Hunter Finney

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Hunter Finney

Extended Reality Researcher with 7+ years of laboratory and development experience in leading projects from proposal to publication. My interdisciplinary research focuses on understanding how humans perceive, remember, and interact with real and virtual environments.

Extended Reality Researcher

Salt Lake City, Utah

hunter@hunterfinney.com

(662) 404-4868

Skills

Unity 3D

7+ Years of Project Development

Effective Coding

8+ Years of Experience

Human Research Design

7+ Years of on Job Practice

Technical Commuinication

5+ Years of Publications & Talks

Languages

100+ Unity Projects / 350+ Scripts

Java

100+ Projects / 175+ Files

Python

25+ Projects

C / C++

15+ Projects

Work Experience

Vision, Audition, & Acition in Space & Time (VAAST) Lab

August 2020 - Current

University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT

I started work in the VPSC Lab as a research assistant during my first year at the University of Utah. The VPSC lab is led by both Dr. Jeanine Stefanucci and Dr. Sarah Creem-Rehehr. I worked on remote experiments to run during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. I have had experiences working alongside the great faculty in both the Cognitive Neuroscience area and the Human Centered Computing area.

High-Fidelity Virtual Environments (HI5) Lab Member

August 2016 - May 2020

University of Mississippi. Oxford, MS

I joined the Hi5 Lab as a computer science freshman at the University of Mississippi and worked under Dr. Adam Jones. Here I worked on a multitude of projects ranging from research papers to open house demos. I had the luxury of having my projects shown at expos such as C Spire Tech Experience (CTX), C Spire Tech Movement (MVMT), and Imagine the Possibilities. While at the lab, I published papers for the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality for the years 2018, 2019, and 2020.

Intern of Information Technology

June 2019 – August 2019

FedEx Services. Memphis, TN

Within a group of three, I created a lightweight solution for custom delivery options to allow incorporation with smart devices with a focus on Agile methodologies. I served as the frontend developer and the SCRUM master for our team.

Education

University of Utah

2020 - Current

Pursuing a PhD in Computing: Human-Centered Computing

University of Mississippi

2016 - 2020

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Minor Study in Mathematics
Cumulative GPA: 3.9

Memphis University School

2012 - 2016

High School Diploma
FTC Robotics Team, 2013 - 2016

Notable Papers

IEEE VR 2020: Asymmetric Effects of the Ebbinghaus Illusion on Depth Jedgements

February 2020

This paper is a tossing a hat into the ring moment for me and Dr. Adam Jones at the Hi5 Lab where we tackle the Ebbinghuas illusion's effect on action versus perception. Most notably this paper takes an angle of studying this effect in VR where a reaching task leaves little ambiguity to results.

Dr. Adam Jones discussing the paper at IEEE VR 2020.