Bret Jackson, Ph.D.   (he/him)
Ph.D. Program
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Spotlights
CavePainting on the Cover of VR Developer Gems
Congrats to Dan and Bret on their chapter in the new book, and great choice on the cover!
Two!! IV/LAB papers selected for presentations in 'best of' sessions at SIGGRAPH 2016
Congratulations on the great work Bret and Kate!
Two IV/LAB Papers to Appear at Vis 2013
Papers by Dane Coffey and Bret Jackson have been accepted to appear at the IEEE Visualization conference.
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Bret Jackson awarded the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Publications
2024
Posters
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SyncCube: An Augmented Reality Room Space Synchronization Tool
Tenzin Dayoe, and Bret Jackson. Poster Presented at: Macalester Summer Showcase 2024.
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Drawing From Life in Extended Reality
Tu Tran, and Bret Jackson. Poster Presented at: Macalester Summer Showcase 2024.
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2019
Book Chapters
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VR Developer Gems. Chapter 14: From Painting to Widgets, 6-DOF and Bimanual Input Beyond Pointing
Bret Jackson, and Daniel F. Keefe. William R. Sherman editor, AK Peters/CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group.
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2016
Journal and Conference Articles
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Lift-Off: Using Reference Imagery and Freehand Sketching to Create 3D Models in VR
Bret Jackson, and Daniel F Keefe. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 22, 4, 1442–1451.

Also presented at the Best of IEEE VR session at SIGGRAPH 2016
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Workshop Papers
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Immersive Analytics for Medicine: Hybrid 2D/3D Sketch-Based Interfaces for Annotating Medical Data and Designing Medical Devices
Seth Johnson, Bret Jackson, Bethany Tourek, Marcos Molina, and Arthur G. Erdman, and Daniel F. Keefe. Immersive Analytics: Exploring Future Interaction and Visualization Technologies for Data Analytics, Workshop at IIS 2016.
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2015
Journal and Conference Articles
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Bema: A Multimodal Interface for Expert Experiential Analysis of Political Assemblies at the Pnyx in Ancient Greece
Kyungyoon Kim, Bret Jackson, Ioannis Karamouzas, Moses Adeagbo, Stephen J. Guy, Richard Graff, and Daniel F. Keefe. In Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces. 19–26.
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2014
Ph.D. Theses
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Expressive Spatial Interfaces for Scientific Visualization and Artistic 3D Modeling
Bret Lowell Jackson. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota.
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2013
Journal and Conference Articles
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A Lightweight Tangible 3D Interface for Interactive Visualization of Thin Fiber Structures
Bret Jackson, Tung Yuen Lau, Kate Schroeder, Kimani C. Toussaint Jr., and Daniel F. Keefe. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphic (Proceedings of Scientific Visualization / Information Visualization 2013) 19, 12, 2802-2809.
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#2013
Posters
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Poster: Immersive Visualization and Spatial Analysis of Oratorical Performance Venues in Ancient Greece
Kyungyoon Kim, Bret Jackson, Ioannis Karamouzas, Stephen J. Guy, Richard Graff, and Daniel F. Keefe. CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop.
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Poster: Immersive Visualization and Spatial Analysis of Oratorical Performance Venues in Ancient Greece
Kyungyoon Kim, Bret Jackson, Ioannis Karamouzas, Stephen J. Guy, Richard Graff, and Daniel F. Keefe. Minnesota Supercomputing Institute Research Exhibiton.
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2012
Journal and Conference Articles
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Force Brushes: Progressive Data-Driven Haptic Selection and Filtering for Multi-Variate Flow Visualizations
Bret Jackson, Dane Coffey, and Daniel F. Keefe. In Proceedings of EuroVis 2012, Vienna, Austria. Eurographics Association, 7–11.
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#2012
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Nailing Down Multi-Touch: Anchored Above the Surface Interaction for 3D Modeling and Navigation
Bret Jackson, Kate Schroeder, and Daniel F. Keefe. In Proceedings of Graphics Interface. 181–184.
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Workshop Papers
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Toward Mixed Method Evaluations of Scientific Visualizations and Design Process as an Evaluation Tool
Bret Jackson, Dane Coffey, Lauren Thorson, Kate Schroeder, Arin Ellingson, David Nuckley, and Daniel F. Keefe. BELIV 2012: Beyond Time and Errors: Novel Evaluation Methods for Visualization, Workshop at IEEE VisWeek 2012.
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Immersive VR Touch Workbenches: Applications in Engineering and Art
Dane Coffey, Bret Jackson, and Daniel F. Keefe. The 3rd Dimension of CHI (3DCHI) Touching and Designing 3D User Interfaces Workshop at CHI 2012.
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Immersive VR for Visualizing Ancient Greek Rhetoric
Bret Jackson, Kyungyoon Kim, Richard Graff, Azadeh Rabbani, Christopher L. Johnstone, and Daniel F. Keefe. Immersive Visualization Revisited: Challenge and Opportunities Workshop at IEEE VR 2012.
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Posters
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Poster: Visualizing Ancient Greek Rhetoric in Immersive Virtual Reality
Bret Jackson, Kyungyoon Kim, Lauren Thorson, Richard Graff, Azadeh Rabbani, Christopher L. Johnstone, and Daniel F. Keefe. Minnesota U-Spatial Symposium 2012 (Best Poster Humanities Category).
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Poster: Visualizing Ancient Greek Rhetoric in Immersive Virtual Reality
Kyungyoon Kim, Bret Jackson, Lauren Thorson, Richard Graff, Azadeh Rabbani, Christopher L. Johnstone, and Daniel F. Keefe. Minnesota Supercomputing Institute Research Exhibition 2012 (Best Poster Finalist).
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2011
Workshop Papers
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Sketching Over Props: Understanding and Interpreting 3D Sketch Input Relative to Rapid Prototype Props
Bret Jackson, and Daniel F. Keefe. IUI 2011 Sketch Recognition Workshop.
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#2011
Posters
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Poster: Supporting Internal Visualization of Biomedical Dataset via 3D Rapid Prototypes and Sketch-based Gestures
Vamsi Konchada, Bret Jackson, Trung Le, Iman Borazjani, Fotis Sotiropoulos, and Daniel F. Keefe. Interactive Graphics and Games 2011.
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Themes
Art and Design in Visualization
AR/MR/VR Tools for Free-Form 3D Artistic Expression
Data Physicalization
Improviing data understanding and engagement by making data visualizations physical.
Immersive Data Visualization
When should we walk inside our data?
3D Painting
AR/MR/VR Tools for Free-Form 3D Artistic Expression
XR User Interfaces
Novel Spatial User Interfaces for 3D Modeling, Navigation, Selection, Manipulation, and More.
Projects
Drawing from Life in Extended Reality
Collaborative Research: HCC: Small: RUI: Drawing from Life in Extended Reality: Advancing and Teaching Cross-Reality User Interfaces for Observational 3D Sketching
Visualization by Sketching, Analogy, and Computational Creativity
NSF 1218058
Intelligent Interactive Imaging (3I)
Coupling Smart Spatial Visualization Interfaces with Real-Time Second-Harmonic Generation Microscopy