4 papers
Progressive Sentences: Combining the Benefits of Word and Sentence Learning
Nuwan Janaka, Shengdong Zhao, Ashwin Ram +4
The rapid evolution of lightweight consumer augmented reality (AR) smart glasses (a.k.a. optical see-through head-mounted displays) offers novel opportunities for learning, particu…
WSCoach: Wearable Real-time Auditory Feedback for Reducing Unwanted Words in Daily Communication
Zhang Youpeng, Nuwan Janaka, Ashwin Ram +4
The rise of wearable smart devices raises unprecedented opportunities for self-improvement through ubiquitous behavior tracking and guidance. However, the design of effective weara…
GestureCoach: Rehearsing for Engaging Talks with LLM-Driven Gesture Recommendations
Ashwin Ram, Varsha Suresh, Artin Saberpour Abadian +2
This paper introduces GestureCoach, a system designed to help speakers deliver more engaging talks by guiding them to gesture effectively during rehearsal. GestureCoach combines an…
SimulataR: Rapid Assisted Reality Prototyping using Design-Blended Videos
Ashwin Ram, Yue Gu, Bowen Wang +6
Assisted Reality (aR) is a subfield of Augmented Reality (AR) that overlays information onto a user's immediate view via see-through head-mounted displays (OST-HMDs). This technolo…