Academic Partners

Affiliate Academic Partners

Industry Partners

Partner Laboratories

The Empathic Computing Laboratory

Based at the University of South Australia, and University of Auckland, the Empathic Computing Laboratory (ECL) is focusing on developing innovative systems that connect people together and enhance face to face and remote collaboration. Using AR, VR, physiological sensing and scene capture technologies the ECL explores how to allow people to share what they are seeing, hearing and feeling with others. The overall goal is to create a stronger sense of empathy between people.

For more information, see http://empathiccomputing.org/

Human Interface Technology Lab NZ (HIT Lab NZ)

The HIT Lab NZ is a research centre at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand whose work focuses on the intersection between people and technology. Established in 2002, it is recognised internationally as a leader in Human Interface Technology research and education. The multi-disciplinary research team collaborates widely with academic teams from around the world, as well as industry partners from sectors such as Education and Training, High Performance Sport, Disaster Management, Health, Technology, and Construction. HIT Lab NZ researchers have expertise in: 

  • Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality
  • Applied Games Design and Development
  • Human Augmentation
  • Haptic Feedback
  • (Socially) Intelligent Virtual Agents
  • Artificial Intelligence

For more information, see https://www.hitlabnz.org

Human-Centred Computing Group (UNSW, Sydney)

In the Human-Centred Computing (HCC) group, our goal is to build and design technologies that understand people, respond to their needs adaptively, and improve their experience. The advancement of human-computer interfaces and ubiquitous computing are changing the world, bridging the gap between our physical and digital worlds. Therefore, future computing devices should be designed around humans, ensuring that the boundaries of the digital world are further meshing with our physical world and allowing for more effective computer systems by taking social, personal, and cultural aspects into account. 

 

Our research areas include: human-computer interaction; extended reality; social AI; affective computing; human behaviour analysis; social signal processing; assistive technologies; mobile computing; pervasive computing; discreet computing, and adaptive learning.

 

Inclusive Reality Lab (IRL)

Inclusive Reality Lab (IRL) is based at the School of Computer Science, University of Auckland. We envision a future where technology seamlessly bridges social and ability gaps, fostering an inclusive and prosocial world. Our research explores how reality itself, both physical and digital, can be leveraged to understand cognitive, behavioral, and emotional states, assist individuals in their daily lives, and augment human abilities. By designing adaptive and empowering technologies, we aim to create a world where diverse individuals can thrive, connect, and reach their full potential.

 

Human-Computer Interaction Lab Otago

The Human-Computer Interaction Lab is part of the University of Otago’s School of Computing. We are viewing HCI from a technological standpoint, but are interested in psychological, sociological, perceptual, philosophical, ethical, and applicational and translational aspects of it. We conceptually design, prototypically implement, and evaluate systems, in particular in virtual and augmented reality, ubiquitous and pervasive systems, and telepresence. Our current main projects are centred around virtual and augmented tourism experiences, emerging technologies in indigenous settings, pervasive augmented reality technology and ethics, real-time virtual human representation, human-drone-human interaction, and novel interactive visualisation and audiation techniques.

More information: https://hci.otago.ac.nz/