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    Inkspire

    PROJECT

    With recent advancements in the capabilities of Text-to-Image (T2I) AI models, product designers have begun experimenting with them in their work. However, T2I ...

  • illustration of the proof-of-concept editing interface with map-inspired elements, like district, path and landmark

    VideoMap

    PROJECT

    Video editing is a creative and complex endeavor and we believe that there is potential for reimagining a new video editing interface to better support the crea...

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    Auptimize

    PROJECT

    Spatial audio in Extended Reality (XR) provides users with better awareness of where virtual elements are placed, and efficiently guides them to events such as ...

  • side by side images of a person holding gauze on their forehead and an interface with both question answering and proactive interventions

    PrISM: Procedural Interaction from Sensing Module

    PROJECT

    There are numerous complex tasks in everyday life, from cooking to medical self-care, that involve a series of atomic steps. Properly executing these step...

  • close up of scene reconstruction, data annotation and data summary elements

    MineXR

    PROJECT

    Extended Reality (XR) interfaces offer engaging user experiences, but their effective design requires a nua...

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    Accelerated Software Testing

    PROJECT

    The United States spends more than $48 billion/year on software testing, and many powerful testing tools have significant usability barriers that limit th...

  • VR scene with some brightly colored underwater plants, text in the center reads "Echo of the Abyss"

    Echo of the Abyss

    PROJECT

    Echo of the Abyss is a Virtual Reality (VR) experience that uses animal guides and immersive environments to cultivate a sense of kinship towards marine l...

  • Soundify assists users in matching sound effects (in bold) and ambients (in italics) to video, and helps dynamically adjust panning and volume by localizing "sound emitters".

    Soundify

    PROJECT

    In the art of video editing, sound is really half the story. Through formative interviews with professional editors (N=10), we found that the manual task ...

  • screenshot of the Jigsaw prototyping system

    Jigsaw: Supporting Designers to Prototype Multimodal Applications by Assembling AI Foundation Models

    PROJECT

    Recent advancements in AI foundation models have made it possible for them to be utilized off-the-shelf for creative tasks, including ideating design conc...

  • Wikibench illustration of a bench made up of the 8 puzzle pieces from the wiki logo

    Wikibench

    PROJECT

    AI tools are increasingly deployed in community contexts. However, datasets used to evaluate AI are typically created by developers and annotators outside...

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    What Makes Digital Support Effective?

    PROJECT

    Online mental health support communities have grown in recent years for providing accessible mental and emotional health support through volunteer counsel...

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    Shaping Online Dialogue

    PROJECT

    Community rules play a key part in enabling or constraining the behaviors of members in online communities. However, little is unknown regarding whether a...