Multimedia Showdown in Gather Town
Tired of boring online meetings? We're testing video, audio, & avatars to find the perfect mix. Early results show avatars boost engagement. Stay tuned for our findings on how to make meetings awesome.
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Dr. Eugene Kukshinov gave a talk at the Newhouse Impact Summit 2024 on Immersive Storytelling Technologies (Syracuse, NY)
Dr. Eugene Kukshinov gave a talk at the Newhouse Impact Summit 2024 on Immersive Storytelling Technologies (Syracuse, NY)
Deceptive Game Design in Virtual Reality
We developed a VR Deceptive Game Design Assessment Guide as our deductive codebook method for comparing deceptive design in computer and VR games. We adopted Gray et al. [1]’s ontology of deceptive designs as our starting point as it
Affective Evaluation of Games & Interactive Media
Evaluating user experience with affective measures is a field of growing importance in the human factors domain, because the emotional effects of engaging technology, such as movies, mobile networked devices, games and new media, are not well understood. Within this
PhD Student Jalaja Shanmugalingam Receives Mitacs Funding for Innovative VR Project
PhD Student Jalaja Shanmugalingam Receives Mitacs Funding for Innovative VR Project
Research Presentation at ACM DIS '24
Research Presentation at ACM DIS '24
Exciting News: Lennart Nacke Named University Research Chair
Exciting News: Lennart Nacke Named University Research Chair
Introducing Dr. Geneva Smith: New Postdoctoral Scholar in the HCI Games Group
We are excited to welcome Dr. Geneva Smith, who joined our HCI Games Group on July 1st, 2024, as a postdoctoral scholar. Dr. Smith completed her PhD in Software Engineering from McMaster University in 2023, where her research in the
Casting Connections: A Fishy Approach to Conference Engagement
Early-career researchers often feel like small fish in a big pond, surrounded by towering giants of knowledge. However, considering this apparent drawback overlooks a potential opportunity for networking and collaboration.
CHI 2024: Our team members present at the premier HCI conference
CHI 2024: Our team members present at the premier HCI conference
Congratulations to Derrick Wang: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST)
Congratulations to Derrick Wang: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST)
New Publication by Hilda Hadan: "Deceived by Immersion: A Systematic Analysis of Deceptive Design in Extended Reality"
New Publication by Hilda Hadan: "Deceived by Immersion: A Systematic Analysis of Deceptive Design in Extended Reality"