University of Innsbruck

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CHI '26Explainable AI (XAI) +2

When the Codec Hallucinates: User Perceptions of Miscompressed Images

People exchange images every day. New methods for image compression leverage neural networks to save bandwidth, but they can undermine the semantic integrity. The term miscompression refers to unintended semantic changes of image details, introduced by generative AI during neural (de)compression. Although prior work h…

CHI '26Force Feedback & Pseudo-Haptic Weight +2

What Users Like and Don’t Like About Occupational Exoskeletons: Experiences and Implications From a Focus Group Study

Occupational exoskeletons are designed to support workers in strenuous tasks and to promote health, yet their implementation and use often present challenges due to the close interaction between wearer and device. This study explored user perceptions of occupational exoskeletons through qualitative focus groups conduc…

MOBILEHCI '25Motion Sickness & Passenger Experience +2

Using Nonverbal Cues in Empathic Multi-Modal LLM-Driven Chatbots for Mental Health Support

Despite their popularity in providing digital mental health support, mobile conversational agents primarily rely on verbal input, which limits their ability to respond to emotional expressions. We therefore envision using the sensory equipment of today's devices to increase the nonverbal, empathic capabilities of chat…

CHI '25Privacy by Design & User Control +1

Ad-Blocked Reality: Evaluating User Perceptions of Content Blocking Concepts Using Extended Reality

Inspired by the concepts of diminishing reality and ad-blocking in browsers, this study investigates the perceived benefits and concerns of blocking physical, real-world content, particularly ads, through Extended Reality (XR). To understand how users perceive this concept, we first conducted a user study (N=18) with…

CHI '24Social & Collaborative VR +1

Navigating the Virtual Gaze: Social Anxiety's Role in VR proxemics

For individuals with Social Anxiety (SA), interacting with others can be a challenging experience, a concern that extends into the virtual world. While technology has made significant strides in creating more realistic virtual human agents (VHA), the interplay of gaze and interpersonal distance when interacting with V…

CHI '24Honorable MentionDrone Interaction & Control +1

HIFuzz: Human Interaction Fuzzing for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) must meet rigorous safety standards when deployed in high-stress emergency response scenarios; however many reported accidents have involved humans in the loop. In this paper, we, therefore, present the HiFuzz testing framework, which uses fuzz testing to identify system vulnerabil…

CHI '24Honorable MentionAgent Personality & Anthropomorphism +1

Perceived Empathy of Technology Scale (PETS): Measuring Empathy of Systems Toward the User

Affective computing improves rapidly, allowing systems to process human emotions. This enables systems such as conversational agents or social robots to show empathy toward users. While there are various established methods to measure the empathy of humans, there is no reliable and validated instrument to quantify the…

CHI '23Social & Collaborative VR +1

When XR and AI Meet - A Scoping Review on Extended Reality and Artificial Intelligence

Research on Extended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is booming, which has led to an emerging body of literature in their intersection. However, the main topics in this intersection are unclear, as are the benefits of combining XR and AI. This paper presents a scoping review that highlights how XR is app…

CHI '23AI Ethics, Fairness & Accountability +1

Show me a "Male Nurse"! How Gender Bias is Reflected in the Query Formulation of Search Engine Users

Biases in algorithmic systems have led to discrimination against historically disadvantaged groups, including the reinforcement of outdated gender stereotypes. While a substantial body of research addresses biases in algorithms and underlying data, in this work, we study if and how users themselves reflect these bias…

CHI '23Human Pose & Activity Recognition +1

HotFoot: Foot-Based User Identification using Thermal Imaging

We propose a novel method for seamlessly identifying users by combining thermal and visible feet features. While it is known that users’ feet have unique characteristics, these have so far been underutilized for biometric identification, as observing those features often requires the removal of shoes and socks. As the…

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