GEISTHuman-Centered Information Systems · TU Clausthal

Research topic

Extended reality

Virtual, augmented and mixed reality experiences and the bodies inside them.

Research · 3

Projects

  • A Placebo Concert paper figure: VR piano concert with abstract visuals

    ActiveKeio · GEIST

    A Placebo Concert

    Telling people that abstract visuals represent audience physiology changes a VR concert more than whether the data is real (CHI '25).

    Meng et al., A Placebo Concert, CHI '25 (ACM)

  • Abstraction Beats Realism paper figure: abstract visualisation of audience arousal in a VR concert

    ActiveKeio · GEIST

    Abstraction Beats Realism

    Abstract visualisations of audience arousal synchronise VR concert visitors with the original live audience better than 360-degree video (AHs 2026).

    Meng et al., Abstraction Beats Realism, AHs 2026 (ACM)

  • Person wearing an EMS haptic rig for the Experiential Supplements project

    ArchiveKeio · GEIST

    Experiential Supplements

    Recording experiences digitally, extracting their essence and turning them into user-adapted supplements for learning, health care, sports and entertainment.

    GEIST lab, Keio University

Publications · 2

Publications

  1. Abstraction Beats Realism: Physiological Visualizations Enhance Arousal Synchrony in VR Concert Recreations

    Xiaru Meng, Yulan Ju, Matthias Hoppe, Jiawen Han, Yan He, Kouta Minamizawa, Kai Kunze

    AHs 2026conference

  2. A Placebo Concert: The Placebo Effect for Visualization of Physiological Audience Data during Experience Recreation in Virtual Reality

    Xiaru Meng, Yulan Ju, Christopher Changmok Kim, Yan He, Giulia Barbareschi, Kouta Minamizawa, Kai Kunze, Matthias Hoppe

    CHI 2025conference

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