University of Tsukuba

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CHI '26Immersion & Presence Research +2

Walking Through or Detour? Investigating Walking Paths with World‑Anchored Mixed Reality Objects

In mixed reality environments, virtual objects can obscure real-world obstacles, creating a risk of collision when users walk through them. Although users may choose to detour around virtual objects, this behavior also carries risks, such as colliding with obstacles or pedestrians along the detour route. To reduce col…

CHI '26Visual Impairment Technologies (Screen Readers, Tactile Graphics, Braille) +2

Eyes on the Finger: Investigating a Ring-Shaped Camera for Seamless Accessible Tactile Exploration

Tactile exploration is essential for blind and low vision (BLV) individuals to understand objects and spaces. Yet little is known about how camera-based devices can support hand-centric exploration: tactilely examining exhibits while inquiring about and processing information. We investigate a finger-worn ring camera…

CHI '26Haptic Wearables +2

Bevel or Not: Identifying the Potential of Bevels for Touch Input Accuracy on Ring Device

Smart rings can serve as a wearable platform for off-device control of nearby devices. However, their thin bands lead to a small touch surface on the ring, limiting touch input expressivity and accuracy. To address this, we investigate the effectiveness of ring shapes that use beveled surfaces in addition to the flat…

CHI '26Best PaperSerious & Functional Games +2

BRIDGE: Borderless Reconfiguration for Inclusive and Diverse Gameplay Experience via Embodiment Transformation

Training resources for parasports are limited, reducing opportunities for athletes and coaches to engage with sport-specific movements and tactical coordination. To address this gap, we developed BRIDGE, a system that integrates a reconstruction pipeline, which detects and tracks players from broadcast video to genera…

CHI '26Full-Body Interaction & Embodied Input +4

ViSTAR: Virtual Skill Training with Augmented Reality with 3D Avatars and LLM coaching agent

We present ViSTAR, a Virtual Skill Training system in AR that supports self-guided basketball skill practice, with feedback on balance, posture, and timing. From a formative study with basketball players and coaches, the system addresses three challenges: understanding skills, identifying errors, and correcting mistak…

CHI '26Identity & Avatars in XR +2

Hitchhiking Hands: Enabling “Virtually Direct” VR Manipulation by Switching Multiple Hand Avatars with Gaze

Dexterous freehand manipulation in virtual reality offers rich interaction but is limited by physical reach. Existing indirect remote manipulation techniques often sacrifice this dexterity. We address this by defining "virtually direct" manipulation, a conceptual framework for techniques that break from a purely direc…

UIST '25Geospatial & Map Visualization +1

MapStory: Prototyping Editable Map Animations with LLM Agents

We introduce MapStory, an LLM‑powered animation prototyping tool that generates editable map animation sequences directly from natural language text by leveraging a dual-agent LLM architecture. Given a user-written script, MapStory automatically produces a scene breakdown, which decomposes the text into key map animat…

UIST '25Force Feedback & Pseudo-Haptic Weight +2

Vestibular Stimulation Enhances Hand Redirection

We demonstrate how the vestibular system (i.e., the sense of balance) influences the perception of hand position in VR. By exploiting this via galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS), we can enhance the degree to which we can redirect the user’s hands in VR without them noticing, i.e., raising the detection threshold of…

IUI '25Full-Body Interaction & Embodied Input +2

Video2MR: Automatically Generating Mixed Reality 3D Instructions by Augmenting Extracted Motion from 2D Videos

This paper introduces Video2MR, a mixed reality system that automatically generates 3D sports and exercise instructions from 2D videos. Mixed reality instructions have great potential for physical training, but existing works require substantial time and cost to create these 3D experiences. Video2MR overcomes this lim…

CHI '25Honorable MentionEye Tracking & Gaze Interaction +2

Understanding Usability of VR Pointing Methods with a Handheld-style HMD for Onsite Exhibitions

Handheld-style head-mounted displays (HMDs) are becoming increasingly popular as a convenient option for onsite exhibitions. However, they lack established practices for basic interactions, particularly pointing methods. Through our formative study involving practitioners, we discovered that controllers and hand gestu…

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Gesture, Body & Motion Interaction

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