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Josef Spjut

Adjunct Associate Professor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs
Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs

Overview


Josef Spjut is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Game Design, Development & Innovation Master of Engineering in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University and a Research Scientist at NVIDIA. His current research interests include online gaming including esports and competitive gaming. His past work included ray tracing hardware, virtual and augmented reality hardware and user experience, computer graphics, and display technology.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Associate Professor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs · 2023 - Present Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs, Pratt School of Engineering

Recent Publications


Modeling visually-guided aim-and-shoot behavior in first-person shooters

Journal Article International Journal of Human Computer Studies · May 1, 2025 In first-person shooters, players aim by aligning the crosshair onto a target and shoot at the optimal moment. Since winning a match is largely determined by such aim-and-shoot skills, players demand quantitative evaluation of the skill and analysis of hid ... Full text Cite

eXtended Reality and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Rehabilitation

Journal Article Information Systems Frontiers · February 1, 2025 This special issue focuses on the application of eXtended Reality (XR) technologies—comprising Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR)—and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fields of medicine and rehabilitation. AR provides s ... Full text Cite

SpecTrack: Learned Multi-Rotation Tracking via Speckle Imaging

Conference Proceedings - SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Posters, SA 2024 · December 3, 2024 Precision pose detection is increasingly demanded in fields such as personal fabrication, Virtual Reality (VR), and robotics due to its critical role in ensuring accurate positioning information. However, conventional vision-based systems used in these sys ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Utah · 2015 Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside · 2006 B.S.