ARIVE @ CHI 2026

We are proud to highlight the strong presence of ARIVE members in the CHI 2026 program. Across papers, interactivity sessions, meet-ups, and workshops, our community was heavily featured, contributing to a diverse range of research spanning extended reality, human-AI interaction, digital health, and collaborative systems. These contributions reflect the breadth and impact of ARIVE’s research, as well as the collaborative spirit that continues to shape our work within the global HCI community.

Papers

AI of Oz: Enhancing Wizard of Oz Studies in HCI with AI Assistance for Human Moderation
Ruoyu Wen, Kunal Gupta, Kekayan Nanthakumar, Binyang Han, Simon Hoermann, Mark Billinghurst, Alaeddin Nassani, D D Allan, Thammathip Piumsomboon

Challenges in Synchronous & Remote Collaboration Around Visualization
Matthew Brehmer, Maxime Cordeil, Christophe Hurter, Takayuki Itoh, Wolfgang Büschel, Mahmood Jasim, Arnaud Prouzeau, David Saffo, Lyn Bartram, Sheelagh Carpendale, Chen Zhu-Tian, Andrew Cunningham, Tim Dwyer, Samuel Huron, Masahiko Itoh, Alark Joshi, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Hideaki Kuzuoka, Bongshin Lee, Gabriela Molina León, Harald Reiterer, Bektur Ryskeldiev, Jonathan Schwabish, Brian A. Smith, Yasuyuki Sumi, Ryo Suzuki, Anthony Tang, Yalong Yang, Jian Zhao

Cognitive Bridge: AI-Generated Boundary Objects for Cross-Functional Collaboration
Tamil Selvan Gunasekaran, Sophia Lim, Kunal Gupta, Huidong Bai, Yun Suen Pai, Mark Billinghurst

Criminator: An Easy-to-Use XR “Crime Animator” for Rapid Reconstruction and Analysis of Dynamic Crime Scenes
Vahid Pooryousef, Lonni Besançon, Maxime Cordeil, Chris Flight, Alastair M Ross, Richard Bassed, Tim Dwyer

Exploring the Effects of Support Type and Task Difficulty for Virtual Assistants as Social Companions
Sei Kang, YunSu Lee, Gun A. Lee, Hyung-Jeong Yang, Soo-Hyung Kim, Ji-eun Shin, Seungwon Kim

EyeXRciser: Guiding Eye Exercises without Task Interruption in Virtual Workspaces
Hongyue Xu, Kazuyuki Fujita, Yi Li, Benjamin Tag, Guanghan Zhao, Yoshifumi Kitamura

How Do Operators Use Network Diagrams? Characterising Visualisation Tasks in an Energy Control Room
Merry Kim Hoang, Sarah Goodwin, Roger Dargaville, Tim Dwyer

Invisible Users in Digital Health: A Scoping Review of Digital Interventions to Promote Physical Activity Among CALD Women
Yilin Ke, Yun Suen Pai, Burkhard Wünsche, Angus Donald Campbell, Mairi J Gunn

Mapping the Landscape of Affective Extended Reality: A Scoping Review of Biodata-Driven Systems for Understanding and Sharing Emotions
Zhidian Lin, Allison Jing, Ziyuan Qu, Fabio Zambetta, Ryan M. Kelly

MarioChart: Autonomous Tangibles as Active Proxy Interfaces for Embodied Casual Data Exploration
Shaozhang Dai, Kadek Ananta Satriadi, Jim Smiley, Barrett Ens, Lonni Besançon, Tim Dwyer

The Ocular Command Center: How Eye Responses to Luminance, Color, Tunneling, and Visual Suppression Mediate Users’ Physiological States in VR
Andreia Valente, Augusto Esteves, Mark Billinghurst

Understanding the Effects of Interaction on Emotional Experiences in VR
Zheyuan Kuang, Tinghui Li, Weiwei Jiang, Sven Mayer, Flora D. Salim, Benjamin Tag, Anusha Withana, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva

Why Do You Know That About Me?—Ethical Implications of Pervasive AR and Face Recognition
Kushani Tharushika Perera, Nadia Pantidi, Holger Regenbrecht

Interactivity

LyreFlute: Sensor-Based Musical Experience for COPD Rehabilitation
Andreia Valente, Claudio Cotto, Mark Billinghurst, Kunal Gupta

Meet-up

Meta-HCI: Practising Reflection in HCI Research
Annika Kaltenhauser, James Peter Arnéra, Amelie Unger, Sophia Ppali, Niels van Berkel, Benjamin Tag, Elena L. Glassman, Phoebe Sengers, Simo Hosio, Jonas Oppenlaender

PhysioCHI: Lessons Learned from Implementing Human-Centered Physiological Computing
Kathrin Schnizer, Teodora Mitrevska, Benjamin Tag, Abdallah El Ali, Sven Mayer

Workshops

Shaping Future Human Connection: Social Augmentation through XR Technologies
Alessandro Visconti, Fabrizio Lamberti, Theophilus Teo, Gun A. Lee, Allison Jing, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Adalberto L. Simeone

XR for Challenging Environments – Enabling Human Performance and Agency under Stress
Raimund Schatz, Helmut Schrom-Feiertag, Guglielmo Papagni, Frank Steinicke, Lea Skorin-Kapov, Mark Billinghurst, Leif Oppermann, Georg Aumayr

More info here – https://www.oceania-chi.org/publications.html