Human-Computer Interaction

The group explores novel forms of human-computer interaction making interactive media the heart of the user interface. Computer graphics has gained a central role in industrial and economical processes as well as our homes with multiple applications ranging from construction and design, knowledge work, visualization, to entertainment. As computers become more and more pervasive, machine-centric operation dissolves clearing the way to task oriented interactive systems which focus on the user and the interaction experience, taking into account human cognitive and perceptive qualities.

The group’s research aims at the integration and utilization of concepts, methods, and techniques from Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence: Intelligent Graphics. Although approaching from quite different directions, both fields had and have major impact on the design and development of improved human-computer systems. Combining both directions poses challenging problems ranging from high-level concepts and models of human cognition, communication, and collaboration to the underlying engineering principles and techniques in the design of rich, interactive, immersive, and Intelligent Virtual Environments.

Research topics

Intelligent Graphics
Multimodal Interfaces
Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality
Computer Edutainment and Games
Intelligent Virtual Environments
Semantic modeling & engineering
Reflective systems’ engineering
Ontologies for interactive systems
Agent based interaction

Active topics & events

09.09. - 12.09.2012	Mensch & Computer 2012
19.09. - 20.09.2012	9th GI VR/AR workshop at FH Düsseldor
26.09. - 29.09.2012	11th International Conference on Entertainment Computing
10.12. - 12.12.2012	The 18th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

Human-Computer Interaction

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