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Practicing a Second Language Without Fear: Mixed Reality Agents for Interactive Group Conversation
Mariana Fernandez-Espinosa, Kai Zhang, Jad Bendarkawi +8
Developing speaking proficiency in a second language can be cognitively demanding and emotionally taxing, often triggering fear of making mistakes or being excluded from larger gro…
ConversAR: Exploring Embodied LLM-Powered Group Conversations in Augmented Reality for Second Language Learners
Jad Bendarkawi, Ashley Ponce, Sean Mata +6
Group conversations are valuable for second language (L2) learners as they provide opportunities to practice listening and speaking, exercise complex turn-taking skills, and experi…
Jigsaw: Authoring Immersive Storytelling Experiences with Augmented Reality and Internet of Things
Lei Zhang, Daekun Kim, Youjean Cho +4
Augmented Reality (AR) presents new opportunities for immersive storytelling. However, this immersiveness faces two main hurdles. First, AR's immersive quality is often confined to…
VRCopilot: Authoring 3D Layouts with Generative AI Models in VR
Lei Zhang, Jin Pan, Jacob Gettig +2
Immersive authoring provides an intuitive medium for users to create 3D scenes via direct manipulation in Virtual Reality (VR). Recent advances in generative AI have enabled the au…