James Baumeister

Research Interests

Computer Perception, Memory and Attention Human-centred computing Information systems user experience design and development Virtual and mixed reality

Dr James Baumeister

Lecturer, Information Technology

School of Computer Science and Information Technology

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Date Position Institution name
2025 - ongoing Lecturer University of South Australia

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2020 Award John Makepeace Bennett Award Computing Research and Education (CORE) Australia -
2018 Award Mike Miller Medal University of South Australia Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
2015 University of South Australia Australia Doctor of Philosophy
2011 University of South Australia Australia Bachelor Degree (Honours)
2005 University of South Australia Australia Bachelor Degree (Honours)

Year Citation
2024 McKechnie-Martin, C. T., Cunningham, A., Baumeister, J., & Von Itzstein, G. S. (2024). A Meta-Ethnography of Player Motivation in Digital Games: The 28 Dimensions of Play. Games and Culture, online, 25 pages.
DOI Scopus4
2023 Drogemuller, A., Cunningham, A., Walsh, J., Baumeister, J., Smith, R. T., & Thomas, B. H. (2023). Aesthetics and comprehension of curved 3D graphs in Virtual Reality. Journal of Computer Languages, 75(101198), 1-18.
DOI
2023 Volmer, B., Baumeister, J., Von Itzstein, S., Schlesewsky, M., Bornkessel Schlesewsky, I., & Thomas, B. H. (2023). Event related brain responses reveal the impact of spatial augmented reality predictive cues on mental effort. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 29(12), 4990-5007.
DOI Scopus4
2021 Immink, M. A., Cross, Z. R., Chatburn, A., Baumeister, J., Schlesewsky, M., & Bornkessel Schlesewsky, I. (2021). Resting-state aperiodic neural dynamics predict individual differences in visuomotor performance and learning. Human Movement Science, 78(article no. 102829), 1-13.
DOI Scopus27 Europe PMC29
2020 Ping, J., Thomas, B. H., Baumeister, J., Guo, J., Weng, D., & Liu, Y. (2020). Effects of shading model and opacity on depth perception in optical see-through augmented reality. Journal of the Society for Information Display, 28(11), 892-904.
DOI Scopus49 WoS43
2018 Volmer, B., Baumeister, J., Von Itzstein, S., Bornkessel Schlesewsky, I., Schlesewsky, M., Billinghurst, M., & Thomas, B. H. (2018). A comparison of predictive spatial augmented reality cues for procedural tasks. IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics, 24(11), 2846-2856.
DOI Scopus45 Europe PMC8
2017 Baumeister, J., Ssin, S. Y., Elsayed, N. A. M., Dorrian, J., Webb, D. P., Walsh, J. A., . . . Thomas, B. H. (2017). Cognitive Cost of Using Augmented Reality Displays. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 23(11), 2378-2388.
DOI Scopus136 WoS115 Europe PMC22
2016 Baumeister, J., Dorrian, J., Banks, S., Chatburn, A., Smith, R. T., Carskadon, M. A., . . . Thomas, B. H. (2016). Augmented reality as a countermeasure for sleep deprivation. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and computer graphics, 22(4), 1396-1405.
DOI Scopus8

Year Citation
2024 Gower, J., Baumeister, J., Thomas, B. H., & Zucco, J. (2024). Augmented reality annotations for assisting with decision-making and time-critical tasking. In Proceedings - 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR 2024 (pp. 865-873). US: IEEE.
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2023 Gower, J., Baumeister, J., Thomas, B. H., & Zucco, J. (2023). Augmented reality annotations in a collaborative time-critical task. In Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2023 (pp. 631-636). US: IEEE.
DOI Scopus2
2022 Barbotin, N., Baumeister, J., Cunningham, A., Duval, T., Grisvard, O., & Thomas, B. H. (2022). Evaluating Visual Cues for Future Airborne Surveillance Using Simulated Augmented Reality Displays. In Proceedings 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces VR 2022 (pp. 213-221). US: IEEE COMPUTER SOC.
DOI Scopus15 WoS12
2022 Volmer, B., Baumeister, J., Matthews, R., Grosser, L., Von Ltzstein, S., Banks, S., & Thomas, B. H. (2022). A comparison of spatial augmented reality predictive cues and their effects on sleep deprived users. In 2022 IEEE Conference On Virtual Reality And 3D User Interfaces (Vr 2022) (pp. 589-598). US: IEEE.
DOI Scopus4
2022 Gower, J., Baumeister, J., Knight, M., Thomas, B., & Zucco, J. (2022). Augmented reality support for performance and decision-making in collaborative time-critical tasks. In Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2022 (pp. 958-963). US: IEEE.
DOI Scopus2
2021 Drogemuller, A., Cunningham, A., & Walsh, J. (2021). Haptic and visual comprehension of a 2d graph layout through physicalisation. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (pp. 1-16). US: Association for Computing Machinery.
DOI Scopus17
2021 Walsh, J. A., Baumeister, J., & Thomas, B. H. (2021). Spatial augmented reality visibility and line-of-sight cues for building design. In S. N. Spencer (Ed.), Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology VRST (pp. 5 pages). US: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2021 Martin, C. T., Baumeister, J., Cunningham, A., & Von Itzstein, G. S. (2021). The spheres of player motivation: Towards a new typology for player motivation in digital games. In Chi Play 2021 Extended Abstracts of the 2021 Annual Symposium on Computer Human Interaction in Play (pp. 140-145). US: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY.
DOI Scopus3
2015 Baumeister, J., Marner, M., Smith, R., Kohler, M., & Thomas, B. (2015). Visual subliminal cues for spatial augmented reality. In T. Oishi, & J. Grubert (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Workshops, ISMARW 2015 (pp. 4-11). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus3 WoS5
2015 Thomas, B. H., Welch, G. F., & Baumeister, J. (2015). Human perception and psychology in augmented reality (HPPAR). In Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Workshops (pp. 3). US: IEEE.
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2014 Thomas, B. H., Marner, M. R., Smith, R. T., El, S. N., Itzstein, G. S., Klein, K., . . . Suthers, T. (2014). Spatial augmented reality: a tool for 3D data visualization. In 2014 IEEE VIS International Workshop on 3DVis: does 3D really make sense for data visualization (pp. 45-50). US: IEEE Press.
DOI Scopus28
2014 Baumeister, J., & Thomas, B. H. (2014). Crossing spatial augmented reality with psychology. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications (pp. 1-6). US: ICITA.

  • VineSight: Augmented Reality Field-based Diagnostics for Vineyard Disease Detection, CRC SAAFE Limited, 05/09/2025 - 05/09/2026

  • Exploring satellite configurations in mixed reality, Cwth Dept of Defence, 06/11/2025 - 05/06/2026

  • Subtle Cuing for Improving Depth Perception Under Fatigue 2, I-Know Centre Research GmbH, 13/06/2025 - 31/01/2026

  • Reviewing CDR User Requirements, Department of the Treasury, 07/03/2025 - 30/12/2025

  • Subtle Cuing for Improving Depth Perception Under Fatigue, I-Know Centre Research GmbH, 18/07/2024 - 20/12/2024

  • Independent Health Check (Dark Patterns), Department of the Treasury, 02/02/2024 - 30/06/2024

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