Nels Numan

Today on the blog learn about XR Blocks, an open source framework to author #XR + #AI applications on #AndroidXR with WebXR →goo.gle/48p2cei You can check out over 20 live demos at xrblocks.github.io!

Sensible Agent is a research prototype for proactive, unobtrusive AR agents that use real-time context (gaze, noise, hand availability) to offer seamless, socially-aware assistance, to minimize disruption. Learn more and check out the paper: goo.gle/47JTQ0y

We’re excited to unveil CoCreatAR, a groundbreaking system that connects remote developers with real-world locations in real time. By enabling live collaboration with on-site partners through video, audio, and 3D scans (Gaussian splats), CoCreatAR ensures AR elements fit seamlessly into dynamic environments – solving issues like outdated or incomplete maps. This innovation paves the way for far more accurate and immersive AR experiences. Incredible work by the team who made this a reality. Learn more here: nianticlabs.com/news/cocreatar…

✨Excited to present "Dittos" today at #CSCW2024! We will share our insights on the possibility of having an autonomous “digital twin” attend meetings on your behalf when you are not available. 📌 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36… 🗞️ medium.com/acm-cscw/sendi…

We're doing another PhD in technical HCI office hours (6th Edition): next Wed Nov 20 11-12pm: docs.google.com/document/d/1aN… Lots of cool new faculty who will join me for Q&A. Please add your questions to the doc! And, please join if you can! RT for other interested students

🔬 My lab at @NorthwesternU has a new website! Visit spice-lab.org to see our latest research from CHI, ECCV & UIST 2024. 🎓 We're recruiting 2 PhD students (fully funded) for Fall 2025! Interested candidates, apply by Dec 1. Please RT to help spread the word!

As this presidential campaign comes to an end, let me say a few words to the folks who have not yet decided who they'll vote for – or who have decided to sit the election out:

🚀 Hiring PhD summer interns - PLEASE RT! At @AdobeResearch we're looking for students skilled in HCI & GenAI to transform Web experiences with aem.live! Topics: Web usability, page generation, evaluation, optimization, RAG,... Apply now! careers.adobe.com/us/en/job/R150…

Come do an internship in the HCI and Visualisation team at Autodesk Research (@ADSKResearch)! We're particularly looking for applicants with experience in HCI+AI, creativity support, AR/VR, data vis, novel interaction techniques, and more. Questions? Ask! autodesk.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/uni/job/San-Fr…

this is one of the deepest insights i've gotten from a CHI paper -- not surprised it came from @fabulousQian, @nikola_banovic and @cmuhcii's own JZ if you're creating with GenAI, sit with it for a moment dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.114…

Thrilled to share that at UIST' 24, amongst the many exciting works, we presented two of our own: SpaceBlender and BlendScape (received honorable mention award!🏆) These are tip of 🧊 of the many exciting Multimodal GenAI projects @MSFTResearch, @Microsoft Exciting futures! (1/n)

📣📣 We are looking for 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 '𝟮𝟱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 to join our group at @AdobeResearch PhD students interested in 𝗛𝗖𝗜 /𝗔𝗜 /𝗔𝗥, please apply 👉🏻 careers.adobe.com/us/en/job/ADOB…

Our #UIST2024 work, BlendScape, explores how to empower end-users to tailor video-conferencing environments to their meeting context by leveraging AI image generation techniques.

For those interested in our related work on space blending for video-conferencing environments that will also appear at #UIST2024, check out BlendScape: x.com/shwetharajaram…

I had the pleasure of collaborating on this work with @shwetharajaram, @bala_tk, @nicmarquardt, and @thundercarrot at @MSFTResearch! It’s been a huge privilege to work with such a wonderful team. Check out our paper and full video here: nels.dev/publication/sp….

Excited to share our work, SpaceBlender, which will be presented at #UIST2024! Given user-provided images, this generative AI pipeline blends users’ physical surroundings into unified 3D environments for VR telepresence, creating context-rich virtual spaces for collaboration.

@mosesakashita @fujitsulabs Congratulations Mose!! 🥳

I’m thrilled to announce that I successfully completed my PhD at Cornell University in August and am starting an exciting new chapter as an HCI researcher at Fujitsu Research of America (@fujitsulabs) today! 😊