Gudrun Johanna Klinker (born 15 February 1958) is a German computer scientist known for her work on augmented reality.
From 1983 to 1988 she worked as a teaching and research assistant at the computer science department of Carnegie Mellon University, where she earned her Ph.D. in 1988.
This includes the fields of sensing, ubiquitous tracking (sensor fusion), three-dimensional information presentation, three-dimensional interaction, human–computer interaction in cars, multi-touch displays, systems architectures for ubiquitous augmented reality and industrial augmented reality.
[4] Klinker is counted among the co-founders of the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR).
[5] She has served on numerous program committees such as VR, Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), three-dimensional User Interfaces (3DUI), and User Interface Software and Technology (UIST).