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Long-Term Experiences From Working with Extended Reality in the Wild
Verena Biener, Florian Jack Winston, Dieter Schmalstieg +1
Extended Reality (XR) is increasingly used as a productivity tool and recent commercial XR devices have even been specifically designed as productivity tools, or, at least, are hea…
Text-to-Image Generation for Vocabulary Learning Using the Keyword Method
Nuwan T. Attygalle, Matjaž Kljun, Aaron Quigley +9
The 'keyword method' is an effective technique for learning vocabulary of a foreign language. It involves creating a memorable visual link between what a word means and what its pr…
Working with Mixed Reality in Public: Effects of Virtual Display Layouts on Productivity, Feeling of Safety, and Social Acceptability
Janne Kaeder, Maurizio Vergari, Verena Biener +4
Nowadays, Mixed Reality (MR) headsets are a game-changer for knowledge work. Unlike stationary monitors, MR headsets allow users to work with large virtual displays anywhere they w…
Accented Character Entry Using Physical Keyboards in Virtual Reality
Snehanjali Kalamkar, Verena Biener, Daniel Pauls +4
Research on text entry in Virtual Reality (VR) has gained popularity but the efficient entry of accented characters, characters with diacritical marks, in VR remains underexplored.…
Working in Extended Reality in the Wild: Worker and Bystander Experiences of XR Virtual Displays in Real-World Settings
Leonardo Pavanatto, Verena Biener, Jennifer Chandran +11
Although access to sufficient screen space is crucial to knowledge work, workers often find themselves with limited access to display infrastructure in remote or public settings. W…
Hold Tight: Identifying Behavioral Patterns During Prolonged Work in VR through Video Analysis
Verena Biener, Forouzan Farzinnejad, Rinaldo Schuster +8
VR devices have recently been actively promoted as tools for knowledge workers and prior work has demonstrated that VR can support some knowledge worker tasks. However, only a few…
Working with XR in Public: Effects on Users and Bystanders
Verena Biener, Snehanjali Kalamkar, John J Dudley +4
Recent commercial off-the-shelf virtual and augmented reality devices have been promoted as tools for knowledge work and research findings show how this kind of work can benefit fr…
Video Analysis of Behavioral Patterns During Prolonged Work in VR
Verena Biener, Forouzan Farzinnejad, Rinaldo Schuster +8
VR has recently been promoted as a tool for knowledge workers and studies have shown that it has the potential to improve knowledge work. However, studies on its prolonged use have…
Remote Monitoring and Teleoperation of Autonomous Vehicles Is Virtual Reality an Option?
Snehanjali Kalamkar, Verena Biener, Fabian Beck +1
While the promise of autonomous vehicles has led to significant scientific and industrial progress, fully automated, SAE level 5 conform cars will likely not see mass adoption anyt…
VocabulARy replicated: comparing teenagers to young adults
Maheshya Weerasinghe, Verena Biener, Jens Grubert +5
A critical component of user studies is gaining access to a representative sample of the population researches intend to investigate. Nevertheless, the vast majority of human-compu…
Content Transfer Across Multiple Screens with Combined Eye-Gaze and Touch Interaction -- A Replication Study
Verena Biener, Jens Grubert
In this paper, we describe the results of replicating one of our studies from two years ago which compares two techniques for transferring content across multiple screens in VR. Re…
Improving Understanding of Biocide Availability in Facades through Immersive Analytics
Negar Nouri, Snehanjali Kalamkar, Forouzan Farzinnejad +4
The durability of facades is heavily affected by multiple factors like microbial growth and weather conditions among others. Biocides are often used to resist these factors and pro…
VocabulARy: Learning Vocabulary in AR Supported by Keyword Visualisations
Maheshya Weerasinghe, Verena Biener, Jens Grubert +4
Learning vocabulary in a primary or secondary language is enhanced when we encounter words in context. This context can be afforded by the place or activity we are engaged with. Ex…
PoVRPoint: Authoring Presentations in Mobile Virtual Reality
Verena Biener, Travis Gesslein, Daniel Schneider +9
Virtual Reality (VR) has the potential to support mobile knowledge workers by complementing traditional input devices with a large three-dimensional output space and spatial input.…
Extended Reality for Knowledge Work in Everyday Environments
Verena Biener, Eyal Ofek, Michel Pahud +2
Virtual and Augmented Reality have the potential to change information work. The ability to modify the workers senses can transform everyday environments into a productive office,…
Accuracy Evaluation of Touch Tasks in Commodity Virtual and Augmented Reality Head-Mounted Displays
Daniel Schneider, Verena Biener, Alexander Otte +9
An increasing number of consumer-oriented head-mounted displays (HMD) for augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) are capable of finger and hand tracking. We report on the accuracy o…
Breaking the Screen: Interaction Across Touchscreen Boundaries in Virtual Reality for Mobile Knowledge Workers
Verena Biener, Daniel Schneider, Travis Gesslein +6
Virtual Reality (VR) has the potential to transform knowledge work. One advantage of VR knowledge work is that it allows extending 2D displays into the third dimension, enabling ne…
Pen-based Interaction with Spreadsheets in Mobile Virtual Reality
Travis Gesslein, Verena Biener, Philipp Gagel +5
Virtual Reality (VR) can enhance the display and interaction of mobile knowledge work and in particular, spreadsheet applications. While spreadsheets are widely used yet are challe…