2016 Science Foo Camp at Googleplex

Dr. Marianna Obrist has been selected to attend the annual SciFoo Camp at Googleplex headquarter this year and presented her research on Multisensory HCI (touch, taste, smell). This invitation-only event brings together 250 individuals with diverse backgrounds in science and technology, and is designed to encourage collaboration between scientists who would not typically work together. It is organized by O’Reilly Media, Digital Science, Nature Publishing, and Google #scifoo @google #multisensory

Keynote at QoMex Conference

Dr. Marianna Obrist gave a keynote on "Thinking Big: The 5 Senses" at the 8th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience, in Lisbon, Portugal between 6-8 June 2016. This conference brings together leading experts from academia and industry interested in the evaluation of multimedia quality and user experience. (@logo by QoMEX 2016).

SCHI Lab at CHI 2016

This year the SCHI Lab attended CHI 2016 in San Jose, CA, USA with 1 full paper (entitled "I Always Wanted to See the Night Sky”: Blind User Preferences for Sensory Substitution Devices"), and 1 Late Break Work (entitled "Scented Material: Changing Features of Physical Creations based on Odors"). We received an Honorable Mention Award for this full paper. We also co-organize a workshop on "Touch, Taste, & Smell User Interfaces: The Future of Multisensory HCI" where we draw together an international and interdisciplinary group of researchers, designers, and developers from academia and industry to collaborate and explore the opportunities around multisensory design. More information about the workshop is here.

IJHCS Special Issue on Multisensory HCI

We encourage submissions dealing with one of the following areas promoting a user-centric and/or engineering perspective, and emphasising the combination of theory and practice in the creation of multisensory experiences with interactive technologies. Submission deadline is August 1st, 2016