Ann McNamara

Dr. Ann McNamara is an associate professor in the Department of Visualization at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on the advancement of computer graphics and scientific visualization through novel approaches for optimizing an individual’s experience when creating, viewing and interacting with virtual and augmented spaces. She is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Career Award titled “Advancing Interaction Paradigms in Mobile Augmented Reality using Eye Tracking,” which investigates how mobile eye tracking can be used to determine objects of interest as it relates to an augmented reality view. Dr. McNamara has long served on the Association for Computing Machinery SIGGRAPH committee.

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