Stephen Furner

Senior Technology Manager, BT Research Laboratories, Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK.
Web: http://labs.bt.com/barc/

Interests

Stephen Furner leads research into human aspects of future technology in the Broadband Applications Research Centre. He is a technical specialist leading and carrying out research that challenges emerging technology to meet real human needs.

Current projects

Enhanced Network Accessibility for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ENABLED)

Publications

Petrie, H., Penn, P. R., Kornbrot, D., Furner, S. & Hardwick, A. (2000) Haptic virtual environments for blind people: further explorations with the Phantom device. Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality & Associative Technology, Alghero, Italy, 23-25 September 2000.

Colwell, C., Petrie, H., Kornbrot, D., Hardwick, A. & Furner, S. (1998) Haptic virtual reality for blind computer users. Proceedings of ASSETS ’98: 3rd International Conference on Assistive Technologies, Marina del Rey, California, USA, 15-17 April, 92-99.

Colwell, C., Petrie, H., Kornbrot, D., Hardwick, A. & Furner, S. (1998) Use of a haptic device by blind and sighted people: perception of virtual textures and objects. In: Placencia-Porrero, I. & Ballabio, E. eds. Improving the quality of life for the European citizen: technology for inclusive design and equality. Amsterdam: IOS Press.

Colwell, C., Petrie, H., Kornbrot, D., Furner, S. & Hardwick, A. (1998) The use of haptic virtual environments by blind people. Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies (ECDVRAT 98), Skovde, Sweden, 10-11 September 1998.

Harwick, A.. Rush, J., Furner, S. & Seton, J. (1996) Feeling it as well as seeing it - haptic display within gestural HCI for multimedia telematics services. Proceedings of Gesture Workshop on Progress in Gestural Interaction.

Hewitt, J. & Furner, S. (1988) Text processing by speech: dialogue design and usability issues in the provision of a system for disabled users. Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the British Computer Society on People and Computers IV, Manchester, UK, 5-9 August 1988.