you were feeling and help you better understand other people? Empathic Computing is a new research field that explores how technology can recognise our emotions and help use better understand what other people are seeing, hearing and feeling.

Bio

A legend in the field, Billinghurst developed the ARToolKit – the world’s first open-source AR software developers’ kit – ​in 2001 and has been pushing the boundaries of AR and VR technology for more than 20 years. He is the head of the Augmented Reality laboratory at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, at the University of Auckland. He is also Professor of Human Computer Interaction at the University of South Australia in Adelaide. He has published over 400 research papers on topics such as wearable computing, Augmented Reality and mobile interfaces. Prior to joining the University of South Australia he was Director of the HIT Lab NZ at the University of Canterbury and has worked with organisations such as Google, British Telecom, Nokia and the MIT Media Laboratory.