University Of Victoria

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CHI '26Data Physicalization +1

ClayPhys: Towards Toolkits that Support Making Expressive Data Physicalization

Existing toolkits for data physicalization prioritize ease of use and adoption by novices. This is often achieved by limiting the affordances of the materials used and constraining design possibilities. The result is limited opportunities for creating expressive physicalizations. To address this limitation and to bett…

CHI '26Human-LLM Collaboration +3

LLM-based Embodied Conversational Agent for Reducing Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety in Social VR

Foreign language speaking anxiety (FLSA) poses a major challenge for English-language learners, suppressing confidence and triggering a cycle of avoidance that hinders language acquisition. To address this, we explored the use of LLM-based embodied conversational agents (ECA) in social virtual reality (VR), which prov…

CHI '26Visual Impairment Technologies (Screen Readers, Tactile Graphics, Braille) +3

Accessibility-Driven Information Transformations in Mixed-Visual Ability Work Teams

Blind and low-vision (BLV) employees in mixed-visual ability teams often encounter information (e.g., PDFs, diagrams) in inaccessible formats. To enable teamwork, teams must transform these representations by modifying or re-creating them into accessible forms. However, these transformations are frequently overlooked,…

CHI '26Creative Collaboration & Feedback Systems +1

Understanding How Creativity Support Tools Can Foster Happiness

Engaging in creative activities makes people happy. Creativity support tools (CSTs) are technologies that facilitate creative activities in the digital domain; however, little is known about how the use of CSTs affects happiness stemming from creative endeavours. To address this gap, we conducted a two-phase study. Fi…

CHI '26Game UX & Player Behavior +2

GG Go Next... Lobby: How Players Use Queue Dodging to Anticipate and Avoid Negative Experiences in League of Legends

"Queue dodging'' in League of Legends---the act of leaving a match during Champion Select---is characterised as problematic behaviour that increases lobby wait times, reduces the quality of matchmaking, and results in penalties for players. Although game companies try to eliminate queue dodging, it persists, raising t…

UIST '25Human Pose & Activity Recognition +2

The Potential of Cognitive Circles to Measure Mental Load

In Human-Computer Interaction, Usability, and Interaction Design, obtaining objective measures of mental workload is desirable yet challenging, as current methods are either costly and intrusive or subjective and unreliable. To overcome these limitations, we devised Cognitive Circles, a technique that estimates worklo…

CSCW '24Session 3a: AI in Creative Workflows: Opportunities and Challenges

Smart "Error"! Exploring Imperfect AI to Support Creative Ideation

Designers widely accept AI as a partner in the design process for its efficient and intelligent decision-making. However, AI is often not perfect, and AI error often makes humans dumbfounded. Literature has pointed out the value of such AI error, while still leaving its inspiration essence and application strategies u…

DIS '24Data Physicalization +1

VISMOCK: A Programmable Smocking Technique for Creating Interactive Data Physicalization

Data physicalization is a research area that explores representing data attributes through manipulating the geometric and physical properties of tangible objects. We introduce VISMOCK, a data physicalization approach that leverages a fabric manipulation technique called “smocking”. VISMOCK supports the creation of int…

CHI '24Haptic Wearables +1

Expressive Clothing: Understanding Hobbyist-Sewers' Visions for Self-Expression Through Clothing

Researchers have found that hobbyist-sewers seek to create new or adapted clothing designs that foster self-expression through communicating ideas, opinions and emotions. Although existing sewing technologies enable designing new patterns, they focus only on the technical aspects of pattern drafting and not on how inf…

CHI '24Honorable MentionVisual Impairment Technologies (Screen Readers, Tactile Graphics, Braille)

TADA: Making Node-link Diagrams Accessible to Blind and Low-Vision People

Diagrams often appear as node-link representations in contexts such as taxonomies, mind maps and networks in textbooks. Despite their pervasiveness, they present accessibility challenges for blind and low-vision people. To address this challenge, we introduce Touch-and-Audio-based Diagram Access (TADA), a tablet-based…

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Games, Entertainment & Gamification

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Data Visualization & Information Design

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Fabrication, 3D Printing & Physical Computing

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Participatory Design