5 papers
15 Years of Augmented Human(s) Research: Where Do We Stand?
Steeven Villa, Abdallah El Ali
The Augmented Human vision broadly seeks to improve or expand baseline human functioning through the restoration or extension of physical, intellectual, and social capabilities. Ho…
Is it Me? Toward Self-Extension to AI Avatars in Virtual Reality
Jieying Zhang, Steeven Villa, Abdallah El Ali
Advances in generative AI, speech synthesis, and embodied avatars enable systems that not only assist communication, but can act as proxies on users' behalf. Prior work in HCI has…
Quantifying the Effect of Thermal Illusions in Virtual Reality
Yannick Weiss, Marlene Eder, Oguzhan Cesur +1
Thermal sensations are central to how we experience the world, yet most virtual and extended reality systems fail to simulate them effectively. While hardware-based thermal display…
Performance and Metacognition Disconnect when Reasoning in Human-AI Interaction
Daniela Fernandes, Steeven Villa, Salla Nicholls +6
Optimizing human-AI interaction requires users to reflect on their own performance critically. Our paper examines whether people using AI to complete tasks can accurately monitor h…
An Approach to Elicit Human-Understandable Robot Expressions to Support Human-Robot Interaction
Jan Leusmann, Steeven Villa, Thomas Liang +3
Understanding the intentions of robots is essential for natural and seamless human-robot collaboration. Ensuring that robots have means for non-verbal communication is a basis for…