Nina Lyons

Researcher


I am currently undertaking my PhD which is exploring the creation of a Semiotic Evaluation Framework for Augmented Reality (AR) to help digital designers and content designers create enhanced content for AR. This started as a research masters which I was successful in applying for a fully funded scholarship to work with Dr. Matt Smith on a project investigating how AR can improve the experience of visitors to outdoor Irish cultural heritage sites. As part of my research I've create a theoretical semiotic framework, from which I can create procedures to be evaluate and design multimedia resources as part of AR systems.

The research is on a part-time basis as I am a full-time lecturer on the Creative Digital Media program.



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Department of Informatics,
School of Informatics & Engineering,
TU Dublin - Blanchardstown Campus,
Dublin 15,
Ireland



List of Publications


Book Chapters

N. Lyons & M. Smith (expected 2023)
AR - The Unseen Narrative & Multiple Perspectives.
Chapter accepted for edited book, "The Serious-Storytelling Handbook",
Artur Lugmayr, Helmut Hlavacs, and Calkin Suero Montero (Eds.),
to be published by CRC-Taylor & Francis Group.


N. Lyons & M. Smith (2022)
Removing The Screen: Measuring The Effectiveness of Aesthetically Relevant UI Design for New Technologies.
Chapter in the handbook, "Handbook of Research on Designing User Interfaces With a Data Science Approach", (Eds: Abhijit Banubakode, Ganesh Bhutkar, Yohannes Kurniawan & Chhaya Gosavi). IGI Global, PA, USA. 9781799891215..


N. Lyons & M. Smith (2021)
From Overlay to Interplay: Subverting the Message and Creating the Surreal With Augmented Reality.
Chapter in, "Handbook of Research on Contemporary Storytelling Methods Across New Media and Disciplines", (Eds: Lorena Clara Mihaes, Raluca Andreescu & Anda Dimitriu). IGI Global, PA, USA. ISBN: 9781799866053. pp200-223.


Conference Papers

2019

Augmented Reality - A Curatorial Tool.
Presented at the VARE Session at the I3M Conference In Lisbon 19.9.2019
AUTHORS: Nina Lyons & Dr. Matt Smith


2018

Augmented Reality - The missing link in E-Learning.
Presented at the UDHEIT Conference In Dublin 02.11.2018
AUTHORS: Nina Lyons & Dr. Matt Smith

Sensory Seduction & Narrative Pull - The Promise of Augmented Reality.
Presented at the IEEE GEM Conference In Galway 16.08.2018
AUTHORS: Nina Lyons, Dr. Matt Smith & Hugh McCabe

Seeing.
Presentated at the DCAC Conference In Corfu 01.06.2018
AUTHORS: Nina Lyons, Dr. Matt Smith