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Journal Papers

Hand, C. "Electronic Devices as Design Exploration". Keho/Peach FP6 Coordination Action on Presence. Issue 2 (Autumn 2007), pp12-14. PDF[4.6M]

Deol, K. K., Steed, A., Hand, C., Istance, H. and Tromp, J. "Usability Evaluation for Virtual Environments: Methods, Results and Future Directions" (part 2). Interfaces No 44 (Autumn 2000), pp4-7. (ISSN: 1351-119X) PDF[440k]

Deol, K. K., Steed, A., Hand, C., Istance, H. and Tromp, J. "Usability Evaluation for Virtual Environments: Methods, Results and Future Directions" (part 1). Interfaces No 43 (Summer 2000), pp4-8. (ISSN: 1351-119X) PDF[615k]

Graves, A., Hand, C. and Hugill, A. "MidiVisualiser: interactive music visualisation using VRML". Organised Sound 4(1):15-23 (1999). (ISSN: 1355-7718)

Hand, C., Lingard, S. and Skipper, M. "A Collaborative Environment for Role-Playing in Object Space". Virtual Reality: Research, Development and Application, 3(1) :49-58. (1998) (ISSN: 1359-4338)

Hand, C. "A Survey of 3D Interaction Techniques". Computer Graphics Forum, 16(5): 269-281. Dec 1997. (ISSN: 0167-7055) PDF[200k]

Conference Papers

Coleman, G. W., Hand, C., Macaulay, C. and Newell, A. F. "Approaches to Auditory Interface Design - Lessons from Computer Games". Proceedings of ICAD 05 - Eleventh Meeting of the International Conference on Auditory Display, Limerick, Ireland, July 6-9, 2005. pp99-104. PDF[72k]

Hand, C. and Fox, C. "Reflections on the Design Of ToeTapper, a Foot-Operated System for Musical Performance and Composition". Proceedings of Include 2005: International Conference on Inclusive Design, Royal College of Art, London, April 5-8, 2005. (ISBN: 1-905000-10-3) PDF[640k]

Surman, P., Sexton, I. and Hand, C. "Autostereo 3D-TV with Head Tracking". in Proceedings of Electronic Information Displays (EID 2000), ExCeL, London, November 21-23, 2000.

Graham, M., Kennedy, J. B. and Hand, C. "A Comparison of Set-Based and Graph-Based Visualisations of Overlapping Classification Hierarchies". International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2000), Palermo, Italy, May 24-26, 2000. pp41-50. ACM Press: 2000. (ISBN: 1-58113-252-2) PDF[217k]

Graham, M., Kennedy, J. B. and Hand, C. "The Challenge of Visualising Multiple Overlapping Classification Hierarchies". In Proceedings of User Interfaces to Data Intensive Systems (UIDIS'99), Edinburgh, Scotland, 5-6 September, 1999. IEEE Computer Society: Los Alamitos, CA, 1999. pp42-51. (ISBN: 0-7695-0262-8) PDF[178k]

Hand, C. "Mixed Arcadian Reality: Exploiting Synergies Between the Real and the Virtual". Workshop on Arcadian Virtuality - Ecological Information Spaces, at i3 Spring Days Conference, Sitges, Spain, 7-10 March 1999. HTML

Istance, H. and Hand, C. "Individual Differences in Navigating Virtual Environments: Navigation Aids in Perspective". In Proceedings of First International Workshop on Usability Evaluation for Virtual Environments (UEVE'98), De Montfort University, Leicester, 17th December 1998. pp65-68.

Kaur, K., Tromp, J., Hand, C., Istance, H. and Steed, A. "Usability Evaluation for Virtual Environments". In Proceedings of First International Workshop on Usability Evaluation for Virtual Environments (UEVE'98), De Montfort University, Leicester, 17th December 1998. pp1-5.

Tromp, J., Kaur, K., Hand, C., Istance, H. and Steed, A. "Usability for VR Interfaces" in Proceedings of Collaborative Virtual Environments 1998, 17-19th June 1998, Manchester, UK. p31.

Graves, A., Hand, C. and Hugill, A. "Interactive Visualisation of Musical Form Using VRML". in Proceedings of the Fourth UK VR-SIG Conference, R Bowden (Ed), 1st Nov 1997, Brunel University, UK, pp 98-109. (ISBN: 1-872166-64-4) HTML

Edwards, J. and Hand, C. "MaPS: Movement and Planning Support for Navigation in an Immersive VRML Browser" Proceedings of The Second Annual Symposium on the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML'97), Monterey, California, USA, February 24-26, 1997. ACM: New York. pp65-73. (ISBN: 0-89791-886-X) PDF[220k]

Callaghan, M. and Hand, C. "Presentation and Representation of Implicit Knowledge in the World Wide Web". Workshop on Knowledge Media for Improving Organizational Expertise - Impacts of new methods and enabling technologies, at International Conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management, Basel, Switzerland, 30-31 October 1996. HTML

Hand, C. and Skipper, M. "A Collaborative Environment for Role-Playing in Object Space". Proceedings of Collaborative Virtual Environments 1996, University of Nottingham, UK. 19-20th September 1996.

Hand, C. "Some User Interface Issues for Hypermedia Virtual Environments". Position paper for Workshop on Virtual Environments and the WWW, Fifth International World-Wide Web Conference, Paris, France, 6-10 May 1996. HTML

Hand, C. "Creating hypermedia documents by doing: an alternative to authoring". IEE Colloquium on The Authoring and Application of Hypermedia-Based User Interfaces, London, 14th November 1995. Digest No: 95/202. pp3/1-3/3. HTML

Hand, C., Skipper, M. and Dinsdale, A. "Collaborative Object-Oriented Design using Role-Playing in Shared Virtual Spaces". Proceedings of the 4D Dynamics Conference, De Montfort University, Leicester. September 21 1995. pp 59-62. (ISBN: 1857211308) HTML

Skipper, M. and Hand, C. "TaTTOO'95 On-Line: A Report". In Proceedings of TaTTOO'95: Teaching and Training in the Technology of Objects. De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. January 4-6 1995. HTML

Hand, C. "Other Faces of Virtual Reality". Proceedings of the East-West International Conference on Multimedia, Hypermedia and Virtual Reality. Moscow, Russia. September 14-16, 1994. pp 69-74.

Hand, C., Sexton, I. and Mullen, M. "A Linguistic Approach to the Recognition of Hand Gestures". Designing Future Interaction conference (Ergonomics Society/iEE), University of Warwick, 18th April 1994. HTML

Hand, C. "From Dreams to Reality". in Proceedings of the 1st UK VR-SIG Conference, Nottingham University, March 1994.

 

Books and Book Chapters

Hand, C (ed). Proceedings of the 3rd UK VR-SIG Conference. De Montfort University, 3rd July 1996. (ISBN 1-857-21216-9)

Hand, C. "Terrain Modelling in Virtual Worlds" in Robin Hollands, The Virtual Reality Homebrewer's Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, June 1996 (ISBN 0-471-95871-9)

Hand, C. "Other Faces of Virtual Reality". In P. Brusilovsky, P. Kommers and N. Streitz (eds.): Multimedia, Hypermedia and Virtual Reality: Models, Systems, and Applications. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 1077. pp107-116. (ISBN 3-540-61282-3)

Invited Talks

C. Hand. Embodiment and the Everyday. Presentation for Microsoft Research Lab Cambridge, 19th Feb 2007.

C. Hand. DIY Hacks for iCubeX and Max. Lecture and hands-on workshop on "hacking" game controllers and building DIY sensors for interactive installations with Max/MSP. For students on MSc Design & Digital Media and MSc Sound Design, School of Arts, Culture and Environment, University of Edinburgh. 27th Jan 2005.

C. Hand. Exploring Navigation and Manipulating Interaction in VRML. Presentation for "VRML Day" seminar, EPSRC Visualization and Virtual Environments Community Club (VVECC), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire. 21st May 1997.

C. Hand and P. Muston. Highly Interactive Web Pages. Presentation for Leicester Branch of The British Computer Society, 24th April 1997.

C. Hand and M. Skipper. TaTTOO'95 On-Line. Presented at the MOO Workshop, FLISH'95 (Flexible Learning on the Information Superhighway) conference. Open University, Milton Keynes, 29-31 March 1995.

C. Hand. Moving a Conference onto the Internet. Presented at the Conference of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC), Manchester, 17-18th July 1995.