Hi, I'm Peter He

Cornell 🌽 ECE + Robotics '27

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I work within the areas of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Wearables, and XR.

At Cornell University I conduct research under Prof. Cheng Zhang in the Sci-Fi Lab as well as with Prof. Cara Nunez in the HAPPI Lab and previously with Prof. Thijs Roumen at Cornell Tech.

I also founded and lead Cornell XR, the fastest club to ever become an official Cornell Engineering project team building projects in Haptics and XR.

Previously, I was an engineering intern @ Mira, building both software and hardware for smartglasses with a display + always-on AI assistance, I also made firebending real.

Outside of academics, I really enjoy creative work and prototyping interaction concepts.

I am applying for PhDs with a Fall 2027 start date. If you find my work interesting, I would love to chat about potential opportunities!

Feel free to reach out to me at ph475@cornell.edu or connect with me on LinkedIn.

publications

*excluding pending submissions ;-;

papers

SplatOverflow

SplatOverflow: Asynchronous Hardware Troubleshooting

Amritansh Kwatra, Tobias Wienberg, Ilan Mandel, Ritik Batra, Peter He, Francois Guimbretiere, Thijs Roumen

SeamPose

SeamPose: Repurposing Seams as Capacitive Sensors in a Shirt for Upper-Body Pose Tracking

Tianhong Catherine Yu, *Manru Mary Zhang, *Peter He, Chi-Jung Lee, Cassidy Cheesman, Saif Mahmud, Ruidong Zhang, Francois Guimbretiere, Cheng Zhang

Paper (UIST 2024) Seampose PCB Writeup

*Co-Second Author on the Paper

posters & other tracks

Yarnconnects

YarnConnects: Towards Yarn-Level Rapid Prototyping For Smart Textiles

*Peter He, Tianhong Catherine Yu, Jingwen Zhu, Tingyu Cheng

featured projects

A few of my publicly documented projects, for more, look at my projects page!.

SeamPose PCB SeamPose PCB
SeamPose PCB
PCB for conductive thread + capacitive based pose tracking.
Gaussian Splat Localization Gaussian Splat Localization
Gaussian Splat Localization
Camera localization into a 3D Gaussian Splat scene using CV, COLMAP, and Hierarchical Localization (hloc).
Firebender Firebender
Firebender
Designed (CAD + Electronics), programmed, and built consumer punch-activated flamethrowers for a startup's publicity stunt.
Human Operator Human Operator
Human Operator
A human augmentation tool that allows AI to briefly take control of your body through EMS to help you learn or do things.
NeuroScent NeuroScent
NeuroScent
Brain-computer interface, VR Headset, and
DIY Olfactory Display.
SixthSense Sixth-Sense
Sixth-Sense
Automatic obstacle (spidey-sense) avoidance using electrostimuation
(Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation eg. GVS).
Bebe Bebe
Bebe
An emotive 6-DOF bipedal robot.
8x8 Shape Display Cheap 8x8 Shape Display
Cheap 8x8 Shape Display
A cheap programmable mechanical surface, 64 motorized cells for ~$120
Rewind Rewind
Rewind
Memory management system + 3D Scene reconstruction from video.