Publications

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Journal Articles

Hold the line: Restoring artistic expression in VR for people with Parkinson’s

Published in International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2026

This work explores VR drawing with tremor-suppression techniques to restore artistic expression for people with Parkinson’s disease.

Recommended citation: Zou, Qianyuan, Chang, Zhuang, Zezheng Guan, Zirui Xiao, Huidong Bai, Mark Billinghurst, Xueliang Li, and Seungwoo Je. Hold the line: Restoring artistic expression in VR for people with Parkinson’s. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 215 (2026): 103862. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2026.103862
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Postures and Locomotion in Mixed Reality Agents: Effects on Social Perception of Virtual Opponents and Assistants

Published in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2025

This work combines EEG with subjective and behavioral measures to examine how MiRAs’ non-verbal cues influence users’ social perceptions when the agent acts as an opponent versus an assistant.

Recommended citation: Chang, Zhuang, Kunal Gupta, Jiashuo Cao, Huidong Bai, and Mark Billinghurst. Exploring the Effects of Mixed Reality Agents’ Locomotion and Postures on Social Perception Through a Board Game. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction (2025): 1-30. DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2025.2583473
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Exploring the Effects of Mixed Reality Agents’ Locomotion and Postures on Social Perception Through a Board Game

Published in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2024

This work is about combing EEG with subjective and behavioral measures to evaluate impact of MiRAs’ non-verbal cues on users’ social perceptions

Recommended citation: Chang, Zhuang, Jiashuo Cao, Kunal Gupta, Huidong Bai, and Mark Billinghurst. Exploring the Effects of Mixed Reality Agents’ Locomotion and Postures on Social Perception Through a Board Game. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction (2024): 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2024.2435694
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The impact of virtual agents’ multimodal communication on brain activity and cognitive load in virtual reality

Published in Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2022

This work investigates the impact of the virtual agent’s multimodal communication in VR on users’ EEG signals

Recommended citation: Chang, Zhuang, Huidong Bai, Li Zhang, Kunal Gupta, Weiping He, and Mark Billinghurst. The impact of virtual agents’ multimodal communication on brain activity and cognitive load in virtual reality. Frontiers in Virtual Reality 3 (2022): 995090. DOI: 10.3389/frvir.2022.995090.
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Conference Papers

The Effect of Interface Types and Immersive Environments on Drawing Accuracy and User Comfort

Published in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2024

This work explores how different asymmetric interaction techniques influence performance and user experience in immersive 3D drawing. I co-authored this paper and was responsible for developing the prototype system used in the study.

Recommended citation: Zou, Qianyuan, Huidong Bai, Chang, Zhuang, Zirui Xiao, Suizi Tian, Henry Been-Lirn Duh, Allan Fowler, and Mark Billinghurst. The Effect of Interface Types and Immersive Environments on Drawing Accuracy and User Comfort. In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), pp. 836-845. IEEE, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ISMAR62088.2024.00099
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Perceived Empathy in Mixed Reality: Assessing the Impact of Empathic Agents’ Awareness of User Physiological States

Published in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2024

The work is about enhancing perceived empathy in EMiRAs through physiological sensing.

Recommended citation: Chang, Zhuang, Kangsoo Kim, Kunal Gupta, Jamila Abouelenin, Zirui Xiao, Boyang Gu, Huidong Bai, and Mark Billinghurst. Perceived Empathy in Mixed Reality: Assessing the Impact of Empathic Agents’ Awareness of User Physiological States. In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), pp. 406-415. IEEE, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ISMAR62088.2024.00055
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EMiRAs-Empathic Mixed Reality Agents

Published in Proceedings of the 3rd Empathy-Centric Design Workshop: Scrutinizing Empathy Beyond the Individual, 2024

This paper conceptualizes Empathic Mixed Reality Agents

Recommended citation: Chang, Zhuang, Yun Suen Pai, Jiashuo Cao, Kunal Gupta, and Mark Billinghurst. EMiRAs-Empathic Mixed Reality Agents. In Proceedings of the 3rd Empathy-Centric Design Workshop: Scrutinizing Empathy Beyond the Individual, pp. 1-7. 2024. DOI: 10.1145/3661790.3661791
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