Best Exosuit Podcasts (2026)

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AHs 2025 Pseudo-Heartbeat Feedback for Meditation Support 12:26

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Can fake heartbeat sounds trick your body into relaxing? This system generates pseudo-heartbeat audio at rates slightly slower than your actual heart rate to induce calm and support meditation. Using a contactless radar sensor to detect real heartbeats, it creates slower auditory feedback (10-30% below actual BPM). Tested with 120 participants at S…

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AHs 2025 Purrfect Pitch: Learning Musical Intervals through Audio-Haptic Feedback 13:35

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Learning to identify musical pitch intervals usually requires tedious rote practice. Purrfect Pitch offers a new approach: a wearable haptic vest that translates sound into touch. When users hear two musical notes, they simultaneously feel vibrations at corresponding vertical positions on their back—leveraging our natural "high/low" pitch metaphor.…

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AHs 2025 GazeLLM: Multimodal LLMs incorporating Human Visual Attention 12:21

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Processing high-resolution video with AI requires massive computational resources. GazeLLM offers an elegant solution inspired by human vision: use eye-tracking to focus only on what matters. By cropping first-person video to a small region around the user's gaze point, the system reduces pixel input to just one-tenth while achieving task comprehen…

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Episode 24: Helping Without Hindering, Dr Michael Goldfarb on Exoskeletons Prosthetics and Passive Design 58:47

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What does 55 years of combined exoskeleton and powered prosthetics just between two peopel sound like!? In Episode 24 of the Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics podcast, we’re joined by Dr. Michael Goldfarb, a H. Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University with additional appointments in electrical engineering, computer…

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AHS 2025 Cuddle-Fish: Flying Robots That Are Safe, Huggable Companions 13:31

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Traditional quadrotor drones pose safety concerns with their spinning blades. Cuddle-Fish takes a different approach: a helium-filled soft robot with bio-inspired flapping wings that's safe enough to touch, hug, and interact with physically. In testing with 24 participants, people spontaneously engaged in affective behaviors like patting, stroking,…

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Episode 23: From Military Innovation to Medical Impact Bionic Power is Helping Children Walk Again 46:39

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Episode 23 with Bionice Power: Chapter Markers 00:00 – Welcome & Introductions Bobby Marinov and Dr. Tom Sugar introduce the episode and guests: Gualtiero, CEO, and Rob Nathan, Director of Operations at Bionic Power. 01:20 – From Military to Medical How Bionic Power began in 2007 developing energy-harvesting knee exoskeletons for soldiers, and late…

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Episode 22: Recap from RehabWeek Chicago 2025 34:42

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Join Dr. Tom Sugar (Wearable Robotics Association) and Bobby Marinov (Exoskeleton Report) as we recap RehabWeek 2025, a world leading conference for rehabilitation robotics, medical exoskeletons, and neurotechnology which was held in Chicago this May. In this episode, Tom shares highlights from the exhibition floor, where 6+ societies united to sho…

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Episode 21: Emulate & Iterate: Humotech’s Path to Better Prosthetics and Exoskeletons 54:48

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By Exoskeleton Report & Wearable Robotics Association

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UIST 2025 Kinethreads: Soft Full-Body Haptic Exosuit using Low-Cost Motor-Pulley Mechanisms 15:06

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Our bodies experience a wide variety of kinesthetic forces as we go about our daily lives, including the weight of held objects, contact with surfaces, gravitational loads, and acceleration and centripetal forces while driving, to name just a few. These forces are crucial to realism, yet simply cannot be rendered with today’s consumer haptic suits,…

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Episode 20: Art Meets Engineering, User-First Exoskeleton with Melissa "Blue Eye Queen" 1:00:29

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Thrilled to have Melissa DiVierti, aka "BLUE EYE QUEEN," join Dr. Tom Suggar, aka "Sugar Daddy Jetpack Tommy," and me, Bobby Marinov, aka "Therion," as we discuss how we can make exoskeleton technology look more colorful and accessible. It is no secret that the world of wearables and wearable robotics is dominated by men, with only a handful of the…

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Episode 19 From EMG to TLVs Picking the Right Occupational Exoskeleton with Dr Jason Gillette 1:00:40

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Dr. Sugar and I are proud to be able to share Episode 19 of the Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics Podcast for ExR's Patreon Supporters! This time, we are lucky to have as a guest Dr. Jason Gillette, who shares his impressions of occupational exoskeletons. His Biomedical Engineering degree, decades of hands-on expertise in ergonomics and multiple i…

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CHI 2025 A Placebo Concert: The Placebo Effect for Visualization of Physiological Audience Data during Experience Recreation in Virtual Reality 11:30

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Xiaru Meng, Yulan Ju, Christopher Changmok Kim, Yan He, Giulia Barbareschi, Kouta Minamizawa, Kai Kunze, and Matthias Hoppe. 2025. A Placebo Concert: The Placebo Effect for Visualization of Physiological Audience Data during Experience Recreation in Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CH…

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Episode 18: Nearly Two Decades of Medical Exoskeleton Trials with Dr. Arun Jayaraman 1:16:12

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Welcome to Episode 18 of the Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics Podcast. We continue our discussion of medical exoskeletons and physical rehabilitation robotics, this time, joined by Dr. Arun Jayaraman, Executive Director, Technology & Innovation Hub (tiHUB) at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Few people on the planet have more hands-on experience; Arun ha…

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CHI2025 Heartbeat Resonance: Inducing Non-contact Heartbeat Sensations in the Chest 13:06

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Perceiving and altering the sensation of internal physiological states, such as heartbeats, is key for biofeedback and interoception. Yet, wearable devices used for this purpose can feel intrusive and typically fail to deliver stimuli aligned with the heart’s location in the chest. To address this, we introduce Heartbeat Resonance, which uses low-f…

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17: From Cool Gadget to ‘Must-Have’: Zen Koh on Making Exoskeletons Mainstream 1:08:03

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On Episode 17 of the Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics podcast, hosts Dr. Thomas Sugar (Wearable Robotics Association) and Bobby Marinov (Exoskeleton Report) are joined by Zen Koh, Founder & CEO of MotusAcademy, and Ambassador at IISART. Zen does a phenomenal job balancing technology with businesses, while sharing his insights on the present and f…

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CHI 2025 Living Bento: Heartbeat-Driven Noodles for Enriched Dining Dynamics 15:32

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To enhance focused eating and dining socialization, previous Human-Food Interaction research has indicated that external devices can support these dining objectives and immersion. However, methods that focus on the food itself and the diners themselves have remained underdeveloped. In this study, we integrated biofeedback with food, utilizing diner…

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CHI 2025 NeuResonance: Exploring Feedback Experiences for Fostering the Inter-brain Synchronization 17:45

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When several individuals collaborate on a shared task, their brain activities often synchronize. This phenomenon, known as Inter-brain Synchronization (IBS), is notable for inducing prosocial outcomes such as enhanced interpersonal feelings, including closeness, trust, empathy, and more. Further strengthening the IBS with the aid of external feedba…

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Ep 16, EduExo and STEM Education Exoskeletons with Dr Volker Bartenbach - Auxivo 49:36

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How many students have access to exoskeleton labs or projects, and what are some alternatives? Welcome to Episode 16 of the Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics Podcast. This time, we discuss EduExo and EduExo Pro (made by Auxivo) with the founder and CEO of Auxivo himself. The EduExo is a commercial product designed to make learning about wearables …

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CHI2025 Haptic Empathy: Investigating Individual Differences in Affective Haptic Communications 26:37

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Yulan Ju, Xiaru Meng, Harunobu Taguchi, Tamil Selvan Gunasekaran, Matthias Hoppe, Hironori Ishikawa, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Yun Suen Pai, and Kouta Minamizawa. 2025. Haptic Empathy: Investigating Individual Differences in Affective Haptic Communications. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25). Associati…

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Moving Pediatric Exoskeletons Out Of The Research Lab, Dr Zach Lerner, Co-Founder of Biomotum 48:49

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Welcome to Episode 15 of the Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics podcast, where we discuss the past, present, and future of technology that moves you. In this edition, we are joined by Dr. Zach Lerner, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Northern Arizona University. Researcher of rehabilitation robotics and director of the NAU Biomechat…

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Adopting Occupational Exoskeletons in Small, Medium and Large Businesses with Sarah Ballini-Ross 49:49

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In Episode 14 of the Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics podcast, Dr. Tom Sugar and I have the pleasure of chatting with Sarah Ballini-Ross, an ergonomics solutions professional with practical experience working with small, large, and multinational corporations, as well as a small farm owner herself. Sarah Ballini-Ross brings her unique expertise in…

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Episode 13: Occupational Exoskeletons with Volker Bartenbach CEO Auxivo 1:00:12

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Welcome back to the Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics podcast, where we continue our analysis of occupational/industrial wearables for workers from Episodes 4 and 11, this time with a very special guest and Patreon supporter: Dr. Volker Bartenbach, founder and CEO of Auxivo. Over the last five years, Auxivo has become a world leader in exoskeleton…

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Episode 12: Pediatric Devices with Matt Marino 44:01

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In this conversation, Matthew Marino—a recognized expert in occupational exoskeletons—provides a comprehensive overview of pediatric exoskeleton solutions and related non-exo devices, with a special focus on Cerebral Palsy applications. Matthew Marino has over twenty years of experience in physical rehabilitation, health, fitness, human performance…

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TEI 2025 : Ambient Display Utilizing Anisotropy of Tatami 25:11

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Riku Kitamura, Kenji Yamada, Takumi Yamamoto, and Yuta Sugiura. 2025. Ambient Display Utilizing Anisotropy of Tatami. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 3, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/3689050.3704924 Re…

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DIS 2025 ELEGNT: Expressive and Functional Movement Design for Non-anthropomorphic Robot 12:12

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Hu, Yuhan, Peide Huang, Mouli Sivapurapu, and Jian Zhang. "ELEGNT: Expressive and Functional Movement Design for Non-anthropomorphic Robot." arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.12493(2025). https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12493 Nonverbal behaviors such as posture, gestures, and gaze are essential for conveying internal states, both consciously and unconsciously, …

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Episode 11: Industrial Exoskeletons with Marisol Barrero, CPE 45:00

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Welcome back to the Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics podcast, where we continue our analysis of occupational/industrial wearables for workers from Episode 4 with a very special guest, Marisol Barrero, famous for being one of the first corporate teams to implement shoulder-support exoskeletons at Toyota North America. Marisol Barrero is the co-fou…

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ISMAR 2024 Do you read me? (E)motion Legibility of Virtual Reality Character Representations 10:35

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K. Brandstätter, B. J. Congdon and A. Steed, "Do you read me? (E)motion Legibility of Virtual Reality Character Representations," 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Bellevue, WA, USA, 2024, pp. 299-308, doi: 10.1109/ISMAR62088.2024.00044. We compared the body movements of five virtual reality (VR) avatar repre…

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A Conversation with Thad Starner on Mobile Sign Language Recognition 14:59

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The Oscar best picture winning movie CODA has helped introduce Deaf culture to many in the hearing community. The capital "D" in Deaf is used when referring to the Deaf culture, whereas small "d" deaf refers to the medical condition. In the Deaf community, sign language is used to communicate, and sign has a rich history in film, the arts, and educ…

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ISMAR 2024 Whirling Interface: Hand-based Motion Matching Selection for Small Target on XR Displays 17:40

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J. Lee et al., "Whirling Interface: Hand-based Motion Matching Selection for Small Target on XR Displays," 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Bellevue, WA, USA, 2024, pp. 319-328, doi: 10.1109/ISMAR62088.2024.00046. We introduce “Whirling Interface,” a selection method for XR displays using bare-hand motion ma…

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ISMAR 2024 Perceived Empathy in Mixed Reality: Assessing the Impact of Empathic Agents’ Awareness of User Physiological States 14:50

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Z. Chang et al., "Perceived Empathy in Mixed Reality: Assessing the Impact of Empathic Agents’ Awareness of User Physiological States," 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Bellevue, WA, USA, 2024, pp. 406-415, doi: 10.1109/ISMAR62088.2024.00055. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR62088.2024.00055 In human-agent inter…

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Episode 10: Report From National Ergonomics Conference and Augmented Enterprise Summit 46:39

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In this episode, WearRA director Dr. Thomas Sugar recaps his trips to the: 2024 Las Vegas National Ergonomics Conference Are You Ready for Exoskeletons Workshop (held at the same conference) Augmented Enterprise Summit Join us as we take a front-row seat to two premiere events and the latest trends in exoskeletons, wearable robotics, general wearab…

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Episode 9 - Deploying Military Exoskeletons: Insights with George Woodland 49:30

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Welcome to the Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics podcast: the one source for real-life practical human augmentation where we cut through the science fiction and marketing hype to get to the bottom of what this technology can and can't do for you or your family. We are very fortunate to have our first guest on the podcast, George Woodland is one of…

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CSCW 2024: Situating Empathy in HCI/CSCW: A Scoping Review 40:16

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Uğur Genç and Himanshu Verma. 2024. Situating Empathy in HCI/CSCW: A Scoping Review. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 8, CSCW2, Article 513 (November 2024), 37 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3687052 Empathy is considered a crucial construct within HCI and CSCW, yet our understanding of this complex concept remains fragmented and lacks consensus in …

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Episode 8: Meet the Groups Advancing Exoskeleton Awareness 34:55

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Welcome to the Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics Podcast. In this episode, Bobby (Exoskeleton Report) and Prof. Tom Sugar (Wearable Robotics Association) discuss the over one dozen organizations worldwide that further the adoption of exo technology in their unique ways. 00:00 Introduction 03:24 Automotive Exoskeleton Group (AExG) 05:37 ASTM Intern…

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ICMI 2024 Exploring the Alteration and Masking of Everyday Noise Sounds using Auditory Augmented Reality 14:29

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Isna Alfi Bustoni, Mark McGill, and Stephen Anthony Brewster. 2024. Exploring the Alteration and Masking of Everyday Noise Sounds using Auditory Augmented Reality. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 154–163. https://doi.org/10.1145/3678957…

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Episode 7: Challenges to Mass Exoskeleton Adoption: Understanding the Barriers 49:22

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In Episode 7 of the Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics Podcast, hosts Bobby Marinov (ExR) and Tom Sugar (WearRA) team up to uncover the recurring challenges that have slowed the widespread adoption of exoskeleton technology—issues like fit, comfort, proving the return on investment (ROI), limitations in range of motion, heat management, and more. T…

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ASSETS 2024: SoundHapticVR: Head-Based Spatial Haptic Feedback for Accessible Sounds in Virtual Reality for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users 13:26

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Pratheep Kumar Chelladurai, Ziming Li, Maximilian Weber, Tae Oh, and Roshan L Peiris. 2024. SoundHapticVR: Head-Based Spatial Haptic Feedback for Accessible Sounds in Virtual Reality for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users. In Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '24). Association for Comp…

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ASSETS 2024: SeaHare: An omidirectional electric wheelchair integrating independent, remote and shared control modalities 13:14

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Giulia Barbareschi, Ando Ryoichi, Midori Kawaguchi, Minato Takeda, and Kouta Minamizawa. 2024. SeaHare: An omidirectional electric wheelchair integrating independent, remote and shared control modalities. In Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '24). Association for Computing Machiner…

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ASSETS 2024: Brain Body Jockey project: Transcending Bodily Limitations in Live Performance via Human Augmentation 14:14

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Giulia Barbareschi, Songchen Zhou, Ando Ryoichi, Midori Kawaguchi, Mark Armstrong, Mikito Ogino, Shunsuke Aoiki, Eisaku Ohta, Harunobu Taguchi, Youichi Kamiyama, Masatane Muto, Kentaro Yoshifuji, and Kouta Minamizawa. 2024. Brain Body Jockey project: Transcending Bodily Limitations in Live Performance via Human Augmentation. In Proceedings of the 2…

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ISMAR 2024: Searching Across Realities: Investigating ERPs and Eye-Tracking Correlates of Visual Search in Mixed Reality 15:37

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F. Chiossi, I. Trautmannsheimer, C. Ou, U. Gruenefeld and S. Mayer, "Searching Across Realities: Investigating ERPs and Eye-Tracking Correlates of Visual Search in Mixed Reality," in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 6997-7007, Nov. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3456172. Mixed Reality allows us to integra…

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ISMAR 2024: “As if it were my own hand”: inducing the rubber hand illusion through virtual reality for motor imagery enhancement 19:26

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S. Cheng, Y. Liu, Y. Gao and Z. Dong, "“As if it were my own hand”: inducing the rubber hand illusion through virtual reality for motor imagery enhancement," in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 7086-7096, Nov. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3456147 Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are widely used in the fi…

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ISMAR 2024: Filtering on the Go: Effect of Filters on Gaze Pointing Accuracy During Physical Locomotion in Extended Reality 20:26

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Pavel Manakhov, Ludwig Sidenmark, Ken Pfeuffer, and Hans Gellersen. 2024. Filtering on the Go: Effect of Filters on Gaze Pointing Accuracy During Physical Locomotion in Extended Reality. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 30, 11 (Nov. 2024), 7234–7244. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2024.3456153 Eye tracking filters have been sh…

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Episode 6: Overview of Medical Exoskeletons 38:06

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Medical exoskeletons are some of the first and oldest examples of wearable robotics. This is the last general overview episode of the applications of exoskeleton technology. Tom and I were cautious in our statements. We realize that countless people suffer from mobility impairments and could benefit from inexpensive, easy-to-use medical wearables. …

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UIST 2024 Best Paper: What's the Game, then? Opportunities and Challenges for Runtime Behavior Generation 14:53

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Nicholas Jennings, Han Wang, Isabel Li, James Smith, and Bjoern Hartmann. 2024. What's the Game, then? Opportunities and Challenges for Runtime Behavior Generation. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 106, 1–13. https://…

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UIST 2024 Honorable Mention: Can a Smartwatch Move Your Fingers? Compact and Practical Electrical Muscle Stimulation in a Smartwatch 12:00

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Akifumi Takahashi, Yudai Tanaka, Archit Tamhane, Alan Shen, Shan-Yuan Teng, and Pedro Lopes. 2024. Can a Smartwatch Move Your Fingers? Compact and Practical Electrical Muscle Stimulation in a Smartwatch. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New Yor…

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UIST 2024 Honorable Mention: Wheeler: A Three-Wheeled Input Device for Usable, Eficient, and Versatile Non-Visual Interaction 11:59

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Md Touhidul Islam, Noushad Sojib, Imran Kabir, Ashiqur Rahman Amit, Mohammad Ruhul Amin, and Syed Masum Billah. 2024. Wheeler: A Three-Wheeled Input Device for Usable, Efficient, and Versatile Non-Visual Interaction. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '24). Association for Computing Machi…

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UIST 2024 Honorable Mention: BlendScape: Enabling End-User Customization of Video-Conferencing Environments through Generative AI 15:20

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Shwetha Rajaram, Nels Numan, Balasaravanan Thoravi Kumaravel, Nicolai Marquardt, and Andrew D Wilson. 2024. BlendScape: Enabling End-User Customization of Video-Conferencing Environments through Generative AI. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '24). Association for Computing Machinery, N…

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UIST 2024: DexteriSync: A Hand Thermal I/O Exoskeleton for Morphing Finger Dexterity Experience 13:59

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Ximing Shen, Youichi Kamiyama, Kouta Minamizawa, and Jun Nishida. 2024. DexteriSync: A Hand Thermal I/O Exoskeleton for Morphing Finger Dexterity Experience. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 102, 1–12. https://doi.org…

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UIST 2024: Modulating Heart Activity and Task Performance using Haptic Heartbeat Feedback: A Study Across Four Body Placements 11:15

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Andreia Valente, Dajin Lee, Seungmoon Choi, Mark Billinghurst, and Augusto Esteves. 2024. Modulating Heart Activity and Task Performance using Haptic Heartbeat Feedback: A Study Across Four Body Placements. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New …

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MobileHCI 2024: Visual Noise Cancellation: Exploring Visual Discomfort and Opportunities for Vision Augmentations 10:31

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Junlei Hong, Tobias Langlotz, Jonathan Sutton, and Holger Regenbrecht. 2024. Visual Noise Cancellation: Exploring Visual Discomfort and Opportunities for Vision Augmentations. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. 31, 2, Article 22 (April 2024), 26 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3634699 Acoustic noise control or cancellation (ANC) is a commonplace comp…