Publications

Meera, B., Skrove, Z., Kinney, L., Lee, J., Shields, R., Sprecher, B., … Fields, B. (2025). The Usability of the Augmented Reality Home Assessment Tool (ARHAT): A Survey Study. Journal of Aging and Environment, 39(4), 439–454.

Demonstrating Replay for Highly Scalable and Cost-Effective User Research of Virtual Reality Learning Games. (2025). Immersive Learning Research – Academic, 1(1), 44-50.

Whitman, Thea & Tredinnick, Ross. (2025). Soil:Micro – a Free Data-Based Virtual Reality Experience of Soil at a Microbial Scale. Pedobiologia. 110. 151039.

Shin, J. hye, Deniz, H. B., Shields, R., Tredinnick, R., Çağıltay, B., Sprecher, B., … Ponto, K. (2025). Breaking Barriers in Accessibility: Mobile AR Solutions for Home Assessments. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 41(21), 13516–13534.

Ponto, R. Tredinnick, S. Gagnon and D. Gagnon, “Virtual Reality Antarctic Weather Station Repair for Informal STEM Learning,” 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), Saint Malo, France, 2025, pp. 1624-1625

Tredinnick R., B. Sprecher and K. Ponto, “Surround-Screen-Based Display Systems in Immersive Visualization Laboratories: Applications, Benefits, and Lower-Cost Solutions,” in 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), Saint Malo, France, 2025, pp. 193-197

Ponto, K., Hartung, L., Zhao, Y., Sprecher, B., Tredinnick, R., & Banerjee, S. (2025). EasyVizAR: Supporting First Responders Through the Use of Collaborative Augmented Reality Tools. Applied Sciences, 15(21), 11498.

Ross Tredinnick, Karen Schloss, Kevin Ponto; Past, Present, and Future Thoughts on Immersive Visualization Laboratories Through the Story of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Virtual Environments Group. PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality 2024; 33 1–12

Kexin Zhang, Brianna R Cochran, Ruijia Chen, Lance Hartung, Bryce Sprecher, Ross Tredinnick, Kevin Ponto, Suman Banerjee, and Yuhang Zhao. 2024. Exploring the Design Space of Optical See-through AR Head-Mounted Displays to Support First Responders in the Field. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 189, 1–19.

Shin JH, Shields R, Lee J, Skrove Z, Tredinnick R, Ponto K, Fields B. Quality and Accessibility of Home Assessment mHealth Apps for Community Living: Systematic Review. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2024 Mar 11;12:e52996. doi: 10.2196/52996. PMID: 38466987; PMCID: PMC10980499.

Fields B, Skrove Z, Tredinnick R, Sprecher B, Lee J, Shields R, Ponto K, Shin JH. THE USABILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF THE AUGMENTED REALITY HOME ASSESSMENT TOOL (ARHAT). Innov Aging. 2023 Dec 21;7(Suppl 1):1142–3. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igad104.3668. PMCID: PMC10739535.

Ponto et al., “The Benefits of Utilizing Augmented Reality as a Tool for Assessments,” 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), Sydney, Australia, 2023, pp. 393-398, doi: 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct60411.2023.00085.

Gagnon, D.J., Ponto, K., Verbeke, M., Nathan, M., Kopp, K., Tredinnick, R. (2023). Waddle: Developing Empathy for Adélie Penguins By Direct Embodiment in Virtual Reality. In: Haahr, M., Rojas-Salazar, A., Göbel, S. (eds) Serious Games. JCSG 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14309. Springer, Cham.

Kevin Ponto, Ross Tredinnick, Rachael Shields, Beth Fields, and Jung-hye Shin. 2023. Utilizing AR as a Tool for Assessing Accessibility in the Home. In Proceedings of the 29th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 87, 1–2.

Kevin Ponto, Ross Tredinnick, Monae Verbeke, Kaldan Kopp, Luke Swanson, and David Gagnon. 2023. Waddle: using virtual penguin embodiment as a vehicle for empathy and informal learning. In Proceedings of the 29th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 90, 1–2.

Fields B, Fitzpatrick M, Kinney L, Lee J, Sprecher B, Tredinnick R, Ponto K, Shin JH. Evaluating the Acceptability and Appropriateness of the Augmented Reality Home Assessment Tool (ARHAT): Qualitative Descriptive Study. JMIR Aging. 2023 Sep 27;6:e44525

Skrove, Z., Fitzpatrick, M., Kinney, L., Sprecher, B., Tredinnick, R., Ponto, K., … & Fields, B. (2023). Development of the augmented reality home assessment tool (arhat): A qualitative descriptive study. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(Supplement_2), 7711500020p1-7711500020p1.

Madsen, J. D., Gagnon, D., Pronto, K., Roman, D., Tangen, T., Tredinnick, R., & Verbeke, M. (2022, December). Expedition VRctica: Story-based virtual reality experiences to engage new audiences in polar science. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2022, pp. ED52A-07).

Ponto, K., & Tredinnick, R. (2022). Opportunities for utilizing consumer grade 3D capture tools for insurance documentation. International Journal of Information Technology, 14(6), 2757-2766.

K. Ponto, J. Kohlmann, and R. Tredinnick. Dscvr: designing a commodityhybrid virtual reality system. Virtual Reality, pages 1–14, 2014.

Tredinnick, R.; Suplinski, C.; Vanderheiden, J.; Madsen, J., “CAVE Visualization of the IceCube Neutrino Detector” Virtual Reality, 2014 IEEE Conference, April 2014

Ponto, K.; Chen, K..; Tredinnick, R..; Radwin, R., “Assessing Exertions: How an increased level of immersion unwittingly leads to more natural behavior.” Virtual Reality, 2014 IEEE Conference, April 2014

Nicolalde, F.D.; Freese, V.; Ponto, K.; Tredinnick, R.; Kinneberg, M.; “Applying Kanban to Healthcare via Immersive 3D Virtual Reality”. 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), 2014 IEEE Symposium on, March 2014.

Radwin, Robert G; Chen, Karen B; Ponto, Kevin; Tredinnick, Ross D; “Virtual Exertions Physical Interactions in a Virtual Reality CAVE for Simulating Forceful Tasks”. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 57, 1, 967-971 2013. SAGE Publications.

Tredinnick, R.; Ponto, K, “Poster: Say It To See It: A Speech Based Immersive Model Retrieval System” 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), 2013 IEEE Symposium on, 181-182, March 2013

Ponto, K.; Tredinnick, R.; Bartholomew, A.; Roy, C.; Szafir, D.; Greenheck, D.; Kohlmann, J. “SculptUp: A Rapid Immersive 3D Modeling Environment”. 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), 2013 IEEE Symposium on, 199-200, March 2013

Tredinnick R.; Anderson, L.; Ries, B.; Interrante,V.(2006) “A Tablet Based Immersive Architectural Design Tool”, Synthetic Landscapes [Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)], pp. 328-340.