Fundamental to Augmented Reality (AR) headsets is their capacity to visually and aurally
sense the world around them, necessary to drive the positional tracking that makes …

The vision of a 'metaverse'may soon bring a ubiquitous (ly) Augmented Reality (UAR)
delivering context-aware, geo-located, and continuous blends of real and virtual elements …

Physical Human-Robot-Interaction (pHRI) is beneficial for communication in social
interaction or to perform collaborative tasks but is also crucial for safety. While robotic …

Empathy plays a crucial role in human life, and the evolution of technology is affecting the
way humans interact with machines. The area of affective computing is attracting …

Smart home technologies offer many benefits to users. Yet, they also carry complex security
and privacy implications that users often struggle to assess and account for during adoption …

This paper reports on Zoom Obscura–an artist-based design research project, responding to
the ubiquity of video-conferencing as a technical and cultural phenomenon throughout the …

Smart home cameras present new challenges for understanding behaviors and
relationships surrounding always-on, domestic recording systems. We designed a series of …

IoT devices are becoming more common and prevalent in private households. Since guests
can be present in IoT-equipped households, IoT devices can pose considerable privacy …

The increased adoption of smart home cameras (SHCs) foregrounds issues of surveillance,
power, and privacy in homes and neighborhoods. However, questions remain about how …

The rapid pace of technological progress carries with it a heightened risk of ethics and
privacy violations, creating an urgent need for mechanisms to address this risk. We …