Under the scope of the CMU Portugal Academy, CMU faculty member David Lindlbauer will deliver an online talk on January 23rd at 1 PM (Pittsburgh time) / 6 PM (Lisbon time).
David Lindlbauer leads the Augmented Perception Lab at CMU HCII, where his research focuses on understanding how humans perceive and interact with digital information. His work aims to develop technologies that transcend the flat displays of PCs and smartphones, advancing our ability to engage with the digital world in more dynamic and immersive ways.
Date: January 23rd at 1 PM (Pittsburgh time) / 6 PM (Lisbon time).
Title: The Future of Extended Reality is Adaptive
Abstract: Extended Reality (XR) has the potential to transform the way we interact with digital information, and promises a rich set of applications, ranging from manufacturing and architecture to interaction with smart devices. Current XR approaches, however, are static, and users need to manually adjust the visibility, placement and appearance of their user interface every time they change their task or environment. This is distracting and leads to information overload. To overcome these challenges, we aim to understand and predict how users perceive and interact with digital information, and use this information in context-aware XR systems that automatically adapt when, where and how to display virtual elements. In this talk, I will present computational approaches that leverage aspects such as users’ cognitive load or the semantic connection between the virtual elements and the surrounding physical objects. Our systems increase the applicability of XR, with the goal to seamlessly blend the virtual and physical world.