Yahya Hmaiti

schoolUniversity of Central Floridabar_chart#3088 Global Rank

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From One World to Another: Interfaces for Efficiently Transitioning Between Virtual Environments

Personal computers and handheld devices provide keyboard shortcuts and swipe gestures to enable users to efficiently switch between applications, whereas today's virtual reality (VR) systems do not. In this work, we present an exploratory study on user interface aspects to support efficient switching between worlds in…

CUI '254th AuthorSocial & Collaborative VR +1

Mitigating Response Delays in Free-Form Conversations with LLM-powered Intelligent Virtual Agents

We investigated the challenges of mitigating response delays in free-form conversations with virtual agents powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) within Virtual Reality (VR). For this, we used conversational fillers, such as gestures and verbal cues, to bridge delays between user input and system responses and evalu…

CHI '253rd AuthorBest PaperImmersion & Presence Research +2

The Fidelity-based Presence Scale (FPS): Modeling the Effects of Fidelity on Sense of Presence

Within the virtual reality (VR) research community, there have been several efforts to develop questionnaires with the aim of better understanding the sense of presence. Despite having numerous surveys, the community does not have a questionnaire that informs which components of a VR application contributed to the sen…

CHI '243rd AuthorFull-Body Interaction & Embodied Input +1

Unlocking Understanding: An Investigation of Multimodal Communication in Virtual Reality Collaboration

Communication in collaboration, especially synchronous, remote communication, is crucial to the success of task-specific goals. Insufficient or excessive forms of communication may lead to detrimental effects on task performance while increasing mental fatigue. However, identifying which combinations of communication…

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