Projects
Research
Collaboration Technologies for Wilderness Search and Rescue
Designing and building technologies to support collaboration, coordination, and communication in wilderness search and rescue.
XRmas: XR Multi-Agency Spaces for Remote Family Meetings during Christmas
An XR telepresence system for bringing a remote family member to someone's home during Christmas.
VROOM: Virtual Robot Overlay for Online Meetings
A two-way XR telepresence-robot augmentation utilizing an AR avatar overlay, immersive VR, and 360° video streaming.
VR Telepresence Interface for Outdoor Activities
Studying the use of a telepresence robot equipped with a 360° camera (for VR teleoperation) for connecting friends in the outdoors.
FeetBack: Augmenting Robotic Telepresence with Haptic Feedback on the Feet
A foot-based haptic-feedback system for use when operating a telepresence robot. Provides awareness of nearby obstacles through vibration and impact feedback on the feet.
Drone-Supported Video Conferencing
Studying the use of drones in supporting on-the-go video-conferencing activities.
Studying On-the-Go Mobile Video Collaboration
A study of how people work together on various remote assistance and on-the-go collaborative activities through mobile video communication.
Telepresence for Long-Distance Couples Shopping Together
A study comparing the use of telepresence robots vs. tablets in enabling long-distance partners to shop in a mall together.
Emergency Video Calling
A contextual-interview study of emergency (e.g., 9-1-1) call takers and dispatchers to explore the possible benefits and challenges of introducing video to emergency calls.
Sphero Sumo
A two-player pervasive game utilizing Sphero robotic balls as both players in an arena and as physical controllers.
Remote Art Therapy
A project involving the ethnographic study of online art therapy groups and the design and development of several research-through-design prototypes aiming to support collaborative remote art therapy activities.
Telepresence across Interconnected Workrooms with Wall Displays
Studying the use of robotic surrogates to support telepresence and remote collaboration across interconnected workrooms with wall displays.
More details coming soon.
Other Selected Projects
Visualizing Lyrical Themes in Listening Histories
A visualization that visualizes the lyrical content of a person's music-listening history.
More details coming soon.
Flamazing (Game)
A game where the player plays as a firefighter whose objective is to extinguish flames and save kittens from a burning building.
More details coming soon.