Jack M. Loomis

University of California, Department of Psychology, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, United States of America.
Tel: +1 805 893 2475; Fax: +1 805 893 4303
Email: loomis@psych.ucsb.edu

Current projects

Spatial Images from Vision, Touch and Hearing in Sighted and Blind

Publications

Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G., Klatzky, R. L. & Marston, J. R. (2007) Assisting wayfinding in visually impaired travelers. In: Allen, G. ed Applied spatial cognition: from research to cognitive technology. Mahwah, N. J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. pp 179-202.

Loomis, J. M. & Klatzky, R. L. (2007) Functional equivalence of spatial representations from vision, touch, and hearing: relevance for sensory substitution. In: Rieser, J. J., Ashmead, D. H., Ebner, F. F. & Corn, A. L. eds Blindness and brain plasticity in navigation and object perception. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. pp 155-184.

Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Klatzky, R. L. & Golledge, R. G. (2007) Nonvisual route following with guidance from a simple haptic or auditory display. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 101, 203-211.

Klatzky, R. L., Marston, J. R., Giudice, N. A., Golledge, R. G. & Loomis, J. M. (2006) Cognitive load of navigating without vision when guided by virtual sound versus spatial language. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 12, 223-232.

Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Klatzky, R. L., Golledge, R. G. & Smith, E. L. (2006) Evaluation of spatial displays for navigation without sight. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, 3, 110-124.

Loomis, J. M., Marston, J. R., Golledge, R. G. & Klatzky, R. L. (2005) Personal guidance system for people with visual impairment: a comparison of spatial displays for route guidance. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 99, 219-232.

Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M. & Klatzky, R. L. (2004) Stated preferences for components of a Personal Guidance System for nonvisual navigation. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 98, 135-147.

Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G. & Klatzky, R. L. (2001) GPS-based navigation systems for the visually impaired. In: Barfield, W. & Caudell, T. eds Fundamentals of wearable computers and augmented reality. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. pp 429-446.

Golledge, R. G., Klatzky, R. L., Loomis, J. M., Speigle, J. & Tietz, J. (1998) A geographical information system for a GPS based personal guidance system. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 12, 727-749.

Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G. & Klatzky, R. L. (1998) Navigation system for the blind: auditory display modes and guidance. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 7, 193-203.

Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G., Klatzky, R. L., Speigle, J. M. & Tietz, J. (1994) Personal guidance system for the visually impaired. Proceedings of the First Annual ACM/SIGGAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies, California, USA, 31 October - 1 November 1994, 85-91.

Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G. & Klatzky, R. L. (1993) Personal guidance system for the visually impaired using GPS, GIS, and VR technologies. Proceedings of the Conference on Virtual Reality and Persons with Disabilities, California, USA, 17-18 June 1993.

Golledge, R. G., Loomis, J. M., Klatzky, R. L., Flury, A. & Yang, X. (1991) Designing a personal guidance system to aid navigation without sight: progress on the GIS component. International Journal of Geographic Information Systems, 5, 373-395.