Biography
My research expertise is in augmented reality, wearable computer, and human computer interactions, emerging technologies, interaction design, and human factors. My focus is in interaction techniques and devices, human factors, and educational technologies.
I have extensive experience in creating new emerging wearable and augmented reality technology, including a patent-pending ultrasonic glove device, as well as designing user interaction techniques and technology for natural gestural interactions with computing systems.
If you are interested in completing a Masters or PhD by research with me, please contact me with the details on the page.
Read more on Thuong's profileResearch interests
- Augmented Reality
- Virtual Reality
- Human Computer Interaction
- Wearable Computing
- Interaction Design
Affiliations
- ACM Professional Member
- ACM SIG CHI Melbourne Chapter
Teaching interests
- Augmented Reality
- Virtual Reality
- Human Computer Interaction
- Interaction Design
- Emerging Technologies
Knowledge areas
- Augmented Reality
- Virtual Reality
- Human Computer Interaction
- Wearable Computing
- Emerging Technology
- Interaction Design
Expertise
- Computers
- Information technology
Conferences
CHI, OzCHI, NordiCHI, IEEE ISMAR, 3DUI, VRST, ISWC
Professional activities
- Chair, organiser, committe member, AC: Ubicomp 2023, CHI, SIGGRAPH Asia, ISWC, IEEE AIVR, OzCHI, VRST, IEEE VR, OzCHI, AUIC, ARC Detailed Assessor.
- Invited speaker, presenter, and exhibition: NGV Triennial Voices 2018, Melbourne Knowledge Week, Science Gallery Melbourne BLOOD exhibition
Awards
- 2021 - Victorian Premier’s Design Finalist Awards - HYDAC VR Training project with international hydraulics, electronics and engineering company HYDAC Australia
- 2019 - Top Downloaded Paper 2018-2019 - Top 10% most downloaded papers in Australasian Journal on Ageing, Wiley
- 2019 - Best Paper Award International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interactions TEI 2019.
- 2019 - School of Information Technology Research Award Best Publication Award – Deakin University.
- 2019 - Interaction Awards Finalist Interaction Design Association Award Finalists - Smart Socks for Physiotherapy – One of 3 Finalists for the Connecting category
- 2018 School of Information Technology Service Award Excellence in advancing international partnership – Deakin University.
- 2018 Victoria Premier Design Award – Finalist Smart Socks for Telephysiotherapy
- 2018 Fresh Science Award For PhD Candidate Deepti Aggarwal on supervised research project SoPhy: Smart Socks for Physiotherapy
- 2016 Best Paper Award ACM International Symposium on Interactive Technology and Ageing Populations (ACM IxAP)
Publications
An Evaluation of Virtual Reality Maintenance Training for Industrial Hydraulic Machines
Thuong Hoang, Stefan Greuter, Simeon Taylor
(2022), pp. 573-581, IEEE 2022: Proceedings of the Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Conference, Christchurch, N.Z., E1
M Sturdee, M Lewis, M Gamboa, T Hoang, J Miers, I Šmorgun, P Jain, A Strohmayer, S Fdili Alaoui, C Wodtke
(2022), pp. 1-6, CHI 2022: Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New Orleans, LA, E1
Designing public VR installations
S Greuter, F Mueller, T Hoang
(2022), pp. 792-806, DIS 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference: Digital Wellbeing, Virtual Event, Australia, E1
D Lam, T Hoang, A Sajjanhar, F Chen
(2021), Vol. 27, pp. 275-300, New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, C1
D Lam, T Hoang, A Sajjanhar
(2021), Vol. 5, Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, C1
Immersive Collaborative VR Application Design: A Case Study of Agile Virtual Design Over Distance
S Taylor, T Hoang, G Aranda, G Mulvany, S Greuter
(2021), Vol. 13, International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations, C1
Steven Baker, J Waycott, Romina Carrasco, Ryan Kelly, Anthony Jones, Jack Lilley, Briony Dow, F Batchelor, Thuong Hoang, Frank Vetere
(2021), pp. 1-13, CHI 2021 : Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts, Yokohama, Japan, E1
Andrew Irlitti, Thuong Hoang, Frank Vetere
(2021), pp. 1-7, CHI 2021 : Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts, Yokohama, Japan, E1
Ben Cheng, Owen Wang, Di Shao, Chetan Arora, Thuong Hoang, Xiao Liu
(2021), pp. 610-613, CCGrid 2021 : Proceedings of the 21st IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing, Melbourne, Victoria, E1
An Evaluation of Virtual Reality for Fear Arousal Safety Training in the Construction Industry
Thuong Hoang, Stefan Greuter, simeon Taylor, george Aranda, Gerard Mulvany
(2021), pp. 187-192, ISMAR 2021 : Proceedings of the 2021 International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Bari, Italy, E1
Developing Design Guidelines for Virtual Reality based Decision-Making Training for Team Sports
Farah Farizi, Thuong Hoang, Shaun Bangay, Stefan Greuter
(2021), pp. 61-66, CHI PLAY '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, Virtual Event, Austria, E1
Virtual Reality Enabled Human-Centric Requirements Engineering
Owen Wang, Ben Cheng, Thuong Hoang, Chetan Arora, Xiao Liu
(2021), pp. 159-164, ASEW 2021 : Proceedings of the 36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Workshops, Melbourne, Vic., E1
C Burt, L Graham, T Hoang
(2020), Vol. 69, pp. 1-22, International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, C1
Deepti Aggarwal, Bernd Ploderer, Thuong Hoang, Frank Vetere, Mark Bradford
(2020), Vol. 1, pp. 1-29, ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare, New York, N.Y., C1
School's Back : Scaffolding reminiscence in social virtual reality with older adults
Steven Baker, Ryan Kelly, Jenny Waycott, Romina Carrasco, Roger Bell, Zaher Joukhadar, Thuong Hoang, Elizabeth Ozanne, Frank Vetere
(2020), Vol. 4, pp. 1-25, CSCW 2020 : Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Conference, Online (originally Minneapolis, U.S.A.), E1
Di Shao, Xiao Liu, Ben Cheng, Owen Wang, Thuong Hoang
(2020), pp. 1287-1291, ASE2020 : Proceedings of the 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, Melbourne, Victoria - Virtual Event Australia, E1
Lessons learnt from designing a smart clothing telehealth system for hospital use
D Aggarwal, T Hoang, B Ploderer, F Vetere, R Khot, M Bradford
(2020), pp. 355-367, OzCHI 2020 : Proceedings of the 32nd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference 2020, Online from Sydney, Australia, E1
On repurposing social virtual reality platforms to support distributed learning
Shaun Bangay, Guy Wood-Bradley, Hasan Ferdous, Thuong Hoang, Sophie Mckenzie, Alexander Baldwin, Elicia Lanham
(2020), pp. 981-986, WI-IAT : Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, Online, E1
Steven Baker, Jenny Waycott, Frank Vetere, T Hoang
(2019), pp. 231-246, Ageing and digital technology: designing and evaluating emerging technologies for older adults, Singapore, B1
SpinalLog: visuo-haptic feedback in musculoskeletal manipulation training
D Chacon, Eduardo Velloso, T Hoang, Katrin Wolf
(2019), pp. 5-14, TEI 2019 : Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interactions, Tempe, Ariz., E1
Exploring the design of social VR experiences with older adults
Steven Baker, Jenny Waycott, Romina Carrasco, Thuong Hoang, Frank Vetere
(2019), DIS'19 : Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, San Diego, Calif., E1
Hasan Ferdous, Thuong Hoang, Zaher Joukhadar, Martin Reinoso, Frank Vetere, David Kelly, Louisa Remedios
(2019), 2019 CHI : Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Glasgow, Scotland, E1
Interrogating social virtual reality as a communication medium for older adults
Steven Baker, Ryan Kelly, Jenny Waycott, Romina Carrasco, Thuong Hoang, Frances Batchelor, Elizabeth Ozanne, Briony Dow, Jennifer Warburton, Frank Vetere
(2019), Vol. 3, Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, Austin, Tex., E1
D Khan, S Ullah, D Yan, I Rabbi, P Richard, T Hoang, M Billinghurst, X Zhang
(2018), Vol. 6, pp. 22421-22433, IEEE access, Piscataway, N.J., C1-1
M Kefi, T Hoang, P Richard, E Verhulst
(2018), Vol. 22, pp. 339-351, Virtual Reality, C1
Augmented reality learning environment for physiotherapy education
D Kelly, T Hoang, M Reinoso, Z Joukhadar, T Clements, F Vetere
(2018), Vol. 23, pp. 21-28, Physical Therapy Reviews, C1
S Baker, J Warburton, J Waycott, F Batchelor, T Hoang, B Dow, E Ozanne, F Vetere
(2018), Vol. 37, pp. 184-193, Australasian Journal on Ageing, Australia, C1
Body as a canvas: an exploration on the role of the body as display of digital information
T Hoang, H Ferdous, F Vetere, M Reinoso
(2018), pp. 253-263, DIS 2018 : Proceedings of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Hong Kong, China, E1
Sketchi: Hands-on special interest group on sketching in HCI
M Lewis, M Sturdee, N Marquardt, T Hoang
(2018), pp. 1-4, CHI 2018 : Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, Quebec, E1
Manipulating reality? Designing and deploying virtual reality in sensitive settings
J Waycott, G Wadley, S Baker, H Ferdous, T Hoang, K Gerling, C Headleand, A Simeone
(2018), pp. 411-414, DIS 2018: Proceedings of the ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems, Hong Kong, China, E1
Annotating animated AR objects for co-located learning
Martin Reinoso, T Hoang, Frank Vetere, Egemen Tanin
(2018), pp. 470-477, IEEE TALE 2018: Engineering next-generation learning : Proceedings of International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, Wollongong, N.S.W., E1
Alternating reality: An interweaving narrative of physical and virtual cultural exhibitions
T Hoang, T Cox
(2017), Vol. 26, pp. 402-419, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, C1
Augmented studio: projection mapping on moving body for physiotherapy education
T Hoang, M Reinoso, Z Joukhadar, F Vetere, D Kelly
(2017), pp. 1-12, CHI 2017 : Proceedings of the Human Factors in Computing Systems 2017 Conference, Denver, Colorado, E1-1
SoPhy: a wearable technology for lower limb assessment in video consultations of physiotherapy
D Aggarwal, W Zhang, T Hoang, B Ploderer, F Vetere, M Bradford
(2017), pp. 3916-3928, CHI 2017 : Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Denver, Co., E1-1
To be (me) or not to be? Photorealistic avatars and older adults
A Puri, S Baker, T Hoang, R Zuffi
(2017), pp. 503-507, OzCHI 2017 : Proceedings of the 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, Brisbane, Qld., E1
SketchingDIS: hand-drawn sketching in HCI
M Lewis, J Van Dijk, M Sturdee, M Rasmussen, J Alexander, T Hoang
(2017), pp. 356-359, DIS 2017 Companion : Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, Edinburgh, Scotland, E1-1
Using constraint solver for 3D layout assistance in human-scale virtual environment
M Kefi, P Richard, T Hoang, T Yamaguchi, V Barichard
(2017), Vol. 2: HUCAPP, pp. 27-38, HUCAPP 2017 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Human Computer Interaction Theory and Applications, Porto, Portugal, E1-1
SoPhy: smart socks for video consultations of physiotherapy
D Aggarwal, T Hoang, W Zhang, B Ploderer, F Vetere, M Bradford
(2017), Vol. 10516, pp. 424-428, INTERACT 2017 : Proceedings of the 16th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction, Mumbai, India, E1-1
D Aggarwal, B Ploderer, F Vetere, M Bradford, T Hoang
(2016), pp. 1197-1208, DIS 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Fuse, Brisbane, Queensland, E1-1
Older People and Social Participation: From Touch-Screens to Virtual Realities
S Baker, J Waycott, S Pedell, T Hoang, E Ozanne
(2016), pp. 1-10, Proceedings of 2016 ACM International Symposium on Interactive Technology and Ageing Populations (ACM IxAP),, Kochi, Japan, E1-1
HandLog: a deformable tangible device for continuous input through finger flexion
T Beven, T Hoang, M Carter, B Ploderer
(2016), pp. 1-10, OZCHI 2016 : Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Australian Special Interest Group for Computer Human Interaction, Launceston, Tasmania, E1-1
Onebody: remote posture guidance system using first person view in virtual environment
T Hoang, M Reinoso, F Vetere, E Tanin
(2016), pp. 1-10, NORDICHI 2016 : Proceedings of Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Gothenburg, Sweden, E1-1
In bed with technology: challenges and opportunities for sleep tracking
W Liu, B Ploderer, T Hoang
(2015), pp. 142-151, OzCHI 2015 : Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Australian Special Interest Group for Computer Human Interaction : Australia is Being Human, Melbourne, Victoria, E1-1
Tangible virtual kitchen for the rehabilitation of Alzheimer's patients
T Hoang, D Foloppe, P Richard
(2015), pp. 161-162, 3DUI 2015 Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces, Arles, France, E1-1
Ultrasonic glove input device for distance-based interactions
T Hoang, R Smith, B Thomas
(2013), pp. 46-53, ICAT 2013 : Proceedings of the 2013 23rd International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, Tokyo, Japan, E1-1
Passive deformable haptic glove to support 3D interactions in mobile augmented reality environments
T Hoang, R Smith, B Thomas
(2013), pp. 257-258, ISMAR 2013 : Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Adelaide, S. Aust., E1-1
T Hoang, B Thomas
(2010), pp. 1-4, ISWC 2010 : Proceedings of the International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Seoul, South Korea, E1-1
Augmenting image plane AR 3D interactions for wearable computers
T Hoang, S Porter, B Thomas
(2009), Vol. 93, pp. 9-16, AUIC '09 : Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Conference on User Interfaces, Wellington, N.Z., E1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Information Embodiment Framework for Education using Immersive Technologies
A/Prof Thuong Hoang
ARC DECRA - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
- 2022: $115,158
- 2021: $148,334
- 2020: $144,507
Other Public Sector Funding
Next Generation Human Machine Interface Stage 1
Prof Stefan Greuter, A/Prof Thuong Hoang, Mr Simeon Taylor
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
- 2020: $47,040
Industry and Other Funding
Next Generation Human Machine Interface Stage 1
Prof Stefan Greuter, A/Prof Thuong Hoang, Mr Simeon Taylor
Hydac Pty Ltd
- 2020: $22,358
- 2019: $25,284
Learning English as a Second Language in Interactive Virtual Environments with Avatars.
Dr Rui Wang, A/Prof Thuong Hoang, Dr Alessio Bonti, Prof Ly Tran
Shanghai Langjia Traffic Environment Technology Co Ltd
- 2021: $101,040
Supervisions
Mahdi Babaei
Thesis entitled: Medical Chest Tube Insertion Operation Simulator with Tangible User Interface
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), Applied Artificial Intel Ins