Accepted Papers
Long Papers
| Title | Authors |
|---|---|
| Unplug, Mute, Avoid: Investigating smart speaker users' privacy protection behaviours in Saudi Homes | Abdulrhman Alorini, Yufeng Wu, Abdullah Bin Sawad, Mukesh Prasad, A. Baki Kocaballi |
| XRGait: Immersive Gait Training Visualization with Integrated Sensing | Faisal Zaman, Nadia Pantidi, Jacob Young, Rafael Kuffner dos Anjos, Tom Trengrove, James Drown, Jonathan Lee |
| Investigating the Role of a Gamified Educational Programs for Resilience in Healthcare Leadership | Nicole Chen, Angelina Nguyen, Karla Tran, Hannah Yuan, Nicole King, Sandra Warburton, Audrey Wang, Soojeong Yoo |
| Voice, Embodiment, and the Relational Roles of AI Agents in Sci-Fi Films: Implications for Representing the More-than-Human | Adrian Wong, Xinyan Yu, Tram Tran, Joel Fredericks |
| Conversational Agents That Don’t Pretend to Care: Co-Designing Mediator Roles in Digital Healthcare Interventions | Mengyan Hou, Janine Porter-Steele, Sarah Balaam, Vivian Chiu, Sandie McCarthy, Chelsea Dobbins, Stephen Viller |
| Evaluating Time in Play and Temporal Satisfaction: Time-Centric Language in Video Game User Reviews on Steam | Thomas Byers, Martin Gibbs, Bjørn Nansen |
| Kanak: Automating the Generation of Accessible STEM Materials for Blind and Low-vision Students | Hari Palani, Rudaiba Adnin, Shivangee Nagar |
| Beyond Monitoring: Older Adults Using Wearable Activity Trackers for Active Health Management and Behaviour Change | Elsy Garcia, Wei Zhao, Ryan Kelly, George Buchanan, Jenny Waycott |
| Investigating the effects of neurofeedback on knowledge workers' perceptions of self-accomplishment, focus and task performance | Teodora Mitrevska, Charlotte Kobiella, Julia Feckl, Sophia Sakel, Andreas Butz, Christina Schneegass |
| Supporting Social Interaction: Insights for Technology Designs to Foster Community Participant in Mild Dementia | Dominic Egbe, Margot Brereton, Bernd Ploderer, Andrew Bayor |
| Toward Dialogue: Longitudinal Shifts in Computing Students’ Discourse Through Sustained Engagement with People with Diverse Support Needs | Julia Hermann, Aysegül Dogangün |
| On the Impact of Augmented Reality Game Mechanics on the Player Experience in Remote Multiplayer Gameplay | Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe, Heide Lukosch, James Everett, Stephan Lukosch |
| Designing Drone Interfaces to Assist Pedestrians Crossing Non-Signalised Roads | Guixiang Zhang, Yiyuan Wang, Marius Hoggenmüller |
| Making Cents of CBDC: Perceptions, Drivers, and Barriers to CBDC Adoption in New Zealand | Jennifer Ferreira, Connor Chartier, Michaela Cluett, Sukriti Kushwaha, Humza Qureshi |
| Systems Intelligence Design Opportunities for Esports Teams | Satu Jumisko Pyykko, Eveliina Toivonen, Hermanni Salomaa, Perttu Leppä, Heidi Kerkola, Harri Rintala |
| Ethics Pondscape: A pedagogical tool for building ethics reflexivity in students | Ajit Pillai, Yidan Cao, Xuefei Li, Phillip Gough, Naseem Ahmadpour |
| "AI that’s so good it almost seems human:" Risk and Hype Cycles of AI and Chatbots in Mobile Mental Health Apps | Katherine di Bona, Kiran Ijaz, Naseem Ahmadpour |
| Enhancing Privacy and Trust in Domestic Robots Through Real-Time Feedback and Intervention Interfaces | Jiayang Xu, Marius Hoggenmüller, Xinyan Yu |
| Effects of Customisation of AI Shopping Assistant on VR Retail | Andrew Wong, Yinshu Zhao, Wenge Xu, Nilufar Baghaei |
| Co-designing Smart Cities: a Case Study in the New Zealand Context | Jessica Turner, Ben Jones, Aluna Everitt, Jemma König |
| Bleed Between the Lines: Barriers and Approaches to Personalisation in Menstrual Tracking for Marginalised Users | Freya Sambain, Tara Capel, Bernd Ploderer |
| Seeing Isn’t Believing: How Visual Illusions Distort Color Selection | Sari Kobayashi, Satoshi Nakamura |
| The Cassandra Method: Using Dystopian Visions to Inform Responsible HCI Design and Evaluation | Daniel Ullrich, Eva Bischoff, Sarah Diefenbach |
| Towards Accessibility 2.0 in Higher Education – Evaluating Orientation and Comprehension of Accessibility Requirements with Undergraduate HCI Students | Ann-Kathrin Kubullek, Luca Zimmer, Thi Tuyet Mi Ly, Aysegül Dogangün |
| Indonesian Wellbeing Technology Kits of International Students in Australia: Opportunities for Legowo-Informed Design | Agata Filiana, Tara Capel, Daniel Johnson, Bernd Ploderer |
| "A little bit of a life raft” – Exploring the Use and Experiences of ChatGPT as a Support Tool among Adults with ADHD | Anika Pinto, Emily Quilter, Jerusaa Vasikaran, Sarah Koerner, Tefkros Chimonas, Emily Nielsen, Paul Marshall, Kenton O'Hara |
| Evaluating User Experience in Conversational Recommender Systems: A Systematic Review Across Classical and LLM-Powered Approaches | Raj Mahmud, Yufeng Wu, Abdullah Bin Sawad, Shlomo Berkovsky, Mukesh Prasad, A. Baki Kocaballi |
| Safe but Silent? The Gendered Impact of Personal Space Bubbles (PSBs) in the Metaverse | Wenjin Zhu, Callum Parker |
| Co-creating Vocal Imaginaries with Conversational AIs | Pelin Karaturhan, Claire Glanois, Jonas Fritsch |
| Factors of Trust for Successfully Adopting Social Robots on the Campus | Dániel Szabó, Aku Visuri, Ville Paananen, Achira Handelage, Kavindu Ravishan, Emma Kirjavainen, Koji Yatani, Simo Hosio |
| Reducing Perceived Waiting Time with Peripheral Visual Motion: Directional and Device-Specific Effects | Kenjiro Ogawa, Satoshi Nakamura, Shota Yamanaka, Ryota Nakamura |
| Imagining Design Workflows in Agentic AI Futures | Samangi Wadinambiarachchi, Jenny Waycott, Yvonne Rogers, Greg Wadley |
| Can We Prevent "Text Neck" Using Only a Smartphone? Real-Time Neck Angle Estimation and a Serious Game as a Case Study | Kento Watanabe, Satoshi Nakamura |
| Designing for Children’s Nature Play and Place Attachment: An Observational Study in Early Childhood Education Centre | Chimi Om, Kellie Vella, Tshering Dema, Bernd Ploderer, Yanxia Li, Karen Murcia, Margot Brereton |
| Understanding User Preferences for Interaction Styles in Conversational Recommender System: The Predictive Role of System Qualities, User Experience, and Traits | Raj Mahmud, Shlomo Berkovsky, Mukesh Prasad, A. Baki Kocaballi |
| Hugging Suit: Designing and Evaluating a Pneumatic System for Remote Haptic Experiences | Russian (Ruo-Xuan) Wu, Luke Hespanhol, Marius Hoggenmüller, Hannes Waldschütz, Eva Hornecker |
| Age-Related Differences in Immersive Experience During a Balance Task with VR Illusions | Achintha M. Abayasiri, Taylor Dick, Antonio Padilha Lanari Bo, Nilufar Baghaei |
| Get a Room: Natural Backchannel Communication in Hybrid Meetings | Frederik Hirschmann, Elena Romelli, Thomas Neumayr, Gianluca Schiavo, Johannes Schönböck, Mirjam Augstein |
| Designing Inclusive Digital Spaces for Older Adults: The Role of Facilitation, Trust, and Emotional Safety | Yasamin Asadi, Kellie Vella, Margot Brereton, Alessandro Soro, Bernd Ploderer, Rachael Cook |
Late-Breaking Work
| Title | Authors |
|---|---|
| Understanding and Addressing Ambient Illumination as a Situational Impairment for Digital Devices | Ruilin Liu, Tinghui Li, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva |
| Game-based Augmented Reality Mobile Application for Enhancing Primary School Students’ Collaborative Learning in English as a Foreign Language in Cambodia | Yuka Maruyama, Andrew Johnston, Alejandra Mery Keitel, Yiyuan Wang |
| Weaving Stories with Leaves: Co-Designing a Tangible Interface for Tuvaluan Cultural Continuity | Anneysha Sarkar, Nikhila Gurusinghe, Anne Ozdowska, Naomi Maheu, Ash Lenton, Josh Andres |
| FlashCue: Momentary Displayed Visual Notifications in Extended Reality | Atsushi Orii, Yusuke Ashizawa, Myungguen Choi, Buntarou Shizuki |
| The Emerging Role of AI in Life Storytelling for Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Commercial Apps | Lucie Schmidt, Wei Zhao, Lucy Sparrow, Melissa Rogerson, Martin Gibbs, Jenny Waycott |
| Comparing Voice and Touch-Based Onboarding for Older Adults | Xelia Mattick, Aysegül Dogangün, Celine-Chiara Hey, Seyed Nima Afzali, Ann-Kathrin Kubullek |
| Designing for Embodied AR Interactions in Pipe Planning | Ankur Singh, Jessica Herrington, Josh Andres |
| SOBO: An AI-Driven Small Object Boundary Detection Framework for Optimising VR Safety in Confined Spaces | Tinghui Li, Guangzheng Zhang, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva |
| Surfacing Tensions in Digital Inclusion: A World Café Synthesis | Julia Hermann, Nadine Jansen, Aysegül Dogangün |
| NeverLagging: Enhancing Virtual Reality Finger Tracking with a Physics-Inspired Time-Agnostic Graph Neural Network | Tinghui Li, Pamuditha Somarathne, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, Anusha Withana |
| Implicit SDG Reasoning in LLMs: A Classroom-Oriented Benchmark | Julia Hermann, Nadine Jansen, Aysegül Dogangün, Sebastian van Ledden |
| Designing Shared Cultural Activities to Connect Generations: A Scoping Review | Li Jiang, Sajini Lankadari, Beheshteh Atrian, Bernd Ploderer, Shital Desai, Yuehao Wang, Alethea Blackler |
| Precarious Digital Labour and Emerging Challenges for Streamers on Twitch: A Case Study | Yixuan Chen, Howe Zhu |
| Interactive Mood Mapping: A Playful Tabletop Game for Shared Environments | Parastoo Heydarian, Judy Bowen, Annika Hinze, Jemma Konig |
| Development of a VR Controller Representing Full Cycle of a Length-Adjustable Game Item | Ryoma Uryu, Akifumi Inoue |
| From Needs to Insights: Designing Digital Support with Parents of Children with Genetic Neurodevelopmental Conditions | Yufeng Wu, Jasmeet Bedi, Elizabeth Callinan, Falak Helwani, Heather Renton, Dr Julia Dray, Kate Davidson, Maya Pinn, Meagan Cross, Alison McEwen, Elise van den Hoven, Erin Turbitt |
| Trends and Directions of Extended Reality Research in HCI: A Co-Word Analysis | Tinghui Li, Brandon Syiem, Niels van Berkel, Juno Kim, Anusha Withana, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva |
| Alleviating Migrant Loneliness Through Culturally Immersive VR Experiences | Nishadi Ariyasinghe, Simon McCallum, Craig Anslow |
| Beyond the BATAK Lightboard: A Posture-Adaptive, Physiology-Aware VR Game for Inclusive Cognitive-Motor Assessment | Ravi Varman Selvakumaran, Muntasir Adnan, Wenxin Zhang, Blooma John, Ram Subramanian |
| Augmented Reality Enhanced Analytics to Monitor Emotional Engagement in Young Students | Manjeet Singh, Shaun Bangay, Atul Sajjanhar |
| PlateMate: Structured Guidance Design in Relatedness Technology for Remote Joint Activity | Wei-Lu Wang, Zeren Yan, Xian Zheng, Wuyou Zhang, Yufei Cao, D. Scott McCrickard |
| Opportunities for Technology to Support Facilitation of Group Exercise in Aged Care: An Ethnographic Study | Hao He, Diego Muñoz, Lan An, Sonja Pedell |
| Understanding Users' Perceptions and Barriers to Mental Workload Self-Tracking | Yuwei Chen, Teodora Mitrevska, Tilman Dingler, Christina Schneegass |
| Building Bridges in Robotics – Ideation and Design of a B2B-Platform to Connect Robotics Providers and Enquirers | Ann-Kathrin Kubullek, Matheea Beder, Medina Klicic, Simone Roth, Aysegül Dogangün |
| Towards Richer Insights in Human-Centred Observation Studies: Combining Thematic Analysis and Computer Vision | Yuan Liu, Glenda Caldwell, Markus Rittenbruch, Matthias Guertler, Muge Teixeira, Alan Burden |
| Detecting Cognitive States in Assembly Tasks: A Gaze-Based Approach to Confusion and Smoothness of Progress | Tzu-Yang Wang, Suyeong Rhie |
| Social Connectedness in Older Adults: The Role of MR and Haptic Interaction in Remote Digital Storytelling | Dezijian Zhou, Anastasia Globa |
| MultiPointing: Supporting Multiple Users' Pointing in Hybrid Meetings | Dinh-Thuan Duong-Le, Duy-Nam Ly, Trung-Nghia Le, Vinh-Tiep Nguyen, Khanh-Duy Le |
| Preliminary Study on the Effects of On-Screen Tactile Feedback on Virtual Joystick Interaction | Kaoru Shirane, Riku Tsunoda, Hiroki Matsuda, Yuto Wada, Takumi Masuda, Tomohiro Honda, Kaori Ikematsu, Buntarou Shizuki |
| Exploring Human-Robot Collaboration in Surgery: Initial Insights from Mako Product Specialists | Jasper Vermeulen, Glenda Caldwell, Muge Teixeira, Alan Burden, Matthias Guertler |
| “Tracking the Trackers” of children’s first personal data in mobile applications | Katrin Langton, Rebecca Ng |
| CourseFix: Preliminary Study for Course Registration & Degree Planning Platform for Higher Institutions | Iqra Bano, Fatima Kazim, Evi Mansor |
| Removing the Drapes: Reflexive Insights on Research into Real-World Surgical Human-Robot Collaboration | Jasper Vermeulen, Stine Johansen, Alan Burden, James Dwyer |
| Towards Reciprocity: Mediating Human-Nature Relations Through HCI | Piumi Perera, Bronwyn Cumbo, Nicola Bidwell, Kellie Vella, Sarah Webber, Huiwen Zhang, Greg Wadley, Jeni Paay, Ann Morrison, Catalina Giraldo, Xin Cheng |
| Remote Visual Line of Sight: A Remote Drone Piloting Framework for Multi-Drone Integration and Synchronised Motion Tracking in Extended Reality | Nguyen Thanh Trung Le, Howe Zhu, Hsiang-Ting Chen, Chin-Teng Lin |
| Toward Inclusive Digital Health: eHealth Literacy and Technology Engagement Among Young Ethnic Khmer in Vietnam | Kong Saoane Thach, Ngoc Khanh Son |
| Navigating the Challenges of Wearables: A Case Study of Research-Grade Devices | Jemma König, Ben Bidois, Ryan Manchester, Mitchell Head, Mahonri Owen, Merel Hoskens, Anany Dwivedi, Luke August |
| LLM-Guided Image Recommendation for Supporting Intent Understanding in Non-Verbal Communication | Alieh Hajizadeh Saffar, Laurianne Sitbon, Sirinthip Roomkham, Maja Hjuler, Yik Yu Cheng |
| Advancing Transparency and Understandability of Urban AI through Interactive Public Displays | Maria Komal, Kaisa Väänänen |
| Lessons from a (Failed) Trial Study of a Self-tracking App for People with Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers | Bernd Ploderer |
| Evaluating User Engagement and Learning Outcomes in an Augmented Reality Game on New Zealand Wetlands Conservation | Wenliang Yin, Heide Lukosch, Thammathip Piumsomboon |
| The Human Side of Hand Dysfunction: Challenges and Experiences in Home-based Rehabilitation | Hao Yan, Glenda Caldwell, Muge Teixeira, Luis Quijano, Yingshi Chen, Yuanyuan Wei, Marianella Chamorro-Koc |
| AI vs. Human Fashion Consultation for Young Women: A Quantitative Survey on Expectations, Formats, and the Potential to Promote Body Positivity | Ann-Kathrin Kubullek, Dilruba Erdem, Aysegül Dogangün |
| Sensing-Driven Human–Robot Collaboration for Timber Assembly: A Cyber-Physical Approach Tested with Diverse Participants | Gili Ron, Ameile Schreck, Cordula Kropp, Achim Menges, Thomas Wortmann |
| AI Tools in Education: Investigating University Students’ Motivations, Institutional Policies, and Ethical Considerations in Bangladesh | Mohaymen Ul Anam, Mukit Mahdin, Maheen Hoque, Ajwad Abrar Mostofa, Sadik Eftee, Ashraful Islam, M Ashraful Amin |
| XAIgent: A Multi-Agentic Design Method for Explainable Human-Robot Interaction in Scientific Discovery | Rukshani Somarathna, Madhawa Perera, Mingze Xi, Alexander Krumpholz, Matt Adcock |
Accepted Demonstrations
| Title | Authors |
|---|---|
| Brainstorm Arena: An Embodied Multimodal Metaphor for Enhanced Collaboration | Lemuria Fay Fernandez, Felicia Tan Yi Hui, Kun-En Hsieh, Tsung-Yao Chang, Zhuorui Wu, Thomas C. Elliott, Jarrod Knibbe |
| SeaSaw: A Two-Player Balance-Board Game for Trust, Tilt, and Teamwork | Mengyuan Zhan, Thomas C. Elliott, Danish Rafid Rajendra, Derek Joel George, Xueyao Cao, Xinyi Xu, Jarrod Knibbe |
| Real-Time Full-body Interaction with an AI Dance Model | Danielle Lottridge, Rebecca Weber |
| Bridging Language Gaps: Utilizing Interactive Robots to Teach Cantonese in Real-Life Contexts for Newly-Arrived Children | Ka-Yan Fung, Yuxing Tao, Tze-Leung, Rick Lui, Kuen-Fung Sin |
| Recruiting AInterviewee: an LLM based System for Simulated Interviews with Real-Time Feedback | Hyunggu Jung, Duhyung Kwak, Hyeonmin Choi, Chaeyoung Lee |
| Project LOCOMO: Lower Consumption, More Optimization | Somang Nam, Hyunggu Jung, Yunseo Moon, Seilin Uhm |
| SkillSuit: An Exosuit for Augmenting Sports Training through Haptics Coaching | Charles Craig, Katia Bourahmoune, Fouad Sukkar, Karlos Ishac |
| Development of a VR Controller Representing Full Cycle of a Length-Adjustable Game Item | Ryoma Uryu, Akifumi Inoue |
| BronchoXR: Enhancing Bronchoscopy Training Through VR Experiences | Muhammad Saad Shahbaz Khan |
| Towards a Practical Design for Engaging the User’s Sense of Speed in Virtual Reality (VR) Racing Games | Marell Bito, Luke Mathieson, Jaime Andres Garcia |
Doctoral Consortium: Accepted PhD Students
| Title | Student |
|---|---|
| Person Centred Assistive Technology for People with Dementia | Mina Aghaei (Western Sydney University) |
| Designing Ethical Voices: Conversational Agents at the Intersection of Mental Health and HCI: A Prosody-First Framework for Emotionally Intelligent and Therapeutically Aligned Dialogue | Christopher Edwards (Queensland University of Technology) |
| How Can Technology Be Designed to Optimally Support Sustainable Employment for People with a Refugee Background in Australia? A Human-Centred Approach | Bismillah Hakimi (Deakin University) |
| Expanding Historical Approaches to Speculative Design | Soyoun Jang (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| BronchoXR: Enhancing Bronchoscopy Training Through VR Experiences | Saad Khan (Victoria University of Wellington) |
| Where has the love gone? Articulating intimacy in human-AI co-creation through tangible, and embodied textile interfaces | Sandy Ma (Australian National University) |
| Designing Inclusive Digital Spaces for People with Alcohol and Other Drug Challenges | Ally Tutkaluk (Queensland University of Technology) |
| Enhancing Community Engagement in Disaster Preparedness Through the Use of AI | Adrian Wong (University of Sydney) |
| Mediating Place Attachment through Handheld Mobile AR: Toward Regenerative Tourism Experiences | Qinyang Wu (University of Canterbury) |
Student Design Challenge: Finalists
| Title | Team |
|---|---|
| Sonora | Holly Benson, Natasha Png, and Stephenie Yoong (The University of Sydney) |
| From Waste to Walls: Building Sustainable Futures | Sarah Aiko, Sarah Hasan and Yilin Li (The University of Sydney) |
| Ocean Lens | Chenli Wang, Yuxu Chen, and Yifan Chen (The University of Sydney) |
| Indigenous Eco-Story Maps | Thanh Ngoc (Ellie) Le, Vanessa Nguyen, and Sophie Supharath Gnoukhanthone (The University of Technology Sydney) |
| Miva - Ecological Representative for the Planetary Futures | Ngoc-Thao Le, Phuong-Anh Tran, and Vo-Kieu-Lam Doan (University of Science-VNUHCM, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Western Sydney University) |