Research Interests

Thesis Topics

Currently, I do not have any readily available thesis topics. However, I am open to discussing any ideas you might have in the following areas of my expertise:

• Passive Haptic Feedback for VR
• Fabrication methods, tools, and/or processes with a focus on tactile properties
• Haptic Design methods

If you are interested and would like to discuss your topic, please send me the following information:

• Topic description (1 page min.)
• Related work on your topic (2 papers min.)
• Transcript of records

Ongoing Theses

• Look at those hands, are they small hands? (Master)
• Everyday Objects in VR (Master, collaboration with André Zenner)
• Providing Eco-Feedback and Feedforward using an ambient Living Media interface (Master)
• Spray-on Haptics (Master)
• Human Actuation for Haptics in Virtual Reality (Master, collaboration with Bruno Fruchard)
• An Evaluation of Plant-Based Devices in the Home (Master, collaboration with Bruno Fruchard and Marc Teyssier)
• A Controller Interface for Haptic Design in VR (Bachelor)
• Slipperiness in Haptic Walking (Master, collaboration with Martin Feick)

Finished Theses

• Anna Reindl, A Dynamic Passive Haptic Feedback Device for Texture Interaction in VR (Bachelor)
• Results contributed to a publication at DIS'20
• Hannah Hock, FamilyFlower - an Artificial Flower to foster Distant Family Connections (Bachelor)
• Latifa Abdullayeva, Understanding Autonomous Device Behavior in a Social Internet of Things environment through Personality Traits (Master)
• Tobias Sander, Tangible Gamification (Master, collaboration with Max Altmeyer)
• Marc Schubhan, Hakoniwa: Enhancing Physical Gamification using Miniature Garden Elements (Master)
• Results contributed to a publication at MindTrek'21

Courses

• SS 2019: Interactive Systems

Seminars

• WS 2019/2020: Pro-Seminar: Recent Topics in HCI
• WS 2018/2019: Sensing Virtual Reality: Practical Seminar on Dynamic Passive Haptics
• WS 2017/2018: Making Virtual and Augmented Reality great again!

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