Our research focuses on human computer interaction by applying user-centered design practices. We aim to make natural user interfaces, novel interactive devices, Augmented- and Virtual-Reality, haptic actuation, trusted interactive systems, and tangible objects. Our works crosses several areas of research, including flexible and resizable displays, occlusion-aware interactive tabletops, on-body interaction, digital fabrication of interactive objects and, most recently, augmented spaces to support real-time ambient for remote assistant.
See our current research at www.teamdarmstadt.de
Older Research
Digital Fabrication
Off-line sensors are passive 3D-printed sensors that detect one-time interactions.such as accelerating or flipping, without requiring active elctronics nor power at the time of the interaction.
Flexibles add expressive deformation input to interaction with on-screen tangibles. Based on different types of deformation mapping, Fexibles can capture pressing, squeezing and bending input with multiple levels of intensities.
Liquido is a method to make 3D printed objects interactive by embedding liquids. It reduces the asembly effort after printing, is low-cost and easy-to-apply.
Capricate is a fabrication pipeline that enables users to easily design and 3D print customizable touch-sensitive objects. Objects are printed in a single pass using a commodity multi-material 3D printer.
Augmented Human&Reality
We propose to use the degree of freedom offered by the elbow joint, i.e., flexion by moving the hand toward and extension by moving the hand away from the body as an additional iput modality for mobile interaction.
PalmRC is a concept and prototype that uses the hand as interactive surface for TV remote interactions.
Hybrid Workspaces
PeriTop explores the possibilities of augmenting a lcd based tabletop with top projected peripheral displays to enable seamless integration of digital and physical content.
ObjecTop is a collection of occlusion-aware techniques to support users while interacting in hybrid tabletop settings.
Remote Collaboration
CoStream provides a strong real-time coupling to the event and leverages users' social connections to provide multiple perpectives for live events.
Do not forget to have a look at our list of past projects .
HCI Group Members
| Photo | Name | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Sebastian Günther | guenther@tk.tu-... +49 6151 16-23203 S2|02 A108 |
| Dr. Andrii Matviienko | matviienko@tk.tu-... +49 6151 16-23203 S2|02 A108 |
| Dr. Jan Riemann | riemann@tk.tu-... +49 6151 16-23192 S2|02 B102 |
| Dr. Martin Schmitz | schmitz@tk.tu-... +49 6151 16-23199 S2|02 A121 |
| Dominik Schön | schoen@tk.tu-... +49 6151 16-23203 S2|02 A108 |
| Julius Willich genannt von Pöllnitz | Willich@tk.tu-... +49 6151 16-23203 S2|02 A108 |
Former Group Members
- Dr. Markus Funk – Area Head
- Dr. Niloofar Dezfuli – Area head
- Dr. Mohammadreza Khalilbeigi – Area head
- Dr. Jochen Huber – Area head
- Dr. Jürgen Steimle – Area head
- Dr. Simon Olberding – Doctoral researcher
- Dr. Roman Lissermann – Doctoral researcher
Contact
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