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Academic Experience | Publications | Presentations | Research Interests | Award & Honors | Extracurricular Activities

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Hello, my name is Xiang Li, a Year 3 student from the Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool Univiersity in China. My major is Information and Computing Science (also with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Liverpool in the UK). For more details about me, please read my website and my CV/Resume. My Twitter: @XiangLi0929 and my e-mail.

Academic Experience

I have been working in the [X-CHI Lab] of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool Univiersity as a research assistant under the supervision of the Head of our department Prof. Hai-Ning Liang and Dr. Wenge Xu since 2019 summer, with a focus on Virtual and Augmented Reality, Game Tech (Exergames) and Users’ Interaction Experience.

I also worked at the Exertion Games Lab of Monash University as a research assistant, lying primarily in the field of Leveraging Electrical Muscle Stimulation as an Embodied Memory Support Device. Prof. Florian ‘Floyd’ Mueller and Rakesh Patibanda (Ph.D.) are my advisors of this intern.

I served as a reviewer for IMWUT (Ubicomp 2020), ISMAR 2020, VRST 2020, CHI PLAY 2020, IEEE VR 2021 (& IEEE TVCG) and CHI 2021, and I got 2x Special Recognitions for Outstanding Reviews for ISMAR 2020.

Selected Publications

Note: ACM CHI, IEEE VR, IEEE ISMAR, and ACM CHI PLAY are generally recognized as top-tier (CORE A/A*) conferences in my field of HCI and VR/AR.

For my full publications, please refer to my google scholar page.

1. Conference

• C2. [IEEE ISMAR 2020] Exploration of Hands-free Text Entry Techniques For Virtual Reality.
  
  Xueshi Lu, Difeng Yu, Hai-Ning Liang, Wenge Xu, Yuzheng Chen, Xiang Li, Khalad Hasan
  Paper

• C1. [IEEE Virtual Reality (VR) 2020] Exploring Visual Techniques for Boundary Awareness During Interaction in Augmented Reality Head-Mounted Displays. Nominated for the Best Paper Award (5%)
  
  Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Yuzheng Chen, Xiang Li, Kangyou Yu
  Paper Video
  
  • I am the presenting author of this paper in IEEE VR Conference.
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2. Journal

• J1. [JMIR Serious Games, SCI (IF=3.53), Top Journal in Serious Games] Results and Guidelines from a Repeated-Measures Design Experiment Comparing Standing and Seated Full-Body Gesture-Based Immersive Virtual Reality Exergames: Within-Subjects Study.
  
  Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Xiang Li, Yuzheng Chen, Kangyou Yu, Qiuyu He
  Paper Video

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3. Poster/Extended Abstract

• P1. [ACM CHI PLAY 2020] VirusBoxing: A HIIT-based VR Boxing Game.
  
  Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Xiaoyue Ma, Xiang Li
  Paper Code Video

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Presentations

• T4. Exertion Games Lab, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 2020.
  
  
  • CAPTCHA Design in Virtual Reality
• T3. ChinaVR Conference 2020, Jilin, China. 2020.
  
  
  • Exploring Visual Techniques for Boundary Awareness During Interaction in Augmented Reality Head-Mounted Displays.
• T2. Exertion Games Lab, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 2020.
  
  
  • Feasibility and Effectiveness of Gesture-based Virtual Reality Seated Exergames.
• T1. IEEE Virtual Reality (VR) Conference 2020, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Mar. 2020.
  
  
  • Oral Presentation: Exploring Visual Techniques for Boundary Awareness During Interaction in Augmented Reality Head-Mounted Displays.
  • For Chinese friends, you can click here to find my presentation.
    

Research Interests

My research interests include Human-Computer Interaction with subfields in Extended Reality (AR/VR/MR), Game Experience, and Responsive/Interactive Environments. My research focuses on the subjective reality of living in a responsive environment with extended reality devices. In addition, I am interested in analyzing user behavior from physical feedback, as well as subjective user perceptions through questionnaires and interviews. I conduct systematic research and analysis of user habits in real life and virtual and design corresponding software/games in real/augmented reality environments to provide and demonstrate the implications and applications of user-habit research, which I call “Habit-Computer Interaction”.

Awards & Honors

• A6. ACM CHI PLAY 2020 Student Game Design Competition Finalist

• A5. Research Assistant Fellowship at XJTLU ($1,400)

• A4. 2x Special Recognitions for Outstanding Reviews for ISMAR 2020

• A3. IEEE VR 2020 Best Conference Paper Nominee (5%)

• A2. Student Representative in Academic Practice Sub-Committee (1 of the Univ.) (09/2019 – 09/2020)

• A1. Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) (5% of the Univ.)

• A0. Best Results-Making Team for Great Performance in Summer Social Research (1 of the Univ.)

Extracurricular Activities

• EA9. IEEE AIVR 2020
  • Position: Student Volunteer
    
• EA8. ACM CHI PLAY 2020
  • Position: Student Volunteer
    
• EA7. Exertion Games Lab of Monash University
  • Position: Research Assistant
    
• EA6. X-CHI Lab of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  • Position: Research Assistant
    
• EA5. ACM CHI Play: Student Game Design Competition
  • Position: Leader
    
• EA4. Tencent: NEXT IDEA Game Development Competition
  • Position: Member
    
• EA3. Academic Practice Sub-Committee at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  • Position: Undergraduate Representative (1 of Univ.)
    
• EA2. Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  • Position: Research Volunteer
    
• EA1. The 3rd China University Students VR/AR Development Competition
  • Position: Leader
  • Content: Design and program a VR game: Cartoon Fitness Coach: My Fitness Coach Cannot be so Cute!
    

Friends

I closely work with my colleagues Kangyou (Viper) Yu, Yuzheng Chen and Xiaoyue (Harold) Ma from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.

And my friends are always doing terrific in the various walks of life😃. If you are also interested in them, try to directly contact them via email (or if you need my help to build a bridge with them, the answer is of course YES, email me)!

For example, 😘Kevin GUO from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen;

Xiabee XIAO from Beijing Institute of Technology;

KaKi WANG from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University;

Lenconda PENG from Nanchang University;

You Li (李由) from Beijing Jiaotong University;

TBC.