Hrvoje Benko 

Hrvoje Benko
Researcher at Microsoft Research
Address: Bldg. 99, One Microsoft Way, Redmond WA 98052-6399, USA
Phone: 425-707-2731
Email: benko (at) microsoft . com
 
 

 About Me

I am a member of the Adaptive Systems and Interaction group at Microsoft Research.

My research is in new form factors for surface computing, multi-touch input, 2D and 3D interactions, multi-display environments, human-computer interaction, and augmented reality technology.

I did my Ph.D. in Computer Science at Columbia University. My dissertation research was done with Prof. Steven Feiner and I focused on user interactions in hybrid environments that combined head-worn displays with other interactive surfaces in the environment.

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 Recent Projects

Sphere Sphere: Multi-Touch Interactive Spherical Display

 Publications

Peer Reviewed Papers and Technotes:
   
Benko, H., Wilson, A., and Balakrishnan, R. "Sphere: Multi-Touch Interactions on a Spherical Display" Proc. User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '08). Monterey, CA. 2008. pp. 77-86. pdf (1MB)
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Benko, H. and Feiner, S. "Pointer Warping in Heterogeneous Multi-Monitor Environments." Proc. Graphics Interface '07. Montreal, Canada. May 28-30, 2007. pp. 111–117. pdf (5.5MB)
   
Benko, H. and Feiner, S. "Balloon Selection: A Multi-Finger Technique for Accurate Low-Fatigue 3D Selections." Proc. IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces. Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. March 10–11, 2007. pp. 79–86. pdf (0.8MB)
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Benko, H., Wilson, A. D., and Baudisch, P. "Precise Selection Techniques for Multi-Touch Screens." Proc. ACM CHI 2006 (CHI'06: Human Factors in Computing Systems). Montreal, Canada. April 24–27, 2006. pp. 1263–1272. pdf (1MB)
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Benko, H., Feiner, S. "Multi-Monitor Mouse." In Proc. ACM CHI 2005 (CHI'05: Human Factors in Computing Systems) Extended Abstracts. Portland, Oregon, USA. April 2–7, 2005. pp. 1208–1211. pdf (1.4MB)
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Benko, H., Ishak, E.W., Feiner, S. "Cross-Dimensional Gestural Interaction Techniques for Hybrid Immersive Environments." In Proc. IEEE Virtual Reality (VR 2005). Bonn, Germany. March 10–12, 2005. pp. 209–116. pdf (2.5MB)
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Benko, H., Ishak, E.W., Feiner, S. "Collaborative Mixed Reality Visualization of an Archaeological Excavation." In Proc. The International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2004). November 2–5, 2004. pp. 132–140. pdf (1.3MB)
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Thorisson, K., Benko, H., Abramov, D., Arnold, A., Maskey, S., Vaseekaran, A."Constructionist Design Methodology for Interactive Intelligences." AI Magazine. Vol. 25, No. 4. Winter 2004. pp. 77–90. pdf (1MB)
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Allen, P., Feiner, S. Troccoli, A., Benko, H., Ishak, E., Smith, B. "Seeing into the Past: Creating a 3D Modeling Pipeline for Archaeological Visualization." In Proc. International Symposium on 3D Data Processing Visualization and Transmission (3DPVT 2004), 2004. pp. 751–758. pdf (1.2MB)
   
Allen, P., Feiner, S., Meskell, L., Ross, K., Troccoli, A., Smith, B., Benko, H., Ishak, E., Conlon, J. "Digitally Modeling, Visualizing and Preserving Archaeological Sites." In Proc. Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2004 (JCDL 2004). Tuscon, AZ. June 7–11, 2004. pp. 389. pdf (0.3MB)
   
Kaiser, E., Olwal, A., McGee, D., Benko, H., Corradini, A., Li, X., Cohen, P., Feiner, S. "Mutual Dissambiguation of 3D Multimodal Interaction in Augmented and Virtual Reality." In Proc. The Fifth International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI 2003). Vancouver, BC. Canada. November 5–7, 2003. pp. 12–19. pdf (2MB)
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Olwal, A., Benko, H., Feiner, S. "SenseShapes: Using Statistical Geometry for Object Selection in a Multimodal Augmented Reality System." In Proc. The Second International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2003). Tokyo, Japan. October 7-10, 2003. pp. 300–301. pdf (0.3MB)
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Benko, H. "e-Ireland: Europe's New Internet Hub." (Journal) Perspectives on Business and Economics, Volume 19. Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA. 2001. pp. 39–48. pdf (0.3MB)
   
   
   
Ph.D. Thesis:
Benko, H. "User Interaction in Hybrid Multi-Display Environments" Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY. May 2007. pdf (12.4MB)
   
   
   
Technical Reports and Workshop Papers:
Ishak, E., Benko, H., Feiner, S. "Development and Evaluation of Mixed Reality Interaction Techniques." Workshop on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI at IEEE VR'05). Bonn, Germany. March 10–12, 2005. pdf (0.3MB)
   
Benko, H., Ishak, E.W., Feiner, S. "Cross-Dimensional Gestural Interaction Techniques for Hybrid Immersive Environments." Columbia University, New York. Technical Report. CUCS-029-04, August 2004. pdf (2.7MB)
   
Benko, H., Ishak, E., Feiner, S. "Collaborative Visualization of an Archaeological Excavation." Workshop on Collaborative Virtual Reality and Visualization (CVRV 2003). Lake Tahoe, CA. October 26-28, 2003. pdf (1.2MB)
   
   
   
Demos/Posters:
Benko, H., Wilson, A. "DepthTouch: Using Depth-Sensing Camera to Enable Freehand Interactions On and Above the Interactive Surface." IEEE Workshop on Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces '08. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, October 1-3, 2008. pdf (1.2MB)
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Benko, H., Ishak, E.W., Feiner, S. "VITA: Visual Interaction Tool for Archaeology." The International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2004). November 2–5, 2004. pdf (0.2MB)
   
Benko, H., Ishak, E.W., Feiner, S. "VITA: Visual Interaction Tool for Archaeology (Demo)." In Proc. The ACM SIGMM Effective Telepresence Workshop (ACM SIGMM ETP 2004), October 15, 2004. pp. 48–49. pdf (0.2MB)
   
Feiner, S. Bell, B., Benko, H., Blasko, G., Güven, S., Hallaway, D., Hoellerer, T., and Lok, S. "Mobile Augmented Reality Systems." Living with the Genie: Governing Scientific and Technological Transformation in the 21st Century. New York, NY. March 5-7, 2002.  
   
   
   
Invited Talks:
Benko, H. "Collaborative Mixed Reality Visualization of an Archaeological Excavation". MIT Media Lab. January 12, 2005. ppt (13MB)
   
Benko, H., Troccoli, A. "Creating Telepresence: 3D Modeling and Visualization of an Archaeological Excavation". Ph.D. Seminar, Computer Science, Columbia University. November 23, 2004. ppt (36MB)