Since the popularisation of the Internet in the 1990s, the cyberspace has kept evolving. We
have created various computer-mediated virtual environments, including social networks …

In 2008, Zhou et al. presented a survey paper summarizing the previous ten years of ISMAR
publications, which provided invaluable insights into the research challenges and trends …

Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) are becoming part of our everyday life, thanks to artificial
intelligence technology and Internet of Things devices. For example, users can control their …

Machine tasks in workshops or factories are often a compound sequence of local, spatial,
and body-coordinated human-machine interactions. Prior works have shown the merits of …

In recent years we are beginning to see the convergence of three distinct research fields:
augmented reality (AR), intelligent virtual agents (IVAs), and the Internet of things (IoT). Each …

Domestic animals have a long history of enriching human lives physically and mentally by
filling a variety of different roles, such as service animals, emotional support animals …

Virtual influencers, digitally-created characters with realistic human-like appearances, have
emerged as a distinctive type of virtual humans prominently featured in various virtual …

The field of intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) has evolved immensely over the past 15 years,
introducing new application opportunities in areas such as training, health care, and virtual …

Utilizing everyday objects as tangible proxies for Augmented Reality (AR) provides users
with haptic feedback while interacting with virtual objects. Yet, existing methods focus on the …

Augmented Reality (AR) technologies present an exciting new medium for human-robot
interactions, enabling new opportunities for both implicit and explicit human-robot …