Prof. Dr. Marco Speicher

Alumni

Alumni

Marco Speicher war wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Doktorand am Deutschen Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI). 2014 absolvierte er den Master of Science (M.Sc.) an der Universität des Saarlandes zu dem Thema "Exploring 3D Interaction Techniques for Stereoscopic Content using Consumer Tracking Devices". Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind die Interaktion mit 3D-Benutzerschnittstellen in virtuellen Umgebungen, sowie Virtual Reality Anwendungen. Herr Speicher ist Teil des Forschungs- und Entwicklungsteams des Innovative Retail Laboratory (IRL) und befasst sich im Rahmen dessen mit dem Schwerpunktthema der technologischen Weiterentwicklung von Demonstratoren, fokussiert auf Virtual Reality Shopping. Im Rahmen des Software Campus, einem durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderten Entwicklungsprogramms, untersucht er aktuell Chancen und Risiken einer online VR Shopping Plattform.
 

Key Projects

01/2019 -  ongoing Augmented Retail (EIT ICT)
04/2014 -  ongoing Innovative Retail Laboratory (IRL)
03/2016 -  08/2017 VRShop (Software Campus Program)

 

Featured Projects

11/2018 -  03/2019 Möbel Martin VR Polstermöbel Konfigurator
06/2016 -  09/2016 Bäckerei Terminal
04/2016 -  08/2016 Poco Artikelfinder
10/2015 -  03/2016 Artikelfinder 3.0
05/2015 -  09/2015 LoEnergy
11/2014 -  04/2015 Der mobile Artikelfinder
04/2014 -  10/2014 Artikelfinder 2.0
09/2013 -  03/2014 Indoor Navigation App

 

Selected Talks

  • Invited Talk at the "Szenarien der Markenführung im digitalen Zeitalter" Workshop -- Chair of Marketing and Innovation (CMI), University of Hamburg
  • Talk at the "Innovation Day 2018" Symposium -- GS 1 Germany, Cologne 
  • Talk at the "AutoUni Volkswagen" -- Volkswagen, Wolfsburg

 

Professional Activities

Organizing Committees

Conference Reviewing

  • ACM CHI (Papers): 2018, 2019
  • ACM CHI (Late Breaking Work): 2019
  • IEEE ISMAR (Papers): 2019 
  • IEEE VR (Papers): 2018, 2019
  • ACM INTERACT (Papers): 2019
  • ACM AVI (Papers): 2018
  • ACM VRST (Papers): 2018
  • ACM ETRA (Papers): 2018
  • ACM DIS (Papers): 2017
  • ACM IUI (Papers): 2017
  • ACM IUI (Demos): 2017
  • ACM PerDis (Videos & Demos): 2017
  • ACM MobileHCI (Papers): 2016

Journals Reviewing

  • Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (PAUC): 2019
  • Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT): 2018
  • Advances in Human-Computer Interaction: 2017

 

Teaching 

2019  Summer Human-centered Design for Virtual Reality Proseminar
2018  Winter Usability Testing for Virtual Reality: Theory & Practice Seminar
2018  Summer Human-centered Design for Virtual Reality Proseminar
2017  Winter Grundlagen der Medieninformatik Lecture
..  .. Medienprojekte Practical Course
..  .. Making Virtual and Augmented Reality great again! Seminar
2017  Summer Einführung in 3D User Interfaces Proseminar (*)
2016  Winter Medienprojekte Practical Course
..  .. Virtual Reality - Theory & Practice Seminar
2016  Summer Programmierung für Ingenieure Lecture
..  .. Software Development in HCI Seminar
2015  Winter Medienprojekte Practical Course
..  .. Einführung in 3D User Interfaces Proseminar
..  .. House of Tweets Seminar
2015  Summer Recent Topics in Human Computer Interaction Proseminar
2014  Winter Medienprojekte Practical Course
2012  Summer Interactive Image Synthesis Advanced Course
..  .. Programmierung für Ingenieure Lecture
2011  Summer Scientific Visualization Core Lecture

(*) Best Teaching Award

 

Open and Ongoing Topics for BSc/MSc Theses

  • Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Presentation Training Framework (ongoing MSc: Andreas Theiser, Q4 2018)

However, if you are interested in doing a BSc-/MSc-Thesis in the field of 3D User Interfaces and/or Virtual Reality feel free to contact me!

 

Finished Theses Topics

Master's Theses

  • Home shopping redefined: Concerning incidental memorization, impact of advertisement and users’ preference in a virtual reality shop compared to online shopping (Alexander Hart, Mar 2019)
  • Evaluation of Map-Based Menus and Apartment Categories in Online Shops (Nadja Rutsch, Jan 2018)
  • Over There! Visual Guidance in 360-Degree Videos and Other Virtual Environments (Christoph Rosenberg, Sep 2017)
  • Empirical Analysis of Selection-based Text Entry in Virtual Reality (Pascal Ziegler, Jun 2017)
  • Design Patterns und Evaluationsheuristiken zur Unterstützung der Gestaltung von Mixed Reality-Applikationen für Microsofts HoloLens (Tobias Walter, Mai 2017)

Bachelor's Theses

  • Exploring Reading Performance and Experience in Virtual Reality (Johannes Geiser, Oct 2018) 
  • Development and Evaluation of Authentication Schemes for Mobile Virtual Reality (Daniel Schäfer, Mar 2018) 
  • Exploring Mid-air Interactions for Menu Control in Virtual Reality with regard to Task Performance and User's Preference (Jan Ehrlich, Oct 2017)
  • Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Shopping Experience in a Virtual Apartment (Philip Hell, Oct 2017)
  • Developing a Framework for Rapid 3D User Interface Evaluation (Henrik Bergmann, Jul 2017)
  • Developing a Prototype of a dynamically-constructed Virtual Reality Environment for e-Commerce Experiences (Sebastian Cucerca, Oct 2016)
  • Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Furniture Arrangement Toolkit using differente Interaction Techniques (Gian-Luca Kiefer, Oct 2016)
  • A Hyper-Responsive Sequential Storytelling System (Sarah Rescow, Oct 2016)
  • TatortVR: Eine Entwicklungsumgebung für Virtual Reality (Rafael Theis, May 2016)
  • Monsters in the Box: Engaging Pedestrians with Media Facades Through Gaming (Pascal Ziegler, April 2016)