Cristina Portales Ricart

Dr Cristina Portalés (PhD in Geodesy and Cartography, 2008) is senior researcher at the Institute of Robotics and Information and Communication Technologies at Universitat de València (Spain), where she previouslyhad been a Juan de la Cierva post-doc fellow. She formerly graduated with a double degree: Engineer in Geodesy and Cartography from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) and MSc in Surveying and Geoinformation from Technische Universität Wien (Austria). Afterwards she was a PhD research fellow at the Mixed Reality Laboratory of the University of Nottingham (UK, 2005) and at the Interaction and Entertainment Research Centre of the Nanyang University of Singapore (Singapore, 2006). She was the first woman to receive the best paper EH Thompson Award, given by the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (2010). From 2011-2012 she worked at AIDO (technological institute of Optics, Colour and Imaging), being primarily involved in the technical management of the FP7 project SYDDARTA. She is the author of more than 50 scientific publications including international conferences, high impact journals, books and book chapters. Her current research interests are focused on geometric calibration, image processing, 3D reconstruction, multispectral imaging, HCI and augmented reality.

Publications

Journal of Affective Computing and Human Interfaces (JACHI)
Journal of Affective Computing and Human Interfaces (JACHI)
João M. F. Rodrigues. Est. 2023.
The Journal of Affective Computing and Human Interfaces (JACHI) covers agents, robots, devices and systems that can recognize, interpret, process, and simulate human affection...
Challenges and Trends in Home Automation: Addressing the Interoperability Problem With the Open-Source Platform OpenHAB
Challenges and Trends in Home Automation: Addressing the Interoperability Problem With the Open-Source Platform OpenHAB
Cristina Portalés, Sergio Casas, Kai Kreuzer. © 2022. 27 pages.
Home automation (HA) systems can be considered as an implementation of the internet of everything (IoE) where many devices are linked by intelligent connections in order to...
Virtual and Augmented Reality Mirrors for Mental Health Treatment: Analysis and Future Directions
Virtual and Augmented Reality Mirrors for Mental Health Treatment: Analysis and Future Directions
Sergio Casas, Cristina Portalés, Lucía Vera, José Vicente Riera. © 2021. 23 pages.
Virtual and Augmented Reality are technologies widely used in a variety of areas, including the medical sector. On the other hand, regular mirrors have been traditionally used as...
Challenges and Trends in Home Automation: Addressing the Interoperability Problem With the Open-Source Platform OpenHAB
Challenges and Trends in Home Automation: Addressing the Interoperability Problem With the Open-Source Platform OpenHAB
Cristina Portalés, Sergio Casas, Kai Kreuzer. © 2021. 27 pages.
Home automation (HA) systems can be considered as an implementation of the internet of everything (IoE) where many devices are linked by intelligent connections in order to...
Multisensory Experiences in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Interaction Paradigms
Multisensory Experiences in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Interaction Paradigms
Inma García-Pereira, Lucía Vera, Manuel Pérez Aixendri, Cristina Portalés, Sergio Casas. © 2020. 23 pages.
Multisensory stimuli can be integrated in systems that make use of different paradigms, such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) or, in a wider sense, Mixed Reality...
Virtual and Augmented Reality for the Visualization of Summarized Information in Smart Cities: A Use Case for the City of Dubai
Virtual and Augmented Reality for the Visualization of Summarized Information in Smart Cities: A Use Case for the City of Dubai
Sergio Casas, Jesús Gimeno, Pablo Casanova-Salas, José V. Riera, Cristina Portalés. © 2020. 27 pages.
In this chapter, authors deal with the problem of visualizing summarized information in a complex system like a smart city. They introduce the topic of smart city in the context...
Current Trends on the Acquisition, Virtual Representation, and Interaction of Cultural Heritage: Exploring Virtual and Augmented Reality and Serious Games
Current Trends on the Acquisition, Virtual Representation, and Interaction of Cultural Heritage: Exploring Virtual and Augmented Reality and Serious Games
Cristina Portalés, Sergio Casas, Lucía Vera, Javier Sevilla. © 2020. 25 pages.
Cultural heritage (CH) tells us about our roots, and therefore, constitutes a rich value for the society. Its conservation, dissemination, and understanding are of utmost...
A Mobile Augmented Reality System for Enhancing Electrical Machine Supervision
A Mobile Augmented Reality System for Enhancing Electrical Machine Supervision
Jesús Gimeno, Sergio Casas, Cristina Portalés. © 2019. 24 pages.
Electrical machines are used almost everywhere, and our daily life depends on them. For this reason, it is important to articulate mechanisms to control, supervise, and perform...
Virtual and Augmented Reality Mirrors for Mental Health Treatment: Analysis and Future Directions
Virtual and Augmented Reality Mirrors for Mental Health Treatment: Analysis and Future Directions
Sergio Casas, Cristina Portalés, Lucía Vera, José Vicente Riera. © 2019. 23 pages.
Virtual and Augmented Reality are technologies widely used in a variety of areas, including the medical sector. On the other hand, regular mirrors have been traditionally used as...
Challenges and Trends in Home Automation: Addressing the Interoperability Problem With the Open-Source Platform OpenHAB
Challenges and Trends in Home Automation: Addressing the Interoperability Problem With the Open-Source Platform OpenHAB
Cristina Portalés, Sergio Casas, Kai Kreuzer. © 2019. 27 pages.
Home automation (HA) systems can be considered as an implementation of the internet of everything (IoE) where many devices are linked by intelligent connections in order to...
Mixing Different Realities in a Single Shared Space: Analysis of Mixed-Platform Collaborative Shared Spaces
Mixing Different Realities in a Single Shared Space: Analysis of Mixed-Platform Collaborative Shared Spaces
Sergio Casas, Cristina Portalés, Inma García-Pereira, Jesús Gimeno. © 2019. 18 pages.
The concept of internet of everything involves an intelligent connection of people, processes, data, and things. In this sense, shared spaces aimed to connect different users...
To Move or Not to Move?: The Challenge of Including Believable Self-Motion Cues in Virtual Reality Applications – Understanding Motion Cueing Generation in Virtual Reality
To Move or Not to Move?: The Challenge of Including Believable Self-Motion Cues in Virtual Reality Applications – Understanding Motion Cueing Generation in Virtual Reality
Sergio Casas, Cristina Portalés, Marcos Fernández. © 2019. 21 pages.
This chapter deals with the problem of including motion cues in VR applications. From the challenges of this technology to the latest trends in the field, the authors discuss the...
Augmented Reality-Based Training Systems for Teaching Health and Safety Procedures in Construction
Augmented Reality-Based Training Systems for Teaching Health and Safety Procedures in Construction
Inma García-Pereira, Cristina Portalés, Sergio Casas, María Vidal-González, Jesús Gimeno. © 2019. 22 pages.
Traditional teaching methods are not always efficient, especially in areas where the concepts to teach relate to physical work that must be done outside the classroom. This is...
Multi-Dimensional Acquisition, Representation, and Interaction of Cultural Heritage Tangible Assets: An Insight on Tourism Applications
Multi-Dimensional Acquisition, Representation, and Interaction of Cultural Heritage Tangible Assets: An Insight on Tourism Applications
Cristina Portalés, Sergio Casas, Pau Alonso-Monasterio, María José Viñals. © 2018. 24 pages.
The acquisition, digital representation and interaction of cultural heritage (CH) assets is of high interest for an accurate documentation of our cultural legacy. Detailed...
Interacting With Augmented Reality Mirrors
Interacting With Augmented Reality Mirrors
Cristina Portalés, Jesús Gimeno, Sergio Casas, Ricardo Olanda, Francisco Giner Martínez. © 2018. 29 pages.
This chapter deals with the topic of Augmented Reality Mirrors (ARMs) – a kind of specular interfaces making use of Augmented Reality technology. The review presented in the...
On the Development of VR and AR Learning Contents for Children on the Autism Spectrum: From Real Requirements to Virtual Scenarios
On the Development of VR and AR Learning Contents for Children on the Autism Spectrum: From Real Requirements to Virtual Scenarios
Gerardo Herrera, Lucia Vera, Javier Sevilla, Cristina Portalés, Sergio Casas. © 2018. 36 pages.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an umbrella term used to group a range of brain development disorders. The learning profile of most people with ASD is mainly visual, and VR and...
International Journal of Virtual and Augmented Reality (IJVAR)
International Journal of Virtual and Augmented Reality (IJVAR)
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour. Est. 2017.
Advancements in computer-generated sensory technologies have made the concept of believable virtual environments a reality. New questions are raised as to how these can be...
Interacting with Augmented Reality Mirrors
Interacting with Augmented Reality Mirrors
Cristina Portalés, Jesús Gimeno, Sergio Casas, Ricardo Olanda, Francisco Giner Martínez. © 2016. 29 pages.
This chapter deals with the topic of Augmented Reality Mirrors (ARMs) – a kind of specular interfaces making use of Augmented Reality technology. The review presented in the...