Papers
10
Total Citations
251
H-Index
7
About
Greg Welch is a leading researcher in human-robot interaction, virtual and augmented reality, and human-surrogate systems. His work focuses on how people perceive and interact with technological surrogates—robotic or virtual representations of humans—and how these interactions can be made more natural, engaging, and effective. Welch’s major contributions include developing the AMITIES framework for individualized avatar-based interactions, which enables people to control avatars in remote environments, and pioneering animatronic shader lamps avatars that use projected light to create realistic, expressive human surrogates. His research has been highly influential, with his most-cited paper, a systematic review of ten years of social robot interaction research, garnering 82 citations, and his foundational work on animatronic avatars accumulating over 75 citations across related publications. Welch has also explored novel applications, such as using augmented reality animals as companions and investigating how social priming with virtual humans can enhance user perception. His work has been published in top venues and continues to shape the design of more believable and effective human-surrogate systems for training, telepresence, and entertainment.
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Top Papers
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- 2Animatronic Shader Lamps Avatars53 citations · 2009
- 3A Unified Framework for Individualized Avatar-Based Interactions42 citations · 2014
- 4Animatronic shader lamps avatars24 citations · 2010
- 5Maintaining and Enhancing Human-Surrogate Presence in Augmented Reality14 citations · 2015
- 6Investigating Augmented Reality Animals as Companions14 citations · 2019
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- 9Good Enough Yet? A Preliminary Evaluation of Human-Surrogate Interaction3 citations · 2014
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