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Donald Degraen

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University of Canterbury

New Zealand

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Donald Degraen is an Associate Professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His research focuses on multimodal representations in gamification and enhancing tactile experiences in virtual reality through innovative materials. His recent articles explore the comparative effectiveness of auditory and visual elements in gamified tasks and the application of actuated 3D-printed metamaterials.

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Designing Haptic Aesthetics for Immersive Virtual Reality Using 3D-Printed Artifacts with Predefined Tactile Properties

Open Date: 2026-01-01

Close Date: 2029-01-01

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Susanne Boll

Professor

University of Oldenburg

GERMANY

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Karthikeya Puttur Venkatraj

Delft University of Technology

NETHERLANDS

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Johannes Schöning

Full Professor of Computer Science (HCI)

University of St. Gallen

SWITZERLAND

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Andrii Matviienko

Assistant Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

SWEDEN

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Valkyrie Savage

Assistant Professor

University of Copenhagen

DENMARK

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Marion Koelle

Professor for Human-Computer Interaction

RheinMain University of Applied Sciences

GERMANY

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Tom Igoe

Arts Professor

NYU School of Medicine

UNITED STATES

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Mark Colley

Associate Professor

University College London

UNITED KINGDOM

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Hyunyoung Kim

University of Birmingham

UNITED KINGDOM

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Multi-sensory Dark Patterns

Understanding How Mobile Interactions Shape Grasp and Contact Patterns Beyond the Touchscreen

MAGIC: A Dataset Capturing Mid-Air Gesture Performance for Interaction and Feature Analysis

Design and Evaluation of a Research Toolkit for Real-Time Data Visualization in Group Cycling Classes

Determining Perception Thresholds for Real and Virtual Inclinations While Cycling in Virtual Reality

Virtual Sauna – Evaluating an Immersive Thermal Motion Experience

AI for Haptics and Haptics for AI: Challenges and Opportunities

Eye Want It All! Investigating Eye Tracking as Implicit Support for Generative Inpainting

How are Vibrotactile Experiences Visually Represented? A Taxonomy of Illustration Characteristics

Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart: This Christmas I am Taking It Back with Multimodal XR

User-reconfigured Haptics: Combining User-Reconfiguration and Visual Manipulations to Enhance Dynamic Passive Haptic Experiences for VR

Bring Your Own Interface: Exploring Tactile Interaction in Maritime Automation

You ARe Correct! Comparing Augmented Reality Displays for Individual Feedback in Classroom Settings

FamiliAR Feedback: Investigating Feedback Modality and Familiarity in Classroom Settings Using Spatial Augmented Reality

SoulGarden: A Gamified Meditation Application to Enhance Meditation Habits, Enjoyment, Mindfulness, and Mental Well-Being

CollabJam: Studying Collaborative Haptic Experience Design for On-Body Vibrotactile Patterns

Demonstrating Spatial Haptics: A Sensory Substitution Method for Distal Object Detection Using Tactile Cues

Demonstration of TactStyle: Generating Tactile Textures with Generative AI for Digital Fabrication

Motion-Coupled Asymmetric Vibration for Pseudo Force Rendering in Virtual Reality

Spatial Haptics: A Sensory Substitution Method for Distal Object Detection Using Tactile Cues

Auditory, Visual, or Both? Comparing Visual and Auditory Representations of Game Elements in a Gamified Image-Tagging Task

MetaReality: enhancing tactile experiences using actuated 3D-printed metamaterials in Virtual Reality

Collaborators (9)

Susanne Boll

Karthikeya Puttur Venkatraj

Johannes Schöning

Andrii Matviienko

Valkyrie Savage

Marion Koelle

Tom Igoe

Mark Colley

Hyunyoung Kim

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