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Dr. Frank Steinicke

Contact Information

Function: Senior Researcher
Phone: +49 (251) 83-38442
Fax: +49 (251) 83-33755
Room: 605
Office hours: Wednesday 14-15h)

Research Interests

  • human-computer interaction
  • 3D user interfaces
  • virtual reality
  • interaction metaphors
  • perception in computer graphics

Prices and Awards

  • "Best Paper Award" auf der ACM Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), Kyoto, Japan.
  • "Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award" auf der International Conference on CYBERWORLDS, Bradford, UK.
  • "Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award" auf der IEEE International Conference on Virtual Reality (VR), Lafayette, USA
  • "Best Paper Award" at the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), Lafayette (LA), USA
  • "Best Paper Award" on International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI), Cancun, Mexico
  • "Honorable Mention for Best Paper" on ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) 2008 in Bordeaux, France
  • "Best Paper Award" on Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC) in Laval, France
  • "Honorable Mention for Best Poster" on IEEE Virtual Reality (VR) 2008 in Reno, NV, USA
  • "Best Paper Award" on International Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (GRAPP) 2008 in Funchal, Portugal

Previous and Ongoing Projects

Current Teaching

See here.

Publications

Publications in 2010
Navigation through Geospatial Environments with a Multi-Touch enabled Human-Transporter Metaphor  
Dimitar Valkov, Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Geoinformatik - 2010, accepted.
A Multi-Touch enabled Human-Transporter Metaphor for Virtual 3D Traveling   template.pdf
Dimitar Valkov, Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI) - 2010, accepted as TechNote.
Immersive Virtual Studio for Architectural Exploration  
Gerd Bruder, Frank Steinicke, Dimitar Valkov, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI) (Poster Presentation) - 2010, accepted.
IEEE VR Tutorial: Walking Through Virtual Worlds  
Frank Steinicke, Anatole Lecuyer, Marc Ernst
IEEE Press, Courses Notes - 2010, accepted.
Gradual Transitions and their Effects on Presence and Distance Estimation  
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Anthony Steed
Computers & Graphics, Volume 34, Number 1, page 26-33 - 2010
Change Blindness Phenomena for Stereoscopic Projection Systems   steinicke_vr10.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Pete Willemsen
IEEE International Conference on Virtual Reality (VR) - 2010, accepted.
Estimation of Detection Thresholds for Redirected Walking Techniques   tvcg09.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Jason Jerald, Harald Frenz, Markus Lappe
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Volume 16, Number 1, page 17-27 - 2010
 
Publications in 2009
Darstellung physikalischer Objekte in Immersiven Head-Mounted Display Umgebungen   gi09.pdf
Annika Busch, Marius Staggenborg, Tobias Brix, Gerd Bruder, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Tagungsband zum 6. Workshop Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR, page 233-244 - 2009
Judgment of Natural Perspective Projections in Head-Mounted Display Environments   vrst09.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Scott Kuhl, Pete Willemsen, Markus Lappe, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) - 2009, accepted.
Reorientation during Body Turns   JVRC09.pdf
Gerd Bruder, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Markus Lappe
Proceedings of the Joint Virtual Reality Conference of EGVE - ICAT - EuroVR, page 145-152 - 2009
Transitional Environments Enhance Distance Perception in Immersive Virtual Reality Systems   apgv_final_new.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Brian Ries, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Markus Lappe, Victoria Interrante
Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization, page 19-26 - 2009
Enhancing Presence in Head-mounted Display Environments by Visual Body Feedback using Head-mounted Cameras   cw09.pdf
Gerd Bruder, Frank Steinicke, Kai Rothaus, Klaus H. Hinrichs
International Conference on CyberWorlds, page 43-50 - 2009
About Two Physical Interaction Metaphors: Narrowing the Gap between the Virtual and the Real World  
Antonio Krüger, Johannes Schöning, Markus Löchtefeld, Frank Steinicke, Michael Rohs
International Symposium on Ubiquitous Virtual Reality - 2009, accepted.
Presence-Enhancing Real Walking User Interface for First-Person Video Games   template.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Anthony Steed
ACM SIGGRAPH, Game Paper - 2009
Exploration von 3D-Stadtmodellen durch X-Ray-CiView  
Tim Reinermann, Daniel Geißler, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Geoinformatik, IFGI Prints 35, page 255-258 - 2009
Visual Identity from Egocentric Camera Images for Head-Mounted Display Environments  
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Kai Rothaus, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceeding of VirtuaI Reality International Conference, page 289-290 - 2009
Real Walking through Virtual Environments by Redirection Techniques   jvrb-article.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Jason Jerald, Harald Frenz, Markus Lappe
Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting, Volume 6, Number 2 - 2009, ISSN 1860-2037.
Bimanual Interaction with Interscopic Multi-Touch Surfaces  
Johannes Schöning, Frank Steinicke, Dimitar Valkov, Antonio Krüger, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of 12th IFIP TC13 Conference in Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) - 2009, (accepted).
Scene-Motion Thresholds Correlate with Angular Head Motions for Immersive Virtual Environments  
Jason Jerald, Mary Whitton, Frank Steinicke
International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI), page 69–75 - 2009
Workshop on Perceptual Illusions in Virtual Environments (PIVE)   pive_proceedings.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Pete Willemsen
Proceedings - 2009
Scene Instability During Head Turns   pive2009_submission_7.pdf
Jason Jerald, Frank Steinicke
Proceedings of IEEE VR Workshop on Perceptual Illusions in Virtual Environments (PIVE), page 4-6 - 2009
Impact of Gender on Discrimination between Real and Virtual Stimuli   pive2009_submission_2.pdf
Gerd Bruder, Frank Steinicke, Harald Frenz, Markus Lappe, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of IEEE VR Workshop on Perceptual Illusions in Virtual Environments (PIVE), page 10-15 - 2009
Poster: Interscopic Multi-Touch Surfaces:Using bimanual Interaction for intuitive Manipulation of Spatial Data   iMUtsPoster3DUI2009.pdf
Johannes Schöning, Frank Steinicke, Antonio Krüger, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI) (Poster Presentation), page 127-128 - 2009
Poster: A Virtual Body for Augmented Virtuality by Chroma-Keying of Egocentric Videos   3dui09-final.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Kai Rothaus, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI) (Poster Presentation), page 125-126 - 2009
Arch-Explore: A Natural User Interface for Immersive Architectural Walkthroughs   3dui09.pdf
Gerd Bruder, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), page 75-82 - 2009
Does a Gradual Transition to the Virtual World increase Presence?   vr09_final.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Anthony Steed, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Alexander Gerlach
Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality (VR2009), page 203-210 - 2009
 
Publications in 2008
Advances in Computer Graphics and Computer Vision: Integrating Current Weather Effects into Urban Visualization   typeinst.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Jörg Mensmann, Kai Rothaus, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Antonio Krüger, Jan de Buhr
Springer-Verlag, Communications in Computer and Information Science, Volume 24, page 238-251 - 2008
Analyses of Human Sensitivity to Redirected Walking   vrst_steinicke.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Jason Jerald, Harald Frenz, Markus Lappe
ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), page 149-156 - 2008
Advances in Human-Computer Interaction: 3D User Interfaces for Collaborative Works  
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Timo Ropinski, Mario Lopes
In-Tech, Volume ISBN 978-953-7619-19, page 279-294 - 2008, in print.
Stroke-Based Transfer Function Design   vg08.pdf
Timo Ropinski, Jörg-Stefan Praßni, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
IEEE/EG International Symposium on Volume and Point-Based Graphics, page 41-48 - 2008
Taxonomy and Implementation of Redirection Techniques for Ubiquitous Passive Haptic Feedback   steinickef_redirection.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Luv Kohli, Jason Jerald, Klaus H. Hinrichs
International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW2008) - 2008
The Holodeck Construction Manual   holodek_long.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Poster Presentation at ACM SIGGRAPH08 (Conference DVD) - 2008
Sensitivity to Scene Motion for Phases of Head Yaws   apgv2008.pdf
Jason Jerald, Tabitha Peck, Frank Steinicke, Mary Whitton
ACM Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization, page 155-162 - 2008
Multi-Touching 3D Data: Towards Direct Interaction in Stereoscopic Display Environments coupled with Mobile Devices   ppd-workshop.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Johannes Schöning, Antonio Krüger
Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) Workshop on Designing Multi-Touch Interaction Techniques for Coupled Public and Private Displays, page 46-49 - 2008
A User Guidance Approach for Passive Haptic Environments   EGauthorGuidelines-ve08-fin.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Hanno Weltzel, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (EGVE), (Short Paper and Poster Proceedings), page 31-34 - 2008
Moving Towards Generally Applicable Redirected Walking   vric-final.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of the Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC), page 15-24 - 2008
A Universal Virtual Locomotion System: Supporting Generic Redirected Walking and Dynamic Passive Haptics within Legacy 3D Graphics Applications   3dui08.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Harald Frenz, Markus Lappe
Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality (VR2008) (Poster Presentation), page 192-193 - 2008
Generic Redirected Walking & Dynamic Passive Haptics: Evaluation and Implications for Virtual Locomotion Interfaces   vr08.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Harald Frenz, Markus Lappe
Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI) (Poster Presentation), page 147-148 - 2008
A Field Report on the Modeling of 3D Landmarks in Scholar Projects   vc.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Tom Feller
IEEE VR Workhop on Virtual Cityscapes: Key Research Issues in Modeling Large-Scale Immersive - mar 2008
Augmenting 3D City Models with Metereological Phenomena   grapp2008-final.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Jörg Mensmann, Kai Rothaus, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Jan de Buhr, Antonio Krüger
International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP2008), page 359-366 - 2008
Supporting Spatial Cognition in Vascular Visualization  
Timo Ropinski, Jennis Meyer-Spradow, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Idea Group, User Centered Design for Medical Visualization, page 114-135 - mar 2008
 
Publications in 2007
Hybrid Traveling in Fully-Immersive Large-Scale Geographic Environments   template_poster.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Symposium on Virtual Reality and Software Technology (VRST) (Poster Presentation), page 229-230 - 2007
A Multimodal Locomotion User Interface for Immersive Geospatial Information Systems   gidays2007.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Harald Frenz
GI-Days, page 289-293 - 2007
Simultane 2D/3D User Interface Konzepte für Autostereoskopische Desktop-VR Systeme   vrar2007.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Timo Ropinski
4. GI-Workshop AR/VR, page 125-132 - 2007
Towards Applicable 3D User Interfaces for Everyday Working Environments   interact2007.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT2007), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 4662, page 546-559 - 2007
Performance Improvement for Optical Tracking by Adapting Marker Arrangements   VRWorkshop.pdf
Christian Jansen, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Jan Vahrenhold, Bernd Schwald
VR Workshop on Trends and Issues in Tracking for Virtual Environments, page 28-33 - 2007
Automatic Integration of Foliage Into 3D City Models   grapp07.pdf
Timo Ropinski, Frank Steinicke, Jennis Meyer-Spradow, Klaus H. Hinrichs
International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP2007) (Shortpaper), page 299-304 - 2007
3D Modeling and Design Supported via Interscopic Interaction Strategies   hcii2007.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of the HCI International 2007, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 4553, page 1160-1169 - 2007
Interscopic User Interface Concepts for Fish Tank Virtual Reality Systems   vr2007.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of the Virtual Reality Conference (VR2007), page 27-34 - 2007
Generating Optimized Marker-based Rigid Bodies for Optical Tracking   visapp2007.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Christian Jansen, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Jan Vahrenhold, Bernd Schwald
2nd International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP2007), Volume IU/MTSV, page 387-395 - 2007
 
Publications in 2006
Simultaneously Viewing Monoscopic and Stereoscopic Content on Vertical-Interlaced Autostereoscopic Displays   sg07-poster.pdf
Timo Ropinski, Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Poster-Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH06) - 2006
Design of a User-Oriented Application for the Exploration of Medical Datasets  
Timo Ropinski, Jennis Meyer-Spradow, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Springer E&I Journal, Special Edition on New Computing in Medical Informatics & Health Care, page 131-134 - 2006
Visual Exploration of Seismic Volume Datasets   wscg06.pdf
Timo Ropinski, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Journal Proceedings of the 14th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG06), Volume 14, page 73-80 - 2006
Enhancing Stereo Tracking via Adapted Point-based Targets   VRWorkshop.pdf
Christian Jansen, Frank Steinicke, Jan Vahrenhold, Bernd Schwald, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Technical Report 05/06-I, WWU Münster, Number 05/06-I - 2006
A Multiple View System for Modeling Building Entities   steinicke.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Gerd Bruder
Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Coordinated & Multiple Views in Exploratory Visualization, page 69-78 - 2006
A Hybrid Decision Support System for 3D City Planning   ISPRS-Final.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Timo Ropinski
Proceedings of International Commission II Symposium (ISPRS), page 103-108 - 2006
Collaborative Interaction Concepts for City Planning Tasks in Projection-Based Virtual Reality Systems   virtual2006.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC), page 113-122 - 2006
Urban City Planning in Semi-immersive Virtual Reality   GRAPP_final.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Jörg Mensmann
Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP2006), page 192-199 - 2006
Grab-and-Throw Metaphor: Adapting Desktop-based Interaction Paradigms to Virtual Reality   grabthrow.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), page 83-86 - 2006
Visually Supporting Depth Perception in Angiography Imaging   sg06.pdf
Timo Ropinski, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Smart Graphics (SG06), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 4073, page 93-104 - 2006
 
Publications in 2005
Tentative Results in Focus-Based Medical Volume Visualization  
Timo Ropinski, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Smart Graphics (SG06), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3638, page 218-221 - 2005
A Constrained Road-Based VR Navigation Technique for Travelling in 3D City Models   icat05.pdf
Timo Ropinski, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT05), page 228-235 - 2005
Interactive Importance-Driven Visualization Techniques for Medical Volume Data   vmv05.pdf
Timo Ropinski, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of the 10th International Fall Workshop on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV05), page 273-280 - 2005
A Solution for the Focus and Context Problem in Geo-Virtual Environments   dmgis05.pdf
Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Frank Steinicke
Proceedings of the 4th ISPRS Workshop on Dynamic and Multi-dimensional GIS (DMGIS05), page 144-149 - 2005
A Tabletop Metaphor for Spatial Planning in Virtual Reality  
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Jörg Mensmann
Technical Report 09/05 - I, WWU Münster, Number 09/05 - I - 2005
Co-located Interaction Concepts for Large Screen Displays  
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Technical Report 06/05 - I, WWU Münster, Number 06/05 - I - 2005
A Generic Virtual Reality Software Systems Architecture and Application   icat2005_final.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT05), page 220-227 - 2005
Virtual Reflections and Virtual Shadows in Mixed Reality Environments   interact2005_final.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Timo Ropinski
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT05), page 1018-1021 - 2005
VR and Laser-Based Interaction in Virtual Environments Using a Dual-Purpose Interaction Metaphor   VR2005_final.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs
VR 2005 Workshop Proceedings on New Directions in 3D User Interfaces, page 61-64 - 2005
Multimodal Interaction Metaphors for Manipulation of Distant Objects in Immersive Virtual Environments   ivpm_WSCG.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization (WSCG05), page 45-48 - 2005
 
Publications in 2004
Visualisierung von 3D Stadtmodellen zur Unterstützung mobiler Partizipation  
Timo Ropinski, Frank Steinicke, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Münsteraner GI-Tage - 2004
Improved Virtual Pointer Metaphors for Interactive Object Selection in Virtual Environments  
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Technical Report 07/04 - I, WWU Münster, Number 07/04 - I - 2004
Selektion von Objekten in Virtuellen Umgebungen mit der Improved Virtual Pointer Metapher   ivpm.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Tagungsband zum 1. Workshop Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR, page 59-67 - 2004
Object Selection in Virtual Environments with an Improved Virtual Pointer Metaphor   iccvg04.pdf
Frank Steinicke, Timo Ropinski, Klaus H. Hinrichs
Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision and Graphics (ICCVG04), page 320-326 - 2004

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