Carlos Tirado Cortes

Carlos Tirado Cortes

Lecturer in Interaction Design. Virtual Environments researcher.

Publications

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Conference Papers

Tablet as an enabler for Immersive Visceral Experiences

Tablet as an enabler for Immersive Visceral Experiences

Published in Extended Abstracts of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2025

Recommended citation: Mario Flores Gonzalez, Carlos A Tirado Cortes, and Dennis Del Favero. 2025. Tablet as an enabler for Immersive Visceral Experiences. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 499, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3719955
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Designing an Immersive Wildfire Visualization System for Firefighters

Designing an Immersive Wildfire Visualization System for Firefighters

Published in Extended Abstracts of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2025

Recommended citation: Carlos Alfredo Tirado Cortes, Mario Flores Gonzalez, Richard J. Hurley, and Dennis Del Favero. 2025. Designing an Immersive Wildfire Visualization System for Firefighters. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 183, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3719903
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An EEG-based Experiment on VR Sickness and Postural Instability While Walking in Virtual Environments

An EEG-based Experiment on VR Sickness and Postural Instability While Walking in Virtual Environments

Published in 2023 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), 2023

Recommended citation: C. A. Tirado Cortes, C. -T. Lin, T. -T. N. Do and H. -T. Chen, "An EEG-based Experiment on VR Sickness and Postural Instability While Walking in Virtual Environments," 2023 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), Shanghai, China, 2023, pp. 94-104, doi: 10.1109/VR55154.2023.00025.
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Virtual Global Landmark: An Augmented Reality Technique to Improve Spatial Navigation Learning

Virtual Global Landmark: An Augmented Reality Technique to Improve Spatial Navigation Learning

Published in Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2021

Recommended citation: Avinash Kumar Singh, Jia Liu, Carlos A. Tirado Cortes, and Chin-Teng Lin. 2021. Virtual Global Landmark: An Augmented Reality Technique to Improve Spatial Navigation Learning. In Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 276, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3451634
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Estimating the cognitive load in physical spatial navigation

Estimating the cognitive load in physical spatial navigation

Published in 2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), 2020

Recommended citation: T. -T. N. Do, A. K. Singh, C. A. T. Cortes and C. -T. Lin, "Estimating the cognitive load in physical spatial navigation," 2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), Canberra, ACT, Australia, 2020, pp. 568-575, doi: 10.1109/SSCI47803.2020.9308389.
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Analysis of VR Sickness and Gait Parameters During Non-Isometric Virtual Walking with Large Translational Gain

Analysis of VR Sickness and Gait Parameters During Non-Isometric Virtual Walking with Large Translational Gain

Published in Proceedings of the 17th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry, 2019

Recommended citation: Carlos A. Tirado Cortes, Hsiang-Ting Chen, and Chin-Teng Lin. 2019. Analysis of VR Sickness and Gait Parameters During Non-Isometric Virtual Walking with Large Translational Gain. In Proceedings of the 17th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry (VRCAI 19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 16, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3359997.3365694
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Journal Articles

Analysis of Wildfire Visualization Systems for Research and Training: Are They Up for the Challenge of the Current State of Wildfires?

Analysis of Wildfire Visualization Systems for Research and Training: Are They Up for the Challenge of the Current State of Wildfires?

Published in IEEE Transactions in Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2023

Recommended citation: C. A. Tirado Cortes et al., "Analysis of Wildfire Visualization Systems for Research and Training: Are They Up for the Challenge of the Current State of Wildfires?," in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 4285-4303, July 2024, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2023.3258440.
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Novel Brain-Computer Interface Neuromodulative Intervention to Relieve Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Single-Case Experimental Design With Multiple Baselines

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Novel Brain-Computer Interface Neuromodulative Intervention to Relieve Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Single-Case Experimental Design With Multiple Baselines

Published in JMIR Research Protocols, 2020

Recommended citation: Hesam-Shariati N, Newton-John T, Singh AK, Tirado Cortes CA, Do TTN, Craig A, Middleton JW, Jensen MP, Trost Z, Lin CT, Gustin SM. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Novel Brain-Computer Interface Neuromodulative Intervention to Relieve Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Single-Case Experimental Design With Multiple Baselines, JMIR Res Protoc 2020;9(9):e20979. doi: 10.2196/20979 PMID: 32990249 PMCID: 7556378
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Evaluating Balance Recovery Techniques for Users Wearing Head-Mounted Display in VR

Evaluating Balance Recovery Techniques for Users Wearing Head-Mounted Display in VR

Published in IEEE Transactions in Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2019

Recommended citation: C. A. Tirado Cortes, H.T. Chen, D. L. Sturnieks, J. Garcia, S. R. Lord and C. -T. Lin, "Evaluating Balance Recovery Techniques for Users Wearing Head-Mounted Display in VR," in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 204-215, 1 Jan. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2019.2927477
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Book Chapters

Simulation of Extreme Fire Event Scenarios Using Fully Physical Models and Visualisation Systems

Simulation of Extreme Fire Event Scenarios Using Fully Physical Models and Visualisation Systems

Published in Del Favero, D., Thurow, S., Ostwald, M.J., Frohne, U. (eds) Climate Disaster Preparedness, 2024

Recommended citation: Moinuddin, K., Tirado Cortes, C., Hassan, A., Accary, G., Wu, F. (2024). Simulation of Extreme Fire Event Scenarios Using Fully Physical Models and Visualisation Systems. In: Del Favero, D., Thurow, S., Ostwald, M.J., Frohne, U. (eds) Climate Disaster Preparedness. Arts, Research, Innovation and Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56114-6_5
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Immersive Visualisation Systems as Alignment Strategies for Extreme Event Scenarios

Published in Del Favero, D., Thurow, S., Ostwald, M.J., Frohne, U. (eds) Climate Disaster Preparedness, 2024

Recommended citation: Brits, B., Song, Y., Tirado Cortes, C. (2024). Immersive Visualisation Systems as Alignment Strategies for Extreme Event Scenarios. In: Del Favero, D., Thurow, S., Ostwald, M.J., Frohne, U. (eds) Climate Disaster Preparedness. Arts, Research, Innovation and Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56114-6_6
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Posters

iFire: AI Immersive Visualisation to Enhance Fire Training Sensemaking

iFire: AI Immersive Visualisation to Enhance Fire Training Sensemaking

Published in AFAC24 Conference and Exhibition, 2024

Recommended citation: Carlos A. Tirado Cortes, Dennis del Favero, Greg Penney, Richard J. Hurley, Yang Song, Frank Wu, and Michael J. Ostwald. 2024. iFire: AI Immersive Visualisation to Enhance Fire Training Sensemaking. In AFAC 2024, September 3-5, 2024, Sydney, Australia. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30153.76641
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Analysis of VR Sickness and Gait Parameters During Non-Isometric Virtual Walking with Large Translational Gain

Analysis of VR Sickness and Gait Parameters During Non-Isometric Virtual Walking with Large Translational Gain

Published in Proceedings of the 25th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, 2019

Recommended citation: Carlos Alfredo Tirado Cortes, Hsiang-Ting Chen, and Chin-Teng Lin. 2019. Analysis of VR Sickness and Gait Parameters During Non-Isometric Virtual Walking with Large Translational Gain. In Proceedings of the 25th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 54, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1145/3359996.3364741
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Human brain dynamics during navigation with natural walking under different workload conditions in virtual reality by using the mobile brain/body imaging approach

Published in Society for Neuroscience, 2019

Recommended citation: Thomas Do, Chin-Teng Lin, Avinash Kumar Singh, Carlos Alfredo Tirado Cortes, Jia Liu, Hsiang-Ting Chen, andKlaus Gramann. 2019. Human brain dynamics during navigation with natural walking under different workload conditions in virtual reality by using the mobile brain/body imaging approacH. In Society of Neuroscience 2019. https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/136941/1/Do_et_al_2019_SFN.pdf
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Workshop/Position Papers

Digital Playground: Is the Metaverse safe for my child?

Published in CHI 2025: The Third Workshop on Building an Inclusive and Accessible Metaverse for All, 2025

Recommended citation: Liquan Liu, Carlos A. Tirado Cortes, Howe Yuan Zhu. 2025. Digital Playground: Is the Metaverse safe for my child?. In CHI2025: The Third Workshop on Building an Inclusive and Accessible Metaverse for All, Apr 26, 2025, Yokohama, Japan.
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