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Human Interface Technologies

Background & Mission
The Human Interface Technologies Team within Electronic, Electrical & Computer Engineering was formed in 2003 and brings together award-winning, multidisciplinary researchers within the Department who focus on theoretical and practical human-centred research issues related to future interactive technologies, including task and usability analyses, human factors integration, ergonomics and the design, application and evaluation of advanced interfaces.

• Wearable Computing
  Wearable Computing Platform Development, Display Design & Integration, Intelligent Garments, Augmented Reality, Human Factors Issues.
• Defence Human Factors
  Command and Control, Situational Awareness, Synthetic Environments, Uninhabited Vehicles, Defence Medicine.
• Medical Simulation
  Virtual Environment Training, Surgical Task Analysis, Advanced Medical Imaging, Defence Medicine, Human Factors Issues.
• Virtual & Synthetic Environments
  VEs / SEs for Training and Design, Education, Cultural Heritage and Defence Applications; Games Engine Technologies and “Serious Gaming” Applications, Human Factors Issues.
  
• Birmingham Serious Games Team
  
  Serious Games – a new genre of interactive 3D content development and rendering tools, many available at very low cost or even free of charge via the Web.
  
  
  
• Ergonomics Information Analysis Centre
  Our award-winning Ergonomics Information Analysis Centre (EIAC) comprises a group of dedicated ergonomics professionals who, since 1968, has been providing the international Human Factors community with high-quality information services, courtesy of one of the largest ergonomics libraries in the world and through a long-standing relationship with the leading academic publisher Taylor & Francis.

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