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CS547 Human-Computer Interaction Seminar   (Seminar on People, Computers, and Design)

Fridays 11:30am-12:30pm PT · Gates B3 · Open to the public
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Michael Nebeling


University of Michigan
Extended Reality for Everybody
October 1, 2021

Technical advances in virtual, augmented reality, and mixed reality (XR) have paved the way for these technologies to become increasingly mainstream technologies; however, there is still a high barrier to entry and creating new XR applications is difficult and time-consuming with existing methods and tools. In this talk, I will present novel methods and tools designed for novice XR creators to design usable, safe, and inclusive XR experiences. This includes conceptual frameworks to navigate the landscape of XR technologies and tools; methods for building security and privacy considerations into the design process; and prototyping tools to accelerate design and development. Drawing from my research and ongoing work with the U-M wide XR initiative, I will share examples of how to enable instructors to incorporate XR technologies into teaching and learning and will discuss key challenges to wider adoption of XR in education.


Michael Nebeling is an Assistant Professor of Information at the University of Michigan, where he leads the Information Interaction Lab (https://mi2lab.com), an HCI research group focused on virtual, augmented, and mixed reality applications. He is XR Faculty Innovator-in-Residence with the U-M wide XR Initiative and created the XR MOOC series (https://xrmooc.com), a three-course AR/VR specialization on Coursera. He is active in the ACM CHI and UIST conferences, currently as UIST 2021 Program co-chair. His research has contributed new techniques, tools, and technologies to make AR/VR interface development easier and faster; established principles, methods, and tools for the design, development, and evaluation of multi-device and cross-device user interfaces; and demonstrated how to use crowdsourcing to create adaptive user interfaces, design gesture recognizers, or even write a paper from your smartwatch. He joined U-M in 2016 after completing a postdoc in the HCI Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and a PhD in the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich.