Exemplar Based Experience Transfer
Automatic approach to transfer user content into example banners, using semantic segmentation and energy-based optimization for optimal layout design.
It's Not Just about Accuracy - Metrics That Matter When Modeling Expert Sketching Ability
Explores metrics beyond accuracy for modeling expert sketching ability, discussing features that differentiate expert and novice sketches to improve intelligent tutoring systems for design sketching.
Effects of VE Transition Techniques on Presence, Illusion of Virtual Body Ownership, Efficiency, and Naturalness
Exploring virtual environment transition techniques' impact on presence, body ownership, efficiency, and naturalness in VR, with surprising findings for researchers and game designers.
TrussFormer - 3D Printing Large Kinetic Structures
Explore TrussFormer, a system for 3D printing large-scale kinetic structures using PET bottles and printed connectors. Learn to design and fabricate moving objects, from walking robots to animatronic dinosaurs.
Multitasking with Play Write - A Mobile Microproductivity Writing Tool
Explore a mobile microproductivity tool that breaks document editing into manageable microtasks, enhancing productivity and reducing stress in multitasking scenarios.
Explorations on Single Usability Metrics
Explores challenges in developing a Single Usability Metric at Microsoft, discussing error rates, time-on-task targets, and scale anchoring. Proposes alternative metric using simple thresholds from anchor text and inter-metric correlations.
Building Together - When Research Went Viral at Uber
Explore Uber's innovative research approach during their driver app redesign, combining ethnographic methods with social media to engage stakeholders and drive impactful product development.
VoiceAssist - Guiding Users to High-Quality Voice Recordings
VoiceAssist: Real-time visual feedback system helping inexperienced users produce high-quality voice recordings by addressing reverberation and background noise issues through interactive human-machine feedback loop.
Co-Performing Agent - Design for Building User-Agent Partnership in Learning and Adaptive Services
Explores design strategies for intelligent agents that collaborate with users, enhancing personalized experiences through partnership-building and cooperative learning in adaptive services.
Democratizing the Production of Interactive Hardware
Explores democratizing interactive hardware production, addressing challenges in scaling from prototypes to low-volume products. Proposes innovative solutions like "DevOps for hardware" to make small-scale manufacturing viable and impactful.
View-Dependent Video Textures for 360° Video
Innovative technique for 360° videos using gated clips and view-dependent video textures, ensuring viewers don't miss key narrative elements while maintaining seamless playback and enhancing the viewing experience.
CapstanCrunch - A Haptic VR Controller with User-supplied Force Feedback
Innovative haptic VR controller using capstan mechanism for realistic force feedback in virtual environments, offering high-force output with low power consumption and cost-effective design.
Feel the Water - Expressing Physicality of District Heating Processes in Functional Overview Displays
Exploring innovative visual interfaces for district heating systems, focusing on expressing physicality through design to enhance operator understanding and efficiency.
Single or Multiple Conversational Agents? - An Interactional Coherence Comparison
Comparison of single vs. multiple chatbots for task completion, analyzing conversation structures, user perceptions, and interaction strategies in a simulated travel planning scenario.
Parody in Place - Exposing Socio-spatial Exclusions in Data-Driven Maps with Design Parody
Explore how design parody exposes socio-spatial exclusions in data-driven maps, challenging the neutrality of neighborhood-based data and prompting reflection on measurement politics.
Learning Visual Importance for Graphic Designs and Data Visualizations
Explore AI-driven models predicting visual element importance in designs and data visualizations, with applications in retargeting, thumbnailing, and interactive design tools.
Interactive Room Capture on 3D-Aware Mobile Devices
Explore a novel system for interactive 3D room modeling using mobile devices, combining object recognition and augmented reality for quick, accurate, and effortless indoor space capture.
Taking Haptic Design from Research to Practice
Exploring haptic design's transition from research to practice, focusing on tactile interactions, design languages, and tools for creating physical communication in various applications.
TrussFab - Fabricating Sturdy Large-Scale Structures on Desktop 3D Printers
Innovative system for creating large-scale, weight-bearing structures using 3D printing and plastic bottles. Combines engineering principles with user-friendly design tools for non-experts to build furniture, bridges, and more.
Blockchain Technology - What Is It Good for, Really?
Experts assess blockchain's real-world impact, exploring successful applications and future opportunities in various sectors, from governance to asset tracking, beyond the initial hype.
eSports - The Bumpy Ride to ROI
Explore the challenges and opportunities in the growing eSports industry, including profitability, audience dynamics, and the future of team ownership and enterprise value.