Rate My Professor Ben Volmer

Dr Ben Volmer serves as a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Information Technology, part of the College of Engineering and Information Technology at Adelaide University. His academic background includes a Doctor of Philosophy obtained from the University of South Australia between 2017 and 2022, a Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) in 2016 from the same university, and a Bachelor of Information Technology specializing in Games and Entertainment Design from 2013 to 2015. Additionally, he holds a Certificate 3 in Media (HFP) from TAFE in 2011. Volmer is affiliated with the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments (IVE) and the Wearable Computer Lab (WCL), previously at the University of South Australia. His research specializations cover cognitive neuroscience, computer gaming and animation, graphics, augmented reality and games, as well as virtual and mixed reality. He is eligible to co-supervise Masters and PhD students.

In his research career, Volmer has authored several impactful publications in prestigious journals and conferences. Key journal articles include: "Counting on AR: EEG responses to incongruent information with real-world context" published in Computers in Biology and Medicine in 2025 (with Wimmer et al.); "Event related brain responses reveal the impact of spatial augmented reality predictive cues on mental effort" in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics in 2023 (with Volmer et al.); "Multi-level precues for guiding tasks within and between workspaces in spatial augmented reality" also in 2023 IEEE TVCG; and "A comparison of predictive spatial augmented reality cues for procedural tasks" in 2018 IEEE TVCG. Notable conference contributions encompass "Examining the Effectiveness of Storyline Visualisation for Understanding Wargame Scenarios: A Pilot Study" at OzCHI 2024 (published 2025), "A comparison of spatial augmented reality predictive cues and their effects on sleep deprived users" at IEEE VR 2022, and multiple papers on virtual reality arm remapping in 2019 IEEE VR and ICAT-EGVE. For his doctoral work, he received a Commendation in the CORE Australasian Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2022. Currently, Volmer teaches courses including COMP 1045 Programming Concepts, COMP 3025 Game Design, INFS 2041 Agile Development and Governance, and INFS 2043 Project Studio in 2024 and 2025.