August 25, 2026
| Time (CEST) | Event | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Ice-breaker Event Informal drinks at Origines, 2 Rue de l'Hotel Dieu, Rennes |
2 hours 30 min |
Day 1: August 26, 2025
| Time (CEST) | Event | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:15 | Welcome coffee and Registration at the Inria centre | |||
| 8:45 | Opening Session | 15 minutes | ||
| 9:00 | Keynote Speaker Marc O. Ernst, Ulm University, Germany "Two Ears, One Space: Locating Natural Sounds in Real and Virtual Worlds" |
1 hour | ||
| 10:00 | Coffee Break | 30 minutes | ||
| 10:30 | Session 1: Virtual Humans & Robots Session Chair: Julien Pettré |
1 hour 30 minutes | ||
| (TAP paper) When the Audience Laughs with You: Effects of Virtual Audience Laughter Modality and Synchrony on Comedy Viewing in VR Ryo Ohara, Chi-Lan Yang, Takuji Narumi and Hideaki Kuzuoka. |
20 minutes | |||
| (TAP paper) Don't Just Fill the Silence: Exploring Conversational Filler Strategies in Embodied Virtual Agents Yikuan Liu, Siqi Guo and Christos Mousas. |
20 minutes | |||
| Perceptions of Appearance, Voice, and Motion Familiarity in Virtual Agents Magzhan Mukanova, Fu-Chia Yang, Nicoletta Adamo-Villani and Christos Mousas. |
20 minutes | |||
| What Makes Virtual Crowds Feel Real? Sound, Sociality, and Movement in Virtual Reality Andrea Bönsch, Julian Koska, Konstantin Wilfried Kühlem, Andrew Steven Puika and Torsten Wolfgang Kuhlen. |
15 minutes | |||
| Tsukkomi Agent: Mediating Critical Feedback for Intergenerational Dyads through Humorous Robotic Intervention Kohei Murayama, Ryo Ohara, Yusuke Koseki, Chi-Lan Yang, Takuji Narumi and Hideaki Kuzuoka. |
20 minutes | |||
| Visual Data Consistency in Cartoon Poses Governs Pose Interpretation in Professional Animators Rachael Schwartz and Rachel McDonnell. |
15 minutes | 10:30 | Session 2 (parallel session): Visual Perception Session Chair: Jeannine Stefanucci |
1 hour 30 minutes |
| Virtual Reality and the Perception of Non-Euclidean Geometry: How Expert Mathematicians Evaluate Its Research Potential Maé Mavromatis, Rémi Coulon, Ronan Gaugne, Bruno Arnaldi and Valérie Gouranton. |
20 minutes | |||
| (TAP paper) How does motion-to-photon latency influences the perception-action loop Sony Saint-Auret, Valérie Gouranton, Ronan Gaugne, Richard Kulpa, Ludovic Hoyet and Franck Multon. |
20 minutes | |||
| (TAP paper) Investigating Environment–Beverage Matching: Effects on Expected and Perceived Palatability Kento Kawada, Shin'Ichi Komiya, Ryota Nitto, Shin'Ichi Warisawa and Yuki Ban. |
20 minutes | |||
| Spatial Updating in VR Navigation: Effects of Locomotion Action Fidelity and Visual Fidelity Yu Wang, Philipp Wintersberger and Matteo Bosco. |
15 minutes | |||
| Semantics Drive Noticing Rates in Realistic Change Blindness Scenarios Muhammad Ramish, Matti Pouke, Steven LaValle, Timo Ojala and Evan Center. |
20 minutes | |||
| Human Strategies for Semantic-Based Colors Representing Multi-Label Classes Laura Pelchmann, Lena Jacobi, Sebastian Bremm and Tatiana von Landesberger. |
20 minutes | |||
| 12:30 PM | Lunch Break (Hall) | 1 hour 30 minutes | ||
| 14:00 | Session 3: Augmented Reality Session Chair: Sarah Creem-Regehr |
1 hour 20 minutes | ||
| Guiding Safe Pedestrian Navigation with Virtual Cues Ashley Buzard, Emily Tighe, Yu Zhao, Sodabe Bandali, Bobby Bodenheimer, Jeanine Stefanucci and Sarah Creem-Regehr. |
20 minutes | |||
| Real-World Clutter Improves Egocentric Distance Judgments in Optical See-Through Augmented Reality Sodabe Bandali, Yuanhao Lyu, Soumyajit Chakraborty, Jeanine Stefanucci, Sarah Creem-Regehr and Bobby Bodenheimer. |
20 minutes | |||
| Interaction Over Appearance: A Psychophysical Investigation of Presence Factors in Augmented Reality Bobby Bodenheimer, Nishan Shehadeh and Richard Skarbez. |
20 minutes | |||
| Comparing Ground-Anchored Augmented Reality Visualizations of Waste Heat Redistribution Tania Krisanty and Stefan Gumhold. |
20 minutes | |||
| 14:00 | Session 4 (parallel session): Gaze & Eye Tracking Session Chair: Eakta Jain |
1 hour 20 minutes | ||
| Effects of Geometric Distortions on Visual Attention and Scanpath Dynamics in 3D Meshes Sonain Jamil, Julien Pettré, Sébastien Iksal and Erwan David. |
20 minutes | |||
| Eyes on the Curve: Visual Constraints and Steering Accuracy in a VR Driving Simulator Obaida Alrazouk, Hichem Arioui and Amine Chellali. |
20 minutes | |||
| Visualizing Hypotheses: Perception of Reconstructed Heritage Buildings in Virtual Reality Maxime Dumonteil, Theophane Nicolas, Marc Macé, Valérie Gouranton and Ronan Gaugne. |
20 minutes | |||
| (TAP paper) Visual Search Strategies in Dense Virtual Reality Scenes Depend on Inter-Object Spacing Rivo Andriamanalina, Steven Le Moan and Mohamed-Chaker Larabi. |
20 minutes | |||
| 15:20 | Poster Fast Forward | 15 minutes | ||
| 15:35 | Coffee Break + Poster Session | 1 hour | ||
| 16:35 PM | Session 5: Time and Depth Session Chair: Etienne Peillard |
1 hour | ||
| Estimating the Curvature of Visual Space in Virtual Reality Using an Exocentric Pointing Task Alexis Chambers, Alizée Pinet, Evan Center, Timo Ojala, Steven LaValle and Nicoletta Prencipe. |
20 minutes | |||
| High-Precision Assessment of Stereoacuity in Virtual Reality with STRIVE (STereo Random-dot Interactive Virtual Environment) Triya Belani, Chengyi Ma and Gabriel J. Diaz. |
20 minutes | |||
| Let’s get the ball rolling: Implementing the use of immersive virtual reality in space and time perceptual estimates Alex Detrich, Emma Butner, Sarah Creem-Regehr and Jeanine Stefanucci. |
15 minutes | |||
| 16:35 PM | Session 6 (Parallel Session): Audio Session Chair: Marc Ernst |
1 hour | ||
| Spatial Audio Feedback for Discrete Rotation Technique in Virtual Reality Neil Roy, Madelein Olivan Villegas, Jeeeun Kim and Jong-in Lee. |
20 minutes | |||
| Effects of Audiovisual Environmental Stimuli on Humidity Perception Without Changing Actual Humidity Kei Takanohashi, Shin'Ichi Komiya, Shin'Ichi Warisawa and Yuki Ban. |
20 minutes | |||
| A Tale of Two Sounds: Audiovisual Localization in Depth with Physical and Virtual Sound Sources Maggie McCracken, Adhithya Narayanan, Jeanine Stefanucci and Sarah Creem-Regehr. |
15 minutes | |||
| 17:35 | Free time | |||
| 19:30 | Social Event at Le Grand Huit, 20 rue Pierre Martin, Rennes | |||
Day 2: August 27, 2026
| Time (CEST) | Event | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 | Welcome coffee and Registration at the Inria centre | ||
| 9:00 | Session 7: Haptics Session Chair: Claudio Pacchierotti |
1 hour 40 minutes | |
| Planar haptics: A wireless haptic glove using interwoven nitinol actuators for accelerated feedback response Michael Efraimidis and Katerina Mania. |
20 minutes | ||
| Temperature vs Heat Flow: How Thermal Control Modality Influences Perception and Haptic Experience in VR Sophie Villenave, Matthieu Mesnage, Matthieu Blanchard, Pierre Raimbaud, Bertrand Massot and Guillaume Lavoué. |
20 minutes | ||
| Investigating Two-Point Discrimination Using a Fixed-Amplitude Vibrotactile Pin Array Aoi Yamada, Hiroto Sasaki, Hiroaki Yano, Vibol Yem and Hiroyuki Kajimoto. |
20 minutes | ||
| Perceptual Threshold of Round-Trip Delay in TPTA Systems during Viscoelastic Object Interaction Ravi Prakash Meghwanshi, Amit Bhardwaj and Himanshu Kumar. |
20 minutes | ||
| Perceptual Study of Vibro-Thermal Stimulations Interactions Across the Hand Using a Modular Haptic Stylus Lisa Bachini, Guillaume Gicquel and Maud Marchal. |
20 minutes | ||
| 10:40 | Coffee Break | 30 minutes | |
| 11:10 | Session 8: Body Perception Session Chair: Vicki Interrante |
1 hour 20 minutes | |
| Effect of visuo-motor adaptation on the detection threshold of hand-redirection in virtual reality Qihang Zhu, Gilles Bailly, Emmanuel Guigon and Julien Gori |
20 minutes | ||
| What Drives Detection in Hand Redirection? Qihang Zhu, Gilles Bailly, Emmanuel Guigon and Julien Gori |
20 minutes | ||
| Do motion retargeting and AI-generated motion preserve anticipatory visual information in boxing animation? Annabelle Limballe, Ahmed Abdourahman Mahamoud, Guillaume Claude, Simon J. Bennett, Richard Kulpa and Franck Multon. |
20 minutes | ||
| (Invited TAP paper) Investigating Self-Body Perception and Its Effect on Affordance in Augmented RealityÉtienne Peillard, Marie-Cécile Leculier, Malena Joly, and Nathalie Le Bigot | 20 minutes | ||
| 12:30 | Lunch Break (Hall) | 1 hour 30 minutes | |
| 14:00 | Session 9: Gravity and Movement Session Chair: Keigo Matsumoto |
1 hour | |
| Persistent Biases in Gravity Perception at Altered Scale in Virtual Reality Despite Interactive Priming Matti Pouke, Aleksi Sierilä, Evan Center, Alexis Chambers, Timo Ojala and Steven LaValle. |
20 minutes | ||
| Users rely on a body-centric model to assess gravity in virtual reality Max Garcia Hinojosa, Evan Center, Timo Ojala, Steven Lavalle and Matti Pouke |
20 minutes | ||
| Not only Scale, but also Natural Mapping: Exploring Micro-Movement Locomotion for Embodiment in VR Mingyo Kim, Takashi Ota and Takuji Narumi. |
20 minutes | ||
| 14:00 | Session 10 (parallel session): Deitic & Non-Verbal Communication Session Chair: Andrea Bönsch |
1 hour | |
| (TAP paper) Facing Yourself: A Proxemic Approach to Self-Dyadic Interactions Tony Wolff, Anne-Hélène Olivier, Katja Zibrek, Julien Pettre and Ludovic Hoyet. |
20 minutes | ||
| Deictic and Communicative Behavior Changes with Switching-Based Multi-Hand Avatars in Collaborative VR Naoki Fujimoto, Reigo Ban, Amane Yamaguchi, Takuji Narumi and Hideaki Kuzuoka. |
20 minutes | ||
| Understanding Collision Avoidance Cues in Virtual Humans Reiya Itatani, Tairan Yin, Kexiang Huang, Jose Luis Ponton, Oscar Argudo and Nuria Pelechano. |
20 minutes | ||
| 15:00 | Coffee Break | 30 minutes | |
| 15:30 | Keynote Speaker Victoria Interrante, University of Minnesota, USA "Harnessing the Potential of Virtual Reality Nature Immersion to Improve Well-Being" | 1 hour | |
| 16:30 | Concluding remarks | 15 minutes |
