Affiliate Publications

2026

Chen, Y.; Sun, X.; Youn, J.-H.; Shultz, C. Strain2Force: Compact Nail-Based Sensor for 3DOF Contact Force Estimation. In 2026 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS); IEEE: Reno, NV, USA, 2026; pp 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/HAPTICS66823.2026.11495489.

Eraslan, E.; Yildiz, Y.; Annaswamy, A.; Cecil, J.; Gupta, A. CPHS–XR: A Unifying Framework for Understanding Cyber Physical Human Systems in the Realm of Extended Reality. In HCI International 2025 – Late Breaking Papers; Chen, J. Y. C., Fragomeni, G., Fang, X., Eds.; Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Springer Nature Switzerland: Cham, 2026; Vol. 16338, pp 36–48. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-12808-9_3.

Guo, S.; Zhang, F.; Krogmeier, C.; Kao, D.; Mousas, C. Out of Control: Effects of Multimodal Self-Similarity on Embodiment During Autonomous Avatar Demonstrations in Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems; ACM: Barcelona, Spain, 2026; pp 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3790629.

Kim, I.; Dong, Y. Systems-Theoretic Integration of VR and AI for Human Digital Twin. In 2026 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW); IEEE: Daegu, Republic of Korea, 2026; pp 983–987. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW70859.2026.00178.

Lauinger, A.; Shrivastava, R.; Falak, A.; Zhang, J.; Abraskin, K.; Burnette, P.; Galvez, R. Use of Extended Reality Head-Mounted Displays in US Health Care Education: A Scoping Review. Front. Med. 2026, 13, 1798546. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2026.1798546.

Planey, J.; Trencevski, D.; Kelle, S. Lowering the Barriers for Designing Immersive Learning Environments: ImmersityXR Framework. In Immersive Learning Research Network; Krüger, J. M., Schmidt, M., Mikropoulos, A., Koutromanos, G., Pedrosa, D., Beck, D., Mystakidis, S., Smith-Nunes, G., Peña-Rios, A., Richter, J., Eds.; Communications in Computer and Information Science; Springer Nature Switzerland: Cham, 2026; Vol. 2598, pp 307–324. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-98080-0_19.

Sy, T. N.; Shultz, C.; Youn, J.-H. Compact Soft Tactile Actuator Based on Stacked Electroosmotic Pumps for Wearable Haptics. In 2026 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS); IEEE: Reno, NV, USA, 2026; pp 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1109/HAPTICS66823.2026.11495463.

Tang, X.; Lira, M.; Lindgren, R. Haptic Experiences Shift Students' Representational Gestures and Knowledge Resources. J Res Sci Teach 2026, 63 (2), 138–160. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.70033.

Wang, D.; Song, W.; Ni, J.; Zheng, Q.; Zhou, Y.; Liang, K.; Yao, M.; Cao, C. G. L. Should the AI Speak First? Evaluating Proactive vs. Reactive Facilitation in Mixed-Reality Medical Training. In Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems; ACM: Barcelona, Spain, 2026; pp 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3791910.

Wang, D.; Ni, J.; Zhou, Y.; Ding, W.; Song, W.; Jamison, S.; Yao, M.; Cao, C. SpatialTutor: Object-Aware Mixed Reality Training for Procedural Medical Skills Training with AI-Driven Support. In 2026 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and eXtended and Virtual Reality (AIxVR); IEEE: Osaka, Japan, 2026; pp 57–66. https://doi.org/10.1109/AIxVR67263.2026.00016.

Youn, J.-H.; Lee, S. H.; Shultz, C. Mag-Chain: Reconfigurable 6-DOF Tangible Interfaces Using Magnetic Chains. In Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction; ACM: Chicago, IL, USA, 2026; pp 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3731459.3773337.

Zhang, Y.; Ren, T.; Jebelli, H. Design and Implementation of VR-ERGOEXO: A Virtual Reality Platform for Enhancing Ergonomic Compliance and Posture in Wearable Exoskeleton-Assisted Construction Tasks. J. Comput. Civ. Eng. 2026, 40 (4), 04026039. https://doi.org/10.1061/JCCEE5.CPENG-6986.

2025

Bethke, E.; Bramlet, M. T.; Sutton, B. P.; Evans, J. L.; Hanner, A.; Tran, A.; O'Rourke, B.; Soofi, N.; Amos, J. R. Assessing the Impact of Virtual Reality on Surgeons' Mental Models of Complex Congenital Heart Cases. Int J CARS 2025, 21 (3), 595–605. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-025-03542-7.

Bottalico, P.; Wingfield, C. J.; Nudelman, C. J.; Farina, A.; Glasner, J. D.; Redman, Y. G. Singing in Virtual versus Real Rooms: Is It the Same? The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2025, 158 (5), 3645–3655. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0039807.

Gao, S.; Liu, J.; Jiang, Q.; Sinclair, F.; Sentosa, W.; Godfrey, B.; Adve, S. XRgo: Design and Evaluation of Rendering Offload for Low-Power Extended Reality Devices. In Proceedings of the 16th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference; MMSys '25; Association for Computing Machinery: New York, NY, USA, 2025; pp 124–135. https://doi.org/10.1145/3712676.3714444.

Grauman, K.; Westbury, A.; Torresani, L.; Kitani, K.; Malik, J.; Afouras, T.; Ashutosh, K.; Baiyya, V.; Bansal, S.; Boote, B.; et al. (Ego-Exo4D Consortium, incl. Rehg, J. M.) Ego-Exo4D: Understanding Skilled Human Activity from First- and Third-Person Perspectives. Int J Comput Vis 2025, 133 (12), 8356–8435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-025-02557-6.

Ji, R.; Wu, M.; Chen, B.; Zink, M.; Sitaraman, R. K.; Chakareski, J.; Nahrstedt, K. Anywhere Avatar: 3D Telepresence with Just a Phone and a Laptop. In Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Multimedia; MM '25; Association for Computing Machinery: New York, NY, USA, 2025; pp 13537–13539. https://doi.org/10.1145/3746027.3754482.

Jiang, H.; Hsu, H.-Y.; Zhang, K.; Yu, H.-N.; Wang, S.; Li, Y. PhysTwin: Physics-Informed Reconstruction and Simulation of Deformable Objects from Videos. arXiv March 23, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2503.17973.

Kang, J.; Xu, X.; Yan, L. Leveraging Affordances of Immersive Technology-Supported Collaborative Learning (ITCL): A Systematic Review. Educ Inf Technol 2025, 30 (1), 607–647. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-13079-y.

Mois, G.; Eraslan, E.; Sun, T.; Cheng, Q.; Gupta, A.; Rogers, W. Insights on Leveraging Virtual Reality as a Medium for Intervention Delivery for Older Adults. Innovation in Aging 2025, 9 (Supplement_2), igaf122.3796. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf122.3796.

Pang, Y.; Kondguli, S.; Wang, S.; Adve, S. Ada: A Distributed, Power-Aware, Real-Time Scene Provider for XR. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2025, 31 (11), 9677–9687. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2025.3616835.

Schroeder, N. L.; Zhang, S.; Jaldi, C. D.; Gladstone, J. R.; López, A. A.; Dorley, E. Virtual Characters Help K–12 Students Learn and Improve Motivation: A Meta-Analysis. Review of Educational Research 2025. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543251389930.

Tian, B.; Gao, Q.; Xianyu, S.; Cui, X.; Zhang, M. FlexGaussian: Flexible and Cost-Effective Training-Free Compression for 3D Gaussian Splatting. arXiv July 9, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.06671.

Wang, Y. M.; Yao, M. Z. Using Augmented Reality (AR) to Increase Risk Perception of E-Cigarettes among Young Adults: From the Perspective of Construal Level Theory. Computers in Human Behavior Reports 2025, 20, 100802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100802.

Wu, N.; Chen, B.; Cheng, R.; Nahrstedt, K.; Han, B. NeVo: Advancing Volumetric Video Streaming with Neural Content Representation. In Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking; ACM MOBICOM '25; Association for Computing Machinery: New York, NY, USA, 2025; pp 267–282. https://doi.org/10.1145/3680207.3723473.

Wu, X.; Steiger, J.; Li, B.; Srikant, R. Optimal Hybrid Feedback-Driven Learning for Wireless Interactive Panoramic Scene Delivery. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth International Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing; ACM: Houston, TX, USA, 2025; pp 341–350. https://doi.org/10.1145/3704413.3764474.

Xu, Z.; Fan, X.; Wang, Z.-Q.; Jiang, X.; Choudhury, R. R. ArrayDPS: Unsupervised Blind Speech Separation with a Diffusion Prior. arXiv June 17, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.05657.

Yao, D. Y.; Zhai, A. J.; Wang, S. Uni4D: Unifying Visual Foundation Models for 4D Modeling from a Single Video. arXiv March 27, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2503.21761.

Youn, J.-H.; Lee, S. H.; Shultz, C. HaptiCoil: Soft Programmable Buttons with Hydraulically Coupled Haptic Feedback and Sensing. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems; CHI '25; Association for Computing Machinery: New York, NY, USA, 2025; pp 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713175.

Youn, J.-H.; Israr, A.; Shultz, C. Pushing the Boundary: Force Sensitivity at the Edges of the Finger for Mixed Reality Haptics. In 2025 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC); 2025; pp 478–484. https://doi.org/10.1109/WHC64065.2025.11123250.