Hi, I am Ziyi Liu
An HCI researcher
Latest publications
CHI 2024 *Honorable Mention
ClassMeta: Designing Interactive Virtual Classmate to Promote
VR Classroom Participation
We are revealing the astonishing capability of a LLM-powered virtual classroom.
CHI 2023
InstruMentAR: Auto-Generation of Augmented Reality Tutorials for Operating Digital Instruments Through Recording Embodied Demonstration
Creating AR tutorials for instruments can be so easy.
CHI 2023 *Honorable Mention
LearnIoTVR: An End-to-end Virtual Reality Environment Providing Authentic Learning Experiences for Internet of Things
Prototype, Program, Experience IoT in VR.
UIST 2022
MechARspace: An Authoring System Enabling Bidirectional Binding of AR with Toys in Real-time
Want to add AR capability to your toys?
About me
Ziyi Liu
Ziyi Liu has been a Ph.D. student in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University since Fall 2021, conducting research under Professor Karthik Ramani's Convergence Design Lab. His research focuses on leveraging Extended Reality (XR) technology to address real-world educational challenges while exploring innovative, frictionless interactions to enhance accessibility and usability. His work emphasizes lowering the barriers to learning and effectively using XR through intuitive design, tangible user interfaces, wearable devices, and multimodal interfaces, enabling seamless integration of XR into diverse user experiences. In parallel, Ziyi explores the implementation of pedagogical agents within XR environments to improve learning outcomes by fostering engagement, contextual understanding, and collaboration. His goal is to create immersive, user-centered solutions that empower individuals to interact naturally with XR systems and establish the connection between the real and the virtual world, advancing both educational and technological frontiers.
"We are constructing bridges between technology and humanity."
His name is Pumpkin :)