Program
Each paper presentation includes a 20-minute talk and a 5-minute Q&A session.August 9, 2025
| Time | Session | Talk Title | Presenters | Session Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:10 AM | Opening Session | Welcome and Program Overview | ||
| 9:10 - 10:00 AM | Keynote 1 | Dr. J. Edward Swan II | Bobby Bodenheimer | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 AM | Break I | |||
| 10:15 - 10:40 AM | Session I: Virtual Humans |
'Talk to Me': Comparing the Effects of Virtual Character Interaction Fidelity... | Elizabeth A Schlesener, Stephanie Six, Kaileigh Byrne and Sabarish V Babu | Anne-Hélène Olivier |
| 10:40 - 11:05 AM | Perceived Realism and Voice Naturalness of Virtual Humans... | Andrew Maxim, Roshan Venkatakrishnan and Benjamin Lok | ||
| 11:05 - 11:30 AM | Emotional Intensity Through the Eyes: Gaze Behavior Toward Expressive Virtual Avatars | Bharat Vyas, Pisut Wisessing and Rachel McDonnell | ||
| 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM | Lunch Break | |||
| 1:30 - 1:55 PM | Session II: Avatars & Embodiment |
Embodied Expertise: The Impact of Sommelier Avatars on Wine Flavor Perception | Yusuke Arikawa, et al. | Bharat Vyas |
| 1:55 - 2:20 PM | From Virtual to Physical: Investigating the Carryover Effects of Avatar-Mediated Communication... | Kensuke Nomura, et al. | ||
| 2:20 - 2:45 PM | Evaluating the Text-to-Video-to-Motion Pipeline for Realistic Avatar Animation... | Yong-Hao Hu, et al. | ||
| 2:45 - 3:10 PM | Break II | |||
| 3:10 - 3:35 PM | Session III: XR Learning, Health and Wellbeing |
Effects of Virtual Co-embodiment on Learning Collaborative Rhythmic Movements | Haruki Fukuda, et al. | Francisco Ortega |
| 3:35 - 4:00 PM | Virtual and Traditional Memory Palaces in Recall with ADHD | Anika Jewst, et al. | ||
| 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Toward Nurturing Self-Expansion Preference: The Impact of Repetition and Successful Experiences... | Yohei Okochi, Yuji Hatada and Takuji Narumi | ||
| 4:25 - 5:30 PM | Social event: Reception & Posters | |||
August 10, 2025
| Time | Session | Talk Title | Presenters | Session Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:10 - 10:00 AM | Keynote 2 | Dr. Chris Pagano | Ed Swan | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 AM | Break I | |||
| 10:15 - 10:40 AM | Session IV: Perception in interactive Systems |
Smile to Like: Effects of Facial Expression-Based Evaluation on Media Engagement... | Ryo Ohara, Fuyuki Matsubara and Takuji Narumi | Ed Swan |
| 10:40 - 11:05 AM | Reading Between the Colors. Enhancing Feature Perception in Colormaps... | Emily Port and Joseph Kider | ||
| 11:05 - 11:30 AM | It Is Only Eco-Logical: Direct Perception for XR Research | Kristopher Kohm, Andrew Robb, Sabarish Babu and Chris Pagano | ||
| 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM | Lunch Break | |||
| 1:30 - 1:55 PM | Session V: Haptics & Feedback |
Pulling Illusions on Seating Surfaces: Force Feedback Induced by Distributed Asymmetric Vibrations... | Koki Fukuda, et al. | Chris Pagano |
| 1:55 - 2:20 PM | How do people perceive changes in physical bounce model for virtual racket interactions? | Sony Saint-Auret, et al. | ||
| 2:20 - 2:45 PM | Enhancement of Haptic Size Sensitivity by Briefly Presenting Incongruent Visual-haptic Stimuli | Yasuhiro Hatori and Kei Ishii | ||
| 2:45 - 3:10 PM | Break II | |||
| 3:10 - 3:35 PM | Session VI: Understanding and Modeling Users |
Modeling Multisensory Integration in Hand Redirection: A Bayesian Causal Inference Framework... | Kohei Murayama, et al. | Kris Kohm |
| 3:35 - 4:00 PM | Understanding the Impact of Feedback on Players' Motivation When Experiencing Defeat... | Tatsuya Yoshioka, Takuji Narumi and Chi-Lan Yang | ||
| 4:00 - 4:30 PM | Closing & Awards | |||
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