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Extended Reality (XR), encompassing Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR), is a transformative technology bridging the physical and virtual world and it has diverse potential which will be ubiquitous in the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Baichuan Zeng

Software developers attempt to reproduce software bugs to understand their erroneous behaviours and to fix them. Unfortunately, they often fail to reproduce (or fix) them, which leads to faulty, unreliable software systems. However, to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-08-12 Mohammad Masudur Rahman , Foutse Khomh , Marco Castelluccio

Extended Reality (XR) technologies are becoming integral to daily life. However, password-based authentication in XR disrupts immersion due to poor usability, as entering credentials with XR controllers is cumbersome and error-prone. This…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Matin Fallahi , Patricia Arias-Cabarcos , Thorsten Strufe

Emerging extended reality technologies are reshaping how children play, learn, and socialize. Yet, they also present serious safety risks. Gaming, a primary form of entertainment for children, is also one of the key applications of XR.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Zinan Zhang , Xinning Gui , Yubo Kou

Extended reality (XR) is rapidly advancing, and poised to revolutionize content creation and consumption. In XR, users integrate various sensory inputs to form a cohesive perception of the virtual environment. This survey reviews the…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Haopeng Wang , Haiwei Dong , Abdulmotaleb El Saddik

We are on the cusp where Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR) are converging to unlock new paradigms of interactive computing. However, a significant gap exists between the ecosystems of these two fields: while AI research…

Mental health disorders are the leading cause of health-related problems globally. It is projected that mental health disorders will be the leading cause of morbidity among adults as the incidence rates of anxiety and depression grows…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-04-12 Omisore Olatunji , Ifeanyi Odenigbo , Joseph Orji , Amelia Beltran , Nilufar Baghaei , Meier Sandra , Rita Orji

Extended Reality (XR) enables immersive capture and re-experience of personal memories, yet how interface representations shape these experiences remains underexplored. We examine how users relive and share XR memories through three…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Zaid Ahmed , Omar A. Khan , Hyeongil Nam , Kangsoo Kim

Fixing software faults contributes significantly to the cost of software maintenance and evolution. Techniques for reducing these costs require datasets of software faults, as well as an understanding of the faults, for optimal testing and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Dylan Callaghan , Alexandra van der Spuy , Bernd Fischer

Human memory has notable limitations (e.g., forgetting) which have necessitated a variety of memory aids (e.g., calendars). As we grow closer to mass adoption of everyday Extended Reality (XR), which is frequently leveraging perceptual…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-04-06 Elise Bonnail , Eric Lecolinet , Wen-Jie Tseng , Samuel Huron , Mark Mcgill , Jan Gugenheimer

Although access to sufficient screen space is crucial to knowledge work, workers often find themselves with limited access to display infrastructure in remote or public settings. While virtual displays can be used to extend the available…

Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) enhance collaboration in Extended Reality (XR) environments by enabling flexible object and animation creation through the combination of natural language and visual inputs. However, visual data…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Jiangong Chen , Mingyu Zhu , Bin Li

Artificial Intelligence (AI) covers a broad spectrum of computational problems and use cases. Many of those implicate profound and sometimes intricate questions of how humans interact or should interact with AIs. Moreover, many users or…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-09-19 Carolin Wienrich , Marc Erich Latoschik

With the rising prevalence of autism diagnoses, it is essential for research to understand how to leverage technology to support the diverse nature of autistic traits. While traditional interventions focused on technology for medical cure…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-04-05 Katherine Wang , Simon Julier , Youngjun Cho

Extended Reality (XR) has expanded the horizons of entertainment and social life and shows great potential in the manufacturing industry. Prototyping in XR can help designers make initial proposals and iterations at low cost before…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-07 Bixun Chen , Shaun Macdonald , Moataz Attallah , Paul Chapman , Rami Ghannam

Dating apps such as Tinder have announced plans for a dating metaverse: the incorporation of XR technologies into the online dating process to augment interactions between potential sexual partners across virtual and physical worlds. While…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Sarath S. Shanker , Douglas Zytko

The collaboration in co-located shared environments has sparked an increased interest in immersive technologies, including Augmented Reality (AR). Since research in this field has primarily focused on individual user experiences in AR, the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-04-26 Francesco Vona , Sina Hinzmann , Michael Stern , Tanja Kojić , Navid Ashrafi , David Grieshammer , Jan-Niklas Voigt-Antons

Many XR devices use bare-hand gestures to reduce the need for handheld controllers. Such gestures, however, lead to false positive and false negative recognition errors, which detract from the user experience. While mediation techniques…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-09-21 Tica Lin , Ben Lafreniere , Yan Xu , Tovi Grossman , Daniel Wigdor , Michael Glueck

Extended Reality (XR) combines dense sensing, real-time rendering, and close-range interaction, making its use in early childhood education both promising and high risk. To investigate this, we conduct a Systematization of Knowledge (SoK)…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Supriya Khadka , Sanchari Das

Virtual Reality (VR) has emerged as a transformative technology across industries, yet its security weaknesses, including vulnerabilities, are underinvestigated. This study investigates 334 VR projects hosted on GitHub, examining 1,681…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-25 Yifan Xu , Jinfu Chen , Zhenyu Qi , Huashan Chen , Junyi Wang , Pengfei Hu , Feng Liu , Sen He