Samuel Truman

M.Sc. Samuel Truman

Email: samuel.truman@uni-wuerzburg.de

Samuel received his Bachelor's degree in Games Engineering. He then completed his Master’s degree in Computer Science specializing in Games Engineering at the University of Würzburg. He has ample experience in the design and development of Virtual Reality systems, especially considering innovative 3DUI and navigation technques as well as highly modular platform engineering. He is the programming lead of the VIA-VR project and joined the R&D team of the femtoPro VR laser laboratory in 2024.

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2025[ to top ]

VIA-VR: A Platform to Streamline the Development of Virtual Reality Serious Games for Healthcare. Truman, Samuel; Von Mammen, Sebastian. In 2025 IEEE 38th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), pp. 463–468. 2025.
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@inproceedings{11058787, author = {Truman, Samuel and Von Mammen, Sebastian}, booktitle = {2025 IEEE 38th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS)}, keywords = {platform}, pages = {463-468}, title = {VIA-VR: A Platform to Streamline the Development of Virtual Reality Serious Games for Healthcare}, year = 2025 }
femtoPro: Teaching and Training of Ultrafast Optics in Virtual Reality. Müller, S.; Müller, A.; Truman, S.; Buhl, T.; von Mammen, S.; Brixner, T. In 2025 IEEE Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP), pp. 1–4. 2025.
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@inproceedings{11030702, author = {Müller, S. and Müller, A. and Truman, S. and Buhl, T. and von Mammen, S. and Brixner, T.}, booktitle = {2025 IEEE Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP)}, keywords = {and}, pages = {1-4}, title = {femtoPro: Teaching and Training of Ultrafast Optics in Virtual Reality}, year = 2025 }

2023[ to top ]

femtoPro: virtual-reality interactive training simulator of an ultrafast laser laboratory. Brixner, Tobias; Mueller, Stefan; Müller, Andreas; Knote, Andreas; Schnepp, Wilhelm; Truman, Samuel; Vetter, Anne; von Mammen, Sebastian. In Applied Physics B, 129(5). Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023.
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@article{brixner2023femtopro, author = {Brixner, Tobias and Mueller, Stefan and Müller, Andreas and Knote, Andreas and Schnepp, Wilhelm and Truman, Samuel and Vetter, Anne and von Mammen, Sebastian}, journal = {Applied Physics B}, keywords = {reality}, month = {04}, number = 5, publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}}, title = {{femtoPro}: virtual-reality interactive training simulator of an ultrafast laser laboratory}, volume = 129, year = 2023 }
Investigating Crowdsourced Help Facilities for Enhancing User Guidance. Babu, Sooraj K.; Brandner, Tobias; Truman, Samuel; von Mammen, Sebastian. In International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET), N. Pelechano, F. Liarokapis, D. Rohmer, A. Asadipour (eds.). The Eurographics Association, 2023.
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@inproceedings{babu2023investigating, abstract = {We present two help facilities aimed at addressing the challenges faced by users new to a software. Software documentation should ideally familiarise with the overall functionality, navigate through the concrete workflows, and opportunities for customisation. Large degrees of freedom in the use and vast basic scopes, however, often make it infeasible to convey this information upfront. Rather, it needs to be broken into helpful bits and pieces which are delivered at appropriate times. In order to address this challenge, we have designed two concrete help facilities, i.e. tooltips and tips-of-the-day, to feature crowdsourced information. In this paper, we present the results of a formative study to implement early proofs-of-concept for the open-source game authoring platform Godot. To support further research, we have made the code base publicly available on GitHub.}, author = {Babu, Sooraj K. and Brandner, Tobias and Truman, Samuel and von Mammen, Sebastian}, booktitle = {International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET)}, editor = {Pelechano, Nuria and Liarokapis, Fotis and Rohmer, Damien and Asadipour, Ali}, keywords = {myown}, publisher = {The Eurographics Association}, title = {Investigating Crowdsourced Help Facilities for Enhancing User Guidance}, year = 2023 }

2022[ to top ]

femtoPro: Ultrafast Phenomena in Virtual Reality. Müller, Stefan; Brixner, Tobias; Knote, Andreas; Schnepp, Wilhelm; Truman, Samuel; Vetter, Anne; von Mammen, Sebastian. In The International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena ({UP}), p. W4A.42. Optica Publishing Group, 2022.
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@inproceedings{mueller2022femtopro, abstract = {We introduce “femtoPro,” an interactive simulator of an ultrafast laser laboratory in virtual reality (VR). Gaussian beam propagation as well as linear and nonlinear optical phenomena are calculated in real time on consumer-grade VR devices.}, author = {Müller, Stefan and Brixner, Tobias and Knote, Andreas and Schnepp, Wilhelm and Truman, Samuel and Vetter, Anne and von Mammen, Sebastian}, booktitle = {The {International} {Conference} on {Ultrafast} {Phenomena} ({UP})}, keywords = {myown}, month = {07}, pages = {W4A.42}, publisher = {Optica Publishing Group}, title = {{femtoPro}: {Ultrafast} {Phenomena} in {Virtual} {Reality}}, year = 2022 }

2021[ to top ]

Interactive Self-Assembling Agent Ensembles. Truman, Samuel; von Mammen, Sebastian. In Clash of Realities Conference: Game Technology Summit. 2021.
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Game-Ready Inventory Systems for Virtual Reality. Mußmann, Marc; Truman, Samuel; von Mammen, Sebastian. In Conference on Games (CoG), Vol. 2021. IEEE, 2021.

Best Student Paper Award 🏆
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@inproceedings{mussmann2021gameready, author = {Mußmann, Marc and Truman, Samuel and von Mammen, Sebastian}, booktitle = {Conference on Games (CoG)}, keywords = {myown}, note = {Best Student Paper Award 🏆}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Game-Ready Inventory Systems for Virtual Reality}, volume = 2021, year = 2021 }
Stigmergic, Diegetic Guidance of Swarm Construction. Truman, Samuel; Seitz, Jakob; von Mammen, Sebastian. In International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems Companion (ACSOS-C). IEEE, 2021.
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2020[ to top ]

An Integrated Design of World-in-Miniature Navigation in Virtual Reality. Truman, Samuel; von Mammen, Sebastian. In 15th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG), pp. 1–9. ACM, Bugibba, Malta, 2020.
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@inproceedings{truman2020integrated, address = {Bugibba, Malta}, author = {Truman, Samuel and von Mammen, Sebastian}, booktitle = {15th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG)}, keywords = {reality}, pages = {1–9}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {An Integrated Design of World-in-Miniature Navigation in Virtual Reality}, year = 2020 }

2019[ to top ]

Engineering a Showcase of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy. Müller, Andreas; Truman, Samuel; von Mammen, Sebastian; Brukamp, Kirsten. In 11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games), pp. 1–2. IEEE, 2019.
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@inproceedings{mueller2019engineering, abstract = {Numerous research studies and controlled trials have unveiled the potential of serious games in various health-related areas [1]. Their range of application can be even further extended by the use of virtual reality (VR) technology, which allows the realistic representation of interactive contents. Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) is a very promising novel use case for the development of serious games. Held in a virtual environment (VE) adaptive to the needs of the patient, this form of therapy can outperform traditional realworld measures [2], [3]. One of its major success factors is the engagement of the patient, which can be increased by an immersive gaming experience. We show a demonstrator of VRET application for a fire-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this demonstrator, features to support actively guided VR experiences are improved on, focusing on the interactive adaptivity of the VE.}, author = {Müller, Andreas and Truman, Samuel and von Mammen, Sebastian and Brukamp, Kirsten}, booktitle = {11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games)}, keywords = {reality}, month = {09}, pages = {1-2}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Engineering a Showcase of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy}, year = 2019 }

2018[ to top ]

Rethinking real-time strategy games for virtual reality. Truman, Samuel; Rapp, Nicolas; Roth, Daniel; von Mammen, Sebastian. In 13th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG), pp. 31:1–31:6. ACM, 2018.
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@inproceedings{truman2018rethinking, author = {Truman, Samuel and Rapp, Nicolas and Roth, Daniel and von Mammen, Sebastian}, booktitle = {13th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG)}, keywords = {reality}, month = {08}, pages = {31:1-31:6}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Rethinking real-time strategy games for virtual reality}, year = 2018 }

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