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2016
23 Sep

In the framework of InnoTrans 2016, the world’s largest trade fair focused on the rail transport industry, we presented some of our recent work at Siemens on the “Digital Train” exhibit.

25 May

The motivation for this project was to build a minimalist quadcopter platform to carry a smartphone up in the air. The smartphone can not just capture videos of the flight, but could also be connected to the flight controller and[…]

10 May

Together with David Lindlbauer, Klemen Lilija and Jörg Müller, we received an Honorable Mention Award at CHI ’16 for our paper Influence of Display Transparency on Background Awareness and Task Performance. Awesome work, everybody!

2015
9 Dec

After a little more than four years of working and publishing on my topic, I submitted my PhD thesis on Whole Body Interaction with Public Displays today!

10 Nov

Together with Viktor Miruchna, David Lindlbauer, Jörg Müller, Maren Lehmann and Regine von Klitzing, we received an Honorable Mention Award at UIST ’15 for our paper GelTouch: Localized Tactile Feedback Through Thin, Programmable Gel. Congratulations, you guys!

26 Oct

Current Augmented Reality headsets and (Head-mounted displays) HMDs like the Microsoft HoloLens and Meta 2 are still very expensive and inaccessible. Together with Marc and Michelle, we present a simple approach to allow everyone who owns a mobile phone to[…]

14 Sep

Today, I had a really awesome time with the guys from SEGA R&D! First stop was Tokyo Joypolis, which is an amazing place! It exhibits the latest and most crazy arcade creations of SEGA. Everything there is fun and interactive[…]

11 Sep

I presented our note Analyzing Visual Attention During Whole Body Interaction with Public Displays at UbiComp today in the Public Displays session. I had a really hard time to concentrate during the talk, since we went to Karaoke until 4:00[…]

18 Apr

Today, I attended the Doctoral Consortium at CHI’15 in Seoul. It was a great opportunity to get feedback on my thesis work from important HCI people.

9 Jan

Since I have a passion for retro-gaming, I decided to build my own arcade cabinet! It’s based on RetroPi. the SketchUp model file can be found here. DIY Arcade Cabinet