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Do Entropic Measurements of the Diversity of AI-generated Images Match Human Judgement?

This paper proposes that the ability to generate diverse outputs in response to a single prompt is necessary for text-to-image models to become more effective creativity support tools. It formalises the problem of measuring the diversity of generated text and images, with an emphasis on interactive, exploratory use in…

CHI '26Affective Human-Computer Dialogue +2

Auditorily Embodied Conversational Agents: Effects of Spatialization and Situated Audio Cues on Presence and Social Perception

Embodiment can enhance conversational agents, such as increasing their perceived presence. This is typically achieved through visual representations of a virtual body; however, visual modalities are not always available, such as when users interact with agents using headphones or display-less glasses. In this work, we…

CHI '26Mid-Air Haptics (Ultrasonic) +2

TactDeform: Finger Pad Deformation Inspired Spatial Tactile Feedback for Virtual Geometry Exploration

Spatial tactile feedback can enhance the realism of geometry exploration in virtual reality applications. Current vibrotactile approaches often face challenges with the spatial and temporal resolution needed to render different 3D geometries. Inspired by the natural deformation of finger pads when exploring 3D objects…

CHI '26Spatial Audio & 3D Sound +2

Envisioning Audio Augmented Reality in Everyday Life

While visual augmentation dominates the augmented reality landscape, devices like Meta Ray-Ban audio smart glasses signal growing industry movement toward audio augmented reality (AAR). Hearing is a primary channel for sensing context, anticipating change, and navigating social space, yet AAR’s everyday potential rema…

CHI '26Mobile Accessibility Design +3

SituFont: A Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention Interface for Enhancing Mobile Readability in Situational Visual Impairments

Situational visual impairments (SVIs) hinder mobile readability, causing discomfort and limiting information access. Building on prior work in adaptive typography and accessibility, this paper presents SituFont, a context-aware and human-in-the-loop adaptive typography adjustment approach that enhances smartphone mobi…

CHI '26Immersion & Presence Research +2

Understanding the Effects of Interaction on Emotional Experiences in VR

Virtual reality has been effectively used for eliciting emotions, yet most research focuses on the intensity of affective responses rather than on how interaction influences those experiences. To address this gap, we advance a validated VR emotion-elicitation dataset through two key extensions. First, we add a new hig…

CHI '26Remote Work Tools & Experience +2

Enabling Partial Participation in Remote Meetings

We propose and explore the concept of Partial Participation, facilitating remote collaborators to contribute to meetings in which they are not able to fully participate via an AI agent acting as a proxy. During the meeting, users can monitor LLM-generated real-time meeting updates and respond to questions posed by oth…

CHI '26External HMI (eHMI) — Communication with Pedestrians & Cyclists +1

Exploring the Impacts of Background Noise on Auditory Stimuli of Audio-Visual eHMIs for Hearing, Deaf, and Hard-of-Hearing People

External Human-Machine Interfaces (eHMIs) have been proposed to enhance communication between automated vehicles (AVs) and pedestrians, with growing interest in multi-modal designs such as audio-visual eHMIs. Just as poor lighting can impair visual cues, a loud background noise may mask the auditory stimuli. However,…

CHI '26Best PaperConversational Chatbots +3

Narratives and Perspectives: How AI Summaries Steer Users' Opinions and Engagement on Social Media

AI summaries on social media are reshaping how users form opinions about political topics, yet their influence remains largely unexamined despite their widespread deployment. This paper investigates how two types of AI summaries affect user opinions and engagement: textual summaries of discussion narratives and percen…

CHI '26Smart Cities & Urban Sensing +2

Animated Public Furniture as an Interaction Mediator: Engaging Passersby In-the-Wild with Robotic Benches

Urban HCI investigates how digital technologies shape human behaviour within the social, spatial, temporal dynamics of public space. Meanwhile, robotic furniture research demonstrates how the purposeful animation of mundane utilitarian elements can influence human behaviour in everyday contexts. Taken together, these…

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AI & Machine Learning Interaction

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Automotive & Autonomous Vehicle Interaction

External HMI (eHMI) — Communication with Pedestrians & Cyclists

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Shape-Changing Interfaces & Soft Robotic Materials