Human-centered eXtended Reality (HeXD) Lab

@inproceedings{tang2026customdance,
  title = {CustomDance: Customized 3D Dance Generation
                 with Coarse-to-Fine Human-Centered Interactive System},
  author = {Tang, Xulong and Yang, Kaixing and Guo, Xiaohu and Prabhakaran, Balakrishnan and Alghofaili, Rawan},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 Conference Papers},
  year = {2026},
  news = {Conditionally accepted to SIGGRAPH Asia 2026},
}

@article{nerellaGazebasedPredictionCognitive2026,
  author = {Nerella, Greeshma and Gan, Daisy and David-John, Brendan and Alghofaili, Rawan},
  title = {Gaze-based Prediction of Cognitive Load in Augmented Reality},
  year = {2026},
  issue_date = {May 2026},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  volume = {10},
  number = {3},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3806040},
  doi = {10.1145/3806040},
  journal = {Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.},
  month = may,
  articleno = {ETRA026},
  numpages = {18},
  keywords = {Eye-Tracking, Cognitive Load, Augmented Reality, Behavioral Analysis},
}

@inproceedings{ardance,
  title = {Personalized Dance Synthesis Based on Physical and Cognitive Intensities},
  booktitle = {2026 {{IEEE}} Conference Virtual Reality and {{3D}} User Interfaces ({{VR}})},
  author = {Tang, Xulong and Yeo, Eun and Mao, Ruiyu and Guo, Xiaohu and Alghofaili, Rawan},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {261-271},
  keywords = {Feedback;Circuits;Video games;Videos;Graphical user interfaces;Amplitude shift keying;Protocols;Amplitude modulation;Video equipment;HTTP;Exergaming;Generative Design;Optimization;Augmented Reality},
  doi = {10.1109/VR67842.2026.00048},
}

@inproceedings{ardragon,
  author = {Kim, Minyoung and Alghofaili, Rawan and Li, Changyang and Yu, Lap-Fai},
  title = {Dragon's Path: Synthesizing User-Centered Flying Creature Animation Paths for Outdoor Augmented Reality Experiences},
  year = {2024},
  isbn = {9798400705250},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  url = {https://doi-org.libproxy.utdallas.edu/10.1145/3641519.3657397},
  doi = {10.1145/3641519.3657397},
  booktitle = {ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 Conference Papers},
  articleno = {77},
  numpages = {11},
  keywords = {character animation, mixed reality, scene understanding},
  location = {Denver, CO, USA},
  series = {SIGGRAPH '24},
  news = {Featured in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVUmZRqHiX0&t=131s">ABC News</a>},
}

@inproceedings{warpy,
  title = {{{WARPY}}: {{Sketching}} Environment-Aware {{3D}} Curves in Mobile Augmented Reality},
  booktitle = {2023 {{IEEE}} Conference Virtual Reality and {{3D}} User Interfaces ({{VR}})},
  author = {Alghofaili, Rawan and Nguyen, Cuong and Krs, Vojtěch and Carr, Nathan and Měch, Radomír and Yu, Lap-Fai},
  year = {2023},
  pages = {367--377},
}

@inproceedings{pet,
  author = {Liang, Wei and Yu, Xinzhe and Alghofaili, Rawan and Lang, Yining and Yu, Lap-Fai},
  title = {Scene-Aware Behavior Synthesis for Virtual Pets in Mixed Reality},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  series = {CHI '21},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {ACM},
}

@inproceedings{lostvr,
  author = {Alghofaili, Rawan and Sawahata, Yasuhito and Huang, Haikun and Wang, Hsueh-Cheng and Shiratori, Takaaki and Yu, Lap Fai},
  title = {Lost in Style: Gaze-driven Adaptive Aid for VR Navigation},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  series = {CHI '19},
  year = {2019},
  publisher = {ACM},
  location = {Glasgow, UK},
  keywords = {Games/Play, Virtual/Augmented Reality, Eye Tracking},
}

@inproceedings{vr2019opt,
  title = {Optimizing Visual Element Placement via Visual Attention Analysis},
  booktitle = {2019 {{IEEE}} Conference on Virtual Reality and {{3D}} User Interfaces ({{VR}})},
  author = {Alghofaili, Rawan and Solah, Michael and Huang, Haikun and Sawahata, Yasuhito and Pomplun, Marc and Yu, Lap-Fai},
  year = {2019},
  pages = {464--473},
}