Welcome to the Interactive Computing Experiences Research Cluster at the University of Central Florida. Our mission is to develop innovative techniques, tools, and applications that improve the overall experience between humans and machines. The vision of this cluster is to be a world class research leader in the innovative development and evaluation of interactive technology experiences that benefit humanity.

Research Cluster Goals:
  • explore and develop core technologies to improve beneficial interactive technology user experiences and study their effectiveness
  • foster multidisciplinary research in beneficial interactive user experiences
  • disseminate research findings in top conferences and journals
  • foster collaboration with industry
  • support entrepreneurship activities based on ISUE activities
  • provide a continual stream of skilled graduates to partake in high-tech interactive technology jobs.

More specifically, we are interested in the creation and evaluation of advanced interfaces that support education, entertainment, and general work productivity.

We are always looking for undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D. students to come work in our lab. If you're interested in the things you see on this site, contact Dr. LaViola.

Latest News

  • December 6, 2024
    Congratulations to Dr. LaViola for being invited to attend Dagstuhl Seminar 25031 - Addressing Future Challenges of Telemedicine Applications.
  • July 17, 2024
    Congratulations to Mykola Maslych, Dr. Difeng Yu, Amirpouya Ghasemaghaei, Yahya Hmaiti, Esteban Segarra Martinez, Dominic Simon, Dr. Eugene Taranta, Dr. Joanna Bergström, and Dr. LaViola for having their paper, "From Research to Practice: Survey and Taxonomy of Object Selection in Consumer VR Applications", accepted to ISMAR 2024.
  • July 2, 2024
    Congratulations to Yahya Hmaiti, Mykola Maslych, Amirpouya Ghasemaghaei, Ryan Ghamandi, and Dr. LaViola for having their paper, "Visual Perceptual Confidence: Exploring Discrepancies Between Self-reported and Actual Distance Perception In Virtual Reality", accepted to the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics special issue for ISMAR 2024.
  • April 17, 2024
    Congratulations to Wanyea Barbel for successfully defending his master's thesis, "Neurogaze in Virtual Reality: Assessing an EEG and Eye Tracking Interface Against Traditional Virtual Reality Input Devices".
  • January 19, 2024
    Congratulations to Ryan Ghamandi, Dr. Ravi Kattoju, Yahya Hmaiti, Mykola Maslych, Dr. Eugene Taranta, Dr. McMahan, and Dr. LaViola for having their paper "Unlocking Understanding: An Investigation of Multimodal Communication in Virtual Reality Collaboration", accepted to ACM CHI 2024.
  • January 3, 2024
    Congratulations to John Sermarini, Dr. Rob Michlowitz, Dr. Roger Acevedo, Dr. Lori Walters, Dr. Joe Kider, and Dr. LaViola for having their paper, "Exploring Augmented Reality's Role in Enhancing Spatial Perception for Building Facade Retrofit Design for Non-experts", accepted to the IEEE Virtual Reality 2024.
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