Yuan Li

Peeking Ahead of the Field Study: Exploring VLM Personas as Support Tools for Embodied Studies in HCI

Field studies are irreplaceable but costly, time-consuming, and error-prone, which need careful preparation. Inspired by rapid-prototyping in manufacturing, we propose a fast, low-cost evaluation method using Vision-Language Model (VLM) personas to simulate outcomes comparable to field results. While LLMs show human-l…