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Haptic for VR & Wellbeing

Develops visuo-haptic and virtual/mixed reality interfaces that couple touch, force, and perception to support fine motor control, grasping, and sensorimotor training. These systems enable immersive, measurable, and repeatable practice environments for rehabilitation, wellbeing, and performance improvement.

People

Wafa Johal
Wafa Johal
Associate Professor
Jian Zhang
Jian Zhang
PhD Student
Tharaka Ratnayake
Tharaka Ratnayake
PhD Student
Enjie Cao
Enjie Cao
PhD Student

Publications

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  1. ThumbShift: Modulating Perceived Object Properties through Dynamic Thumb Repositioning
    Zhang, Jian, Buckingham, Gavin, Johal, Wafa, and Knibbe, Jarrod
    In Oct 2025
    Bib PDF 
    @inproceedings{zhang2025ismar,
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  author = {Zhang, Jian and Buckingham, Gavin and Johal, Wafa and Knibbe, Jarrod},
  title = {ThumbShift: Modulating Perceived Object Properties through Dynamic Thumb Repositioning},
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  year = {2025},
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  2. Illusion Spaces in VR: The Interplay Between Size and Taper Angle Perception in Grasping
    Zhang, Jian, Knibbe, Jarrod, and Johal, Wafa
    In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’25) Oct 2025
    Bib PDF 
    @inproceedings{jian2025,
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  author = {Zhang, Jian and Knibbe, Jarrod and Johal, Wafa},
  title = {Illusion Spaces in VR: The Interplay Between Size and Taper Angle Perception in Grasping},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25)},
  year = {2025},
  location = {Yokohama, Japan},
  acmdoi = {10.1145/3706598.3714162},
  acmisbn = {979-8-4007-1394-1/25/04},
  publisher = {ACM},
  pdf = {https://chri-lab.github.io/files/papers/jian2025.pdf},
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  research_theme = {haptic-vr-wellbeing}
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  3. Assisting MoCap-Based Teleoperation of Robot Arm using Augmented Reality Visualisations
    Zhou, Qiushi, Chacon, Antony, Pan, Jiahe, and Johal, Wafa
    In Proceedings of the 20th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI25) Oct 2025
    Bib PDF 
    @inproceedings{zhou2025mocap,
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  title = {Assisting MoCap-Based Teleoperation of Robot Arm using Augmented Reality Visualisations},
  author = {Zhou, Qiushi and Chacon, Antony and Pan, Jiahe and Johal, Wafa},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 20th  {ACM}/{IEEE} {International} {Conference} on {Human}-{Robot} {Interaction} (HRI25)},
  organization = {IEEE},
  pdf = {https://chri-lab.github.io/files/papers/zhou2025mocap.pdf},
  year = {2025},
  research_theme = {haptic-vr-wellbeing}
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