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One of the visions on my research is to deliver novel experiences to users without instrumenting them with wearable or head-mounted displays. My team has been exploring various technical solutions to creating systems that can deform and transform into new objects or shapes while still supporting…

How do we design to support better health and wellbeing practices? What is the role of interactive, computational technologies, IoT ecosystems and so on in this space? I'd argue that to design for health and wellbeing - as HCI researchers we can better approach these questions if we ourselves are…

(Andrew will also be available to meet with individual LKL researchers and students after the seminar between 4-5pm, with drinks to follow at the George Birkbeck Bar from 5pm) Most of us might agree that 'hands-on learning' is good for children in the early years. But why? Is it simply more fun and…

To say that we are living at a time where unprecedented threats to our survival may be mediated or undermined by digital technology is no exaggeration. From climate change to national security, digital tools' strengths bring unparalleled potential for understanding and controlling our world in new…

Digital media are increasingly embedded in work, communication and learning practices of health care professionals. Addressing this development, Christoph Pimmer will provide insights into some of his recent work on the affordances and constraints of the use of digital and, in particular, mobile…

Digital media are increasingly embedded in work, communication and learning practices of health care professionals. Addressing this development, Christoph Pimmer will provide insights into some of his recent work on the affordances and constraints of the use of digital and, in particular, mobile…

Visitors to archival reading rooms receive a considerable amount of help and support from archivists and overwhelmingly report positive experiences from their engagement with professionals. Conversely, many users of large scale digitised archival catalogues and collections spend much of their time…

Recent research into the use of consumer devices such as the NEST 'learning' thermostat has shown that interaction with these systems is problematic as they are, for example, unable to interpret human intent. In this talk, I want to explore what (in-)appropriate interaction with such proactive…

Mjolnir is an Inria research team created in January 2015 in partnership with Université Lille 1. Our research aims at producing original ideas, fundamental knowledge and practical tools to inspire, inform and support the design of human-computer interactions. We favor the vision of computers as …

Bored? Lonely ? Have you ever… struggled for an excuse to approach someone? found it difficult to make eye contact? recoiled from interpersonal touch (whilst secretly yearning it)? felt that your actions were ignored? Or found it too easy to ignore other people? had the sensation that everyone w…

In the past half-decade, advances in voice recognition technology and the proliferation of consumer devices such as the Microsoft Kinect have seen a significant rise in the use of voice interaction in games. While the use of player-to-player voice is widespread and well-researched, the use of voice…