Sue Cobb

Contact

• workRoom B11 ITRC
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 951 4007
• fax0115 951 3800
• sue.cobb@nottingham.ac.uk
• www.virart.nottingham.ac.uk

Research Summary

I have been actively involved in human factors aspects of virtual reality and interactive systems for 15 years, with experience in research co-ordination and management of community-based… read more

Selected Publications

• PARSONS, S., MILLEN, L., GARIB-PENNA, S. and COBB, S., 2011. Participatory design in the development of innovative technologies for children and young people on the autism spectrum: the COSPATIAL project. Journal of Assistive Technologies.. 5(1), 29-34
• MILLEN, L., COBB, S. and PATEL, H., 2011. Participatory design approach with children with autism International Journal on Disability and Human Development. 10(4), 289–294
• PARSONS, S and COBB, S, 2011. State-of-the art of Virtual Reality technologies for children on the autism spectrum European Journal of Special Needs Education (EJSNE). 26(3), 355-366
• EDMANS, JUDI, GLADMAN, JOHN, HILTON, DAVE, WALKER, MARION, SUNDERLAND, ALAN, COBB, SUE, PRIDMORE, TONY and THOMAS, SHIRLEY, 2009. Clinical evaluation of a non-immersive virtual environment in stroke rehabilitation. Clinical Rehabilitation. 23(2), 106-16

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Current Research

I have been actively involved in human factors aspects of virtual reality and interactive systems for 15 years, with experience in research co-ordination and management of community-based multi-disciplinary projects to develop new technologies for education and training, rehabilitation and healthcare. My specific research interest is in how the human factors role can be used to bridge the gaps between the various stakeholders affected by new technologies. This involves a variety of activities including user-centred design, defining an appropriate research and development methodology and evaluation of application use and acceptance.

Past Research

• Evaluation of operator performance in teleoperator control
• Applications of virtual reality in manufacturing industry
• Identification and measurement of virtual reality induced symptoms and effects
• Virtual environments for life skills education of children with learning disabilities
• Virtual environments for KS2 science education
• Participatory design methods for development of collaborative storytelling technologies in primary education
• Virtual environments for social skills training for adults with autistic spectrum disorders
• Mixed reality and tangible interfaces for stroke rehabilitation
• Interactive binocular treatment of amblyopia (lazy eye) and associated ocular disorders

Future Research

• Methods for human behaviour assessment via embedded task performance measures within virtual environments

• Technology enhanced learning in science and engineering

• Multi-sensory environments for individuals with disabilities

• Design and evaluation of visualisation technologies for learning and training

• Design and evaluation of tangible interfaces to multi-media environments

• PARSONS, S., MILLEN, L., GARIB-PENNA, S. and COBB, S., 2011. Participatory design in the development of innovative technologies for children and young people on the autism spectrum: the COSPATIAL project. Journal of Assistive Technologies.. 5(1), 29-34
• MILLEN, L., COBB, S. and PATEL, H., 2011. Participatory design approach with children with autism International Journal on Disability and Human Development. 10(4), 289–294
• PARSONS, S and COBB, S, 2011. State-of-the art of Virtual Reality technologies for children on the autism spectrum European Journal of Special Needs Education (EJSNE). 26(3), 355-366
• EDMANS, JUDI, GLADMAN, JOHN, HILTON, DAVE, WALKER, MARION, SUNDERLAND, ALAN, COBB, SUE, PRIDMORE, TONY and THOMAS, SHIRLEY, 2009. Clinical evaluation of a non-immersive virtual environment in stroke rehabilitation. Clinical Rehabilitation. 23(2), 106-16
• SHARPLES, SARAH, COBB, SUE, MOODY, AMANDA and WILSON, JOHN R., 2008. Virtual reality induced symptoms and effects (VRISE): Comparison of head mounted display (HMD), desktop and projection display systems: Displays 29(2), 58-69
• COBB, S.V.G., 2007. Virtual environments supporting learning and communication in special needs education. Topics in Language Disorders. 27(3), 211-225
• COBB, S.V.G. AND SHARKEY, P.M., 2007. A decade of research and development in disability, virtual reality and associated technologies: Review of ICDVRAT 1996-2006 International Journal of Virtual Reality. 6(2), 51-68
• COBB S and A. MALLETT, T. PRIDMORE AND S. BENFORD, 2007. Interactive flashlights in special needs education Digital Creativity. 18(2), 69-78
• EDMANS, J.A., GLADMAN, J.R.F., COBB, S., SUNDERLAND, A., PRIDMORE, T., HILTON, D. and WALKER, M.F., 2006. Validity of a virtual environment for stroke rehabilitation Stroke. 37(11), 2770-2775
• WADDINGHAM, P.E., COBB, S.V., EASTGATE, R.M. and GREGSON, R.M., 2006. Virtual reality for interactive binocular treatment of amblyopia International Journal on Disability and Human Development. 5(2), 155-161
• COBB, S.V.G and SHARKEY, P.M., 2006. Review paper: A decade of research and development in disability, virtual reality and associated technologies In: 6th International Conference on Disabilty, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, Esbjerg, Denmark, 18-20 September.. 1-12
• WADDINGHAM P.E, BUTLER T.K.H, COBB S.V, MOODY A.D, COMAISH I.F, HAWORTH S.M, GREGSON R.M, ASH I.M, BROWN S.M and EASTGATE, R.M. AND GRIFFITHS G.D., 2006. Preliminary results from the use of the novel Interactive Binocular Treatment (I-BiT) System in the treatment of amblyopia Eye. 20, 375-378
• EASTGATE, R.M., GRIFFITHS, G.D., WADDINGHAM, P.E., MOODY, A.D., BUTLER, T.K.H., COBB, S.V., COMAISH, I.F., HAWORTH, S.M., GREGSON, R.M., ASH, I.M. and BROWN, S.M., 2005. Modified virtual reality technology for treatment of amblyopia Eye. 20, 370-4
• COBB, S and STANTON FRASER, D., 2005. Multimedia Learning in Virtual Reality. In: MAYER, R., ed., The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning New York: Cambridge University Press. 525-548
• PRIDMORE, T.P., HILTON, D., GREEN, J., EASTGATE, R. and COBB, S., 2004. Mixed reality environments in stroke rehabilitation: interfaces across the real/virtual divide In: Proceedings of International Conference on Virtual Reality, Disability and Associated Technologies, Oxford, UK, 20-22 September.. 11-17
• RUTTEN, A, COBB, S, NEALE, H, KERR, S, LEONARD, A, PARSONS, S and AND MITCHELL, P., 2003. The AS Interactive Project: Single-User and Collaborative Virtual Environments for People with High-Functioning Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation. 14, 233-241 (In Press.)
• NEALE, H and COBB, S. AND KERR, S., 2003. An inclusive design toolbox for development of educational Virtual Environments. In: Include2003, Royal College of Art, London, 25-28 March.
• COBB, S., BEARDON, L., EASTGATE, R., GLOVER, T., KERR, S., NEALE, H., PARSONS, S., BENFORD, S., HOPKINS, E., MITCHELL, P., REYNARD, G. and WILSON, J., 2002. Applied virtual environments to support learning of social interaction skills in users with Asperger's Syndrome Digital Creativity. 13(1), 11-22
• NEALE, H.R., COBB, S.V. and WILSON, J.R., 2002. A front ended approach to the user-centred design of VEs In: Virtual Reality, 2002. 191-198
• CROSIER, J.K., COBB, S. and WILSON, J.R., 2002. Key lessons for the design and integration of virtual environments in secondary science Computers and Education. 38(1-3), 77-94
• HILTON, D., COBB, S., PRIDMORE, T.P. and GLADMAN, J., 2002. Virtual reality and stroke rehabilitation: a tangible Interface to an every day task In: Fourth International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies. 63-69
• BOLTMAN, A., DRUIN, A., BEDERSON, B., HOURCADE, J.P., FAST, C., KJELLIN, M., STANTON, D., COBB, S., SUNBLAD, Y. and BENFORD, S.D., 2002. The nature of children's storytelling with and without technology In: American Educational Research Association Conference (AERA).
• STANTON, D., BAYON, V., ABNETT, C. and COBB, S., 2002. The effect of tangible interfaces on childrens collaborative behaviour In: Proceedings of Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2002), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 20-25 April.. 820-821
• COBB, S.V.G and NEALE, H.R, CROSIER, J.K. AND WILSON, J.R., 2002. Development and Evaluation of Virtual Environments for Education. In: STANNEY, K., ed., Virtual Environment Handbook Lawrence Erlbaum. 911-936
• STANTON, D., BAYON, V., NEALE, H., GHALI, A., BENFORD, S., COBB, S., INGRAM, R., O'MALLEY, C., WILSON, J. and PRIDMORE, T., 2001. Classroom collaboration in the design of tangible interfaces for storytelling In: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Seattle, United States, 31 March - 5 April.. 482-489
• CHEVERST, K., CLARKE, K., COBB, S., HEMMINGS, T., KEMBER, S., MITCHELL, K., PHILLIPS, P., PROCTER, R., RODDEN, T. and ROUNCEFIELD, M., 2001. Design with care New Technology in the Human Services. 14(1/2), 39-47
• COBB, S., TYMMS, S., PRIDMORE, T.P. and WEBSTER, D., 2001. Interfacing Tangible Input Devices to a 3D Virtual Environment for Users In: Proceedings of the HCI International 2001, 9th International Conference on HCI Symposium on Human In.
• CROSIER, J., COBB, S. and WILSON, R., 2000. Experimental Comparison of Virtual Reality with Traditional Teaching Methods for Teaching Radioactivity Education and Information Technologies. VOL 5(PART 4), 329-344
• HILTON, D., PRIDMORE, T.P. and COBB, S., 2000. Virtual reality and stroke assessment: therapists' perspectives In: Proc. International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technology, 23-25 September.. 181-188
• NEALE, H. R., BROWN, D. J., COBB, S. V. G. and WILSON, J. R., 1999. Structured Evaluation of Virtual Environments for Special-Needs Education Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. VOL 8(NUMBER 3), 264-282
• COBB, S. V. G., NICHOLS, S., RAMSEY, A. and WILSON, J. R., 1999. Virtual Reality-Induced Symptoms and Effects (VRISE) Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. VOL 8(NUMBER 2), 169-186
• NICHOLS, S., COBB, S. and WILSON, J. R., 1997. Health and Safety Implications of Virtual Environments: Measurement Issues Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. VOL 6(NUMBER 6), 667-675