Smartwatches, fitness trackers and other wearables follow every step we take, and every move we make. We even take them to bed and let them track our sleep. This project explores how people interact with technology and hack traditional sleep schedules in order to make their lives work.

Extended reality (XR) technology allows us to mix virtual and physical worlds, and create new types of experiences. This project explores how we can better communicate and understand each other’s perspectives in virtual environments with the help of XR technologies.

If you close your eyes, can you imagine a red apple? Around four percent of the world’s population cannot. The inability to voluntarily create mental images is called aphantasia. In this project, we explore how immersive digital media may offer alternative forms of imagination and visual mental imagery.

Working with humans is incredibly difficult for robots. This project aims to develop new ways for robots and intelligent agents to understand, interact with, and adapt to the complex and collaborative ways we humans work together to get through our everyday lives.

While the future of autonomous vehicles seems to be approaching, there will still be instances where human intervention will be necessary. In this project we develop Extended Reality experiences to provide visions of this future, informed by current events and autonomous agent research.