Timothy J. Rogers

TJ is currently a Seattle Stage Technician investigating opportunities for inventing the future of interactive live entertainment and advanced learning spaces using mixed reality techniques. Below is a video portfolio of work done at Purdue University, a list of publications, a summary of background interests, and finally a playlist of videos related to the development of the Ultimate Stage App (USA).

Google Scholar

• S. W. Meador, T. J. Rogers, K. O’Neal, E. Kurt, and C. Cunningham, “Mixing dance realities: collaborative development of live-motion capture in a performing arts environment,” Computers in entertainment (cie), vol. 2, iss. 2, p. 12–12, 2004.
  [Bibtex]

  @article{meador2004mixing,
  title={Mixing dance realities: collaborative development of live-motion capture in a performing arts environment},
  author={Meador, W Scott and Rogers, Timothy J and O'Neal, Kevin and Kurt, Eric and Cunningham, Carol},
  journal={Computers in Entertainment (CIE)},
  volume={2},
  number={2},
  pages={12--12},
  year={2004},
  publisher={ACM}
  }

• X. Zhong, H. Chan, T. J. Rogers, C. P. Rosenberg, and E. J. Coyle, “The development and estadium testbeds for research and development of wireless services for large-scale sports venues,” in Testbeds and research infrastructures for the development of networks and communities, 2006. tridentcom 2006. 2nd international conference on, 2006, p. 9 pp.-348.
  [Bibtex]

  @INPROCEEDINGS{1649167,
  author={Xuan Zhong and Hoi-Ho Chan and Rogers, T.J. and Rosenberg, C.P. and Coyle, E.J.},
  booktitle={Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities, 2006. TRIDENTCOM 2006. 2nd International Conference on},
  title={The development and eStadium testbeds for research and development of wireless services for large-scale sports venues},
  year={2006},
  month={},
  pages={9 pp.-348},
  keywords={optimisation;research and development;sport;video streaming;wireless LAN;wireless channels;CWSA wireless lab;Purdue's Ross-Ade Football Stadium;eStadium testbed;on-demand video streaming;optimization;wireless LAN channel;Delay;Fans;Games;Large-scale systems;Multimedia communication;Research and development;Streaming media;Testing;Video on demand;Wireless LAN},
  doi={10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649167},
  ISSN={Not Applica},}

• T. J. Rogers, B. Beneš, and G. R. Bertoline, “Towards a modular network-distributed mixed-reality learning space system,” in Advances in visual computing, , 2006, p. 637–646.
  [Bibtex]

  @incollection{rogers2006towards,
  title={Towards a modular network-distributed mixed-reality learning space system},
  author={Rogers, Timothy J and Bene{\v{s}}, Bed{\v{r}}ich and Bertoline, Gary R},
  booktitle={Advances in visual computing},
  pages={637--646},
  year={2006},
  }

• T. J. Rogers, B. Beneš, and G. R. Bertoline, “Towards a modular network-distributed mixed-reality learning space system,” in Proceedings of the second international conference on advances in visual computing-volume part ii, 2006, p. 637–646.
  [Bibtex]

  @inproceedings{rogers2006towards,
  title={Towards a modular network-distributed mixed-reality learning space system},
  author={Rogers, Timothy J and Bene{\v{s}}, Bed{\v{r}}ich and Bertoline, Gary R},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the Second international conference on Advances in Visual Computing-Volume Part II},
  pages={637--646},
  year={2006},
  publisher={Springer-Verlag}
  }

• C. Nichols, S. Deal, T. J. Rogers, J. Miklavcic, B. Miklavcic, M. Ayromlou, R. Wachtel, P. Mercer, J. Humbert, and R. King, “Musical performance over internet2 using the accessgrid,” International computer music association (icmc) 2006 conference, 2006.
  [Bibtex]

  @article{nichols2006musical,
  title={Musical Performance over Internet2 using the AccessGrid},
  author={Nichols, Charles and Deal, Scott and Rogers, Timothy J and Miklavcic, Jimmy and Miklavcic, Beth and Ayromlou, Many and Wachtel, Robert and Mercer, Paul and Humbert, Joe and King, Rob},
  journal={International Computer Music Association (ICMC) 2006 Conference},
  year={2006}
  }

• T. J. Rogers, All the world’s an ultimate stage: mirror world scenic theory, 2014.
  [Bibtex]

  @unpublished{PP98,
  author = "Rogers, Timothy J",
  title = "All the World's an Ultimate Stage: Mirror World Scenic Theory",
  note = "preprint",
  month = "April",
  year = 2014}

2015 CV

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Personal Theatrical Trajectories (Past, Present, Future)

I like to characterize my experiences and interests in terms of what I focused on in undergrad (University of Washington School of Drama), professional theatre (as a professional Seattle stagehand), and in graduate school (Purdue University Computer Graphics Technology). The following three slides capture the most important projects, gigs, and research I was involved in during these three phases of my life.

Theatre of the Past (UW School of Drama)

Theatre of the Present (UW School of Drama, Undergraduate)

Theatre of the Future (Purdue University)

Ultimate Stage App (USA).

Papers, demo videos, and a book are being written by TJ detailing the concept, framework, and application for an Ultimate Stage App (USA). The Ultimate Stage concept is a hybrid-reality “mirror world stage” technique that combines real and virtual presentational spaces using mobile mixed reality, attention-aware systems, and location-based services.

Rooby Bloosby (an alter-ego who wears virtual masks) was created to host various public mirror world events as well as perform in Ultimate Stage performances. To view current and past BlogCasts, goto the Bloosby BlogCast Page on Google+.

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