Eyewear Computing

Mainstream with the Apple Vision Pro?

Eyewear Computing
A research concept from 2016 might be in the spotlight in the next years, as described and discussed in the Dagstuhl Seminar “Eyewear Computing – Augmenting the Human with Head-mounted Wearable Assistants”. With the advent of Apple Vision Pro, it seems timely to reflect on some of our earlier research directions. Eyewear Computing could go from an academic niche (e.g. Eyewear Computing Workshops at UbiComp) to becoming mainstream in the next years, if Apple succeeds in establishing their platform. [Read More]

Frisson Waves

Augmenting Aesthetic Chills in Classical Music Performances

Frisson Waves
A picture from the performance. Frisson is a feeling as well as an experience of physical reactions such as shivers, tingling skin, and goosebumps. In this work, we propose Frisson Waves, an exploratory real-time system to detect, trigger and share frisson in a wave-like pattern over audience members during music performances. The system consists of a physiological sensing wristband for detecting frisson and a thermo-haptic neckband for inducing frisson. [Read More]

Augmented Humans 2020

Taking a conference online

Augmented Humans 2020
Stelarc presenting his work to the Online attendees. On 16-17 March 2020, we co-organized the Augmented Humans conference in Kaiserslautern.. Due to the circumstances related to COVID-19, we moved to a fully virtual event and cancelled the physical event on 13th March. The whole team was struggling and especially thanks to all of the chairs it came together quite well. On Sunday, just we met (only 2 people, disinfection materials, social distancing and mask wearing in place) to pre-record Stelarc’s Keynote [Read More]

Kai @ Miraikan Science Quest

The eye as window to the mind

Kai @ Miraikan Science Quest

On the 9th August I had the opportunity to take part in a Miraikan Science Quest. It’s an open event at Miraikan, the Science Museum in Tokyo, to encourage a dialog between the public and researchers. This Science Quest was a premier, as it was the first ever held in English ;)

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ISWC and UbiComp in Heidelberg

It’s a strange feeling to have UbiComp and ISWC so close to my home. Amazing organization and impressive research and meeting old friends.

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Kai at CHI 2016

back @ this year’s CHI 2016. We just have 3 Late Breaking Work submissions accepted and it seems they are currently for free download at the ACM website

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