Zhihao Yao

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AI-generated AR Reassembly Guidance from Disassembly Videos to Scaffold Everyday Repair

Repair is a valuable yet challenging activity, especially when product manuals are missing or outdated. Augmented Reality (AR) has been widely explored for repair tasks, but most systems rely on CAD models or pre-constructed assets, which escalate authoring costs and constrain scalability. We introduce RePairAR, a sys…

CHI '261st AuthorSocial & Collaborative VR +3

GestuProp: 3D Virtual Reality Prop Generation with Co-Speech Gestures

Virtual Reality (VR) has been widely adopted in domains such as gaming, education, and healthcare, where 3D props play a central role in enabling immersive interaction. With the advancement of generative AI, 3D props can now be created rapidly; however, little research has explored how gestures and speech can be integ…

CHI '264th AuthorHuman-LLM Collaboration +2

More Than a Dictionary: How AI Scaffolds the Journey from Digital Outsider to Insider

Online communities often develop shared symbolic vocabularies that strengthen insider bonds but implicitly marginalize newcomers. On Chinese platforms, this dynamic is exemplified by “absurd language,” a style distinguished by irony, exaggeration, and local memes. While this form of expression fosters in-group intimac…

CHI '263rd AuthorBest PaperAffective Feedback & Emotion Regulation Interfaces +3

Designing for Long-Term Emotion Regulation: A Breathing Biofeedback Game for Women in Compulsory Isolation Drug Rehabilitation Centers

In the rehabilitation process of women with substance use disorders, difficulties in emotion regulation represent a major risk factor for relapse, while shame, low self-esteem, and cognitive impairments further undermine their ability to learn and sustain emotion regulation skills. To address the lack of research on l…

UIST '255th+ AuthorMusic Composition & Sound Design Tools +2

Outline and Detail: A Semantic-Driven Framework for Layered 2D Character Generation

2D cartoon-style digital characters represent an important art form in games, animation, and virtual live streaming. However, traditional 2D character creation workflows involve tedious manual layering, complex skeleton rigging, and professional animation skills, posing challenges for independent studios and non-profe…

UIST '241st AuthorMuseum & Cultural Heritage Digitization +1

Lumina: A Software Tool for Fostering Creativity in Designing Chinese Shadow Puppets

Shadow puppetry, a culturally rich storytelling art, faces challenges transitioning to the digital realm. Creators in the early design phase struggle with crafting intricate patterns, textures, and basic animations while adhering to stylistic conventions - hindering creativity, especially for novices. This paper prese…

CHI '241st Author3D Modeling & Animation +1

InkBrush: A Sketching Tool for 3D Ink Painting

InkBrush is a new sketch-based 3D drawing tool for creating 3D ink paintings using free-form 3D ink strokes. It offers a digital calligraphy brush and various editing tools to generate realistic ink-like brush strokes with attributes like hairy edges, ink drips, and scattered dots. Users can adjust parameters such as…

UIST '185th+ AuthorShape-Changing Interfaces & Soft Robotic Materials +1

Orecchio: Extending Body-Language through Actuated Static and Dynamic Auricular Postures

In this paper, we propose using the auricle – the visible part of the ear – as a means of expressive output to extend body language to convey emotional states. With an initial exploratory study, we provide an initial set of dynamic and static auricular postures. Using these results, we examined the relationship betwee…

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