Luyao Shen

HCI Researcher
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Hi there! I am Luyao Shen, a Ph.D. student at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) under the supervision of Prof. Mingming Fan, and Prof. Pan Hui .

My current research interests include Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience (UX) Design, and Virtual Reality (VR).

Latest News

2022-09-01
I'm coming to HKUST(GZ) šŸŽ“

I'm coming to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2022 fall. I will be supervised by Prof. Mingming Fan and Prof. Pan Hui. I will be working on the project of User Experience (UX) design.

Publication

Ubicomp 2021

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Douleur: Creating Pain Sensation with Chemical Stimulant to Enhance User Experience in Virtual Reality [pdf] [doi] [video]

Chutian Jiang, Yanjun Chen, Mingming Fan, Liuping Wang, Luyao Shen, Nianlong Li, Wei Sun, Yu Zhang, Feng Tian, Teng Han

A wearable haptic device that renders intensity-adjustable pain sensations with chemical stimulants. We found that Douleur played a positive role in safety alert by significantly increasing participantsā€™ immersive experiences with the induced pain sensation.

Haptic Pain sensation Prototype Virtual reality Ubicomp2021 Haptice devices

UIST 2020

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HapLinkage: Prototyping Haptic Proxies for Virtual Hand Tools Using Linkage Mechanism [pdf] [doi] [video]

Nianlong Li, Han-Jong Kim, Luyao Shen, Feng Tian, Teng Han, Xing-Dong Yang, Tek-Jin Nam

A prototyping framework based on linkage mechanism, that provides typical motion templates and haptic renderers to facilitate proxy design of virtual hand tools. Based on interviews with expert designers, it was confirmed that HapLinkage is expressive in designing haptic proxy of hand tools to enhance VR experiences.

Virtual hand tool Linkage mechanism Prototyping Virtual reality UIST20 Haptic devices Best paper honorable mention award

Professional Experience

User Experience Designer

Mar 2022 - Sept 2022

Betterlab

HCI Research Assistant

Sept 2019 - May 2021

Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Education

Ph.D.

Sep 2022 - Present

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Computational Media and Arts Thrust

Master

Sep 2017 - Jan 2020

University of Science and Technology Beijing

Department of Industrial Design

Bachelor

Sep 2013 - Jun 2017

University of Science and Technology Beijing

Department of Industrial Design

Where to find me

E2 3F CMA Lab
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Nansha, Guangzhou, China

Contact Me At

Mobile: (+86) 18813121790