Dr. Mar Gonzalez-Franco
@twimar.bsky.social
Computer Scientist and Neuroscientist. Lead of the Blended Intelligence Research & Devices (BIRD) @GoogleXR. ex- Extended Perception Interaction & Cognition (EPIC) @MSFTResearch. ex- @Airbus applied maths
Over the last two years we have seen an acceleration on AI, but if AI is going to enable humans in their day to day tasks, it most probably will be via XR. The issue then is if a selection has real-world consequences, we will need great precision to interact.
August 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Over the last two years we have seen an acceleration on AI, but if AI is going to enable humans in their day to day tasks, it most probably will be via XR. The issue then is if a selection has real-world consequences, we will need great precision to interact.
Reposted by Dr. Mar Gonzalez-Franco
At least they’re being honest, right?
May 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
At least they’re being honest, right?
It lights my day whenever I see new research enabled by the easiness of use of the @msftresearch.bsky.social #RocketboxAvatars
Using VR to assess executive functions: New research established normative data for the Nesplora Ice Cream test (n=419), identifying three factors—planning, learning and flexibility—with age-related patterns but no gender differences.
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
April 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It lights my day whenever I see new research enabled by the easiness of use of the @msftresearch.bsky.social #RocketboxAvatars
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Come work with Teresa Hirzle and me in a fully-funded PhD fellowship on extended reality and behavior change. The full add is at employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16..., the application deadline is May 12th, and we will both be at #chi2025 to discuss. If you are not, feel free to reach out in other ways.
PhD fellowship in extended Reality for Behaviour Change at The Pioneer Centre for AI
employment.ku.dk
April 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Come work with Teresa Hirzle and me in a fully-funded PhD fellowship on extended reality and behavior change. The full add is at employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16..., the application deadline is May 12th, and we will both be at #chi2025 to discuss. If you are not, feel free to reach out in other ways.
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»Researchers Catalog 170+ Text Input Techniques to Improve Typing in XR« https://www.roadtovr... #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures
April 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
»Researchers Catalog 170+ Text Input Techniques to Improve Typing in XR« https://www.roadtovr... #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures
Very cool to have the work on XR Text Input reach broader in Road2VR www.roadtovr.com/xr-text-trov...
Thanks @ben.roadtovr.com for inviting Max for a piece. Making VR research a general public interest.
Thanks @ben.roadtovr.com for inviting Max for a piece. Making VR research a general public interest.
Researchers Catalog 170+ Text Input Techniques to Improve Typing in XR
Efficient text entry without an actual keyboard remains an industry-wide challenge for unlocking productivity use-cases in XR headsets. Researchers have created a comprehensive catalog of existing tex...
www.roadtovr.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Very cool to have the work on XR Text Input reach broader in Road2VR www.roadtovr.com/xr-text-trov...
Thanks @ben.roadtovr.com for inviting Max for a piece. Making VR research a general public interest.
Thanks @ben.roadtovr.com for inviting Max for a piece. Making VR research a general public interest.
Reposted by Dr. Mar Gonzalez-Franco
Researchers Catalog 170+ Text Input Techniques to Improve Typing in XR Efficient text entry witho...
https://www.roadtovr.com/xr-text-trove-vr-ar-text-input-typing-technique-catalog-max-di-luca/
#Guest #Articles #News #XR #Industry #News
Event Attributes
https://www.roadtovr.com/xr-text-trove-vr-ar-text-input-typing-technique-catalog-max-di-luca/
#Guest #Articles #News #XR #Industry #News
Event Attributes
April 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Researchers Catalog 170+ Text Input Techniques to Improve Typing in XR Efficient text entry witho...
https://www.roadtovr.com/xr-text-trove-vr-ar-text-input-typing-technique-catalog-max-di-luca/
#Guest #Articles #News #XR #Industry #News
Event Attributes
https://www.roadtovr.com/xr-text-trove-vr-ar-text-input-typing-technique-catalog-max-di-luca/
#Guest #Articles #News #XR #Industry #News
Event Attributes
Just ported all my Twitter/X posts to BlueSky with @en.blueark.app for $6.
It’s a small action, @bsky.app is open for everybody to train their AIs. Now everyone can use the historic of my human created content. And not only xAI. Data dignity they say…
It’s a small action, @bsky.app is open for everybody to train their AIs. Now everyone can use the historic of my human created content. And not only xAI. Data dignity they say…
April 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Just ported all my Twitter/X posts to BlueSky with @en.blueark.app for $6.
It’s a small action, @bsky.app is open for everybody to train their AIs. Now everyone can use the historic of my human created content. And not only xAI. Data dignity they say…
It’s a small action, @bsky.app is open for everybody to train their AIs. Now everyone can use the historic of my human created content. And not only xAI. Data dignity they say…
Reposted by Dr. Mar Gonzalez-Franco
We have a new position for someone with a strong computer science VR background to work on the PRESENCE project. This would be at the Event Lab, Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona.
If you are interested, you must apply through this website:
lnkd.in/d6QYQKYA
#VRcademicSky
If you are interested, you must apply through this website:
lnkd.in/d6QYQKYA
#VRcademicSky
March 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We have a new position for someone with a strong computer science VR background to work on the PRESENCE project. This would be at the Event Lab, Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona.
If you are interested, you must apply through this website:
lnkd.in/d6QYQKYA
#VRcademicSky
If you are interested, you must apply through this website:
lnkd.in/d6QYQKYA
#VRcademicSky
Reposted by Dr. Mar Gonzalez-Franco
Can AR-guided tunnels improve motor precision? New research tested HoloLens 2 hand-tracking with 3D holographic trajectories, showing improved performance and positive clinician acceptance.
doi.org/10.1007/s100...
doi.org/10.1007/s100...
March 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Can AR-guided tunnels improve motor precision? New research tested HoloLens 2 hand-tracking with 3D holographic trajectories, showing improved performance and positive clinician acceptance.
doi.org/10.1007/s100...
doi.org/10.1007/s100...
Reposted by Dr. Mar Gonzalez-Franco
Interested in a Visualization/HCI PhD in France? Come join us. We have 2 positions and will accept dual-career couples as well: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
jobs.inria.fr/public/class...
jobs.inria.fr/public/class...
Inria hiring PhD position in Visualization and HCI in Gif-sur-Yvette, Île-de-France, France | LinkedIn
Posted 5:08:26 PM. 📢 We are recruiting two PhD candidates to work on data visualization for non-planar displays at…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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March 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Interested in a Visualization/HCI PhD in France? Come join us. We have 2 positions and will accept dual-career couples as well: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
jobs.inria.fr/public/class...
jobs.inria.fr/public/class...
Ego4D is an incredible anthropological dataset. With over 3600 hours of videos (5 months of human activities) in first person view with written narrations from all over the world ego4d-data.org/fig1.html. (Always reminds me of this movie by #IsabelCoixet youtu.be/bYI3A6WLMBU)
Spain in a day - Tráiler
YouTube video by GRUP MEDIAPRO
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March 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Ego4D is an incredible anthropological dataset. With over 3600 hours of videos (5 months of human activities) in first person view with written narrations from all over the world ego4d-data.org/fig1.html. (Always reminds me of this movie by #IsabelCoixet youtu.be/bYI3A6WLMBU)
I love how well the work on bringing avatars to video conferences as an alternative to camera on/off is aging.
Check out our work on avatars via virtual cameras on regular conferences on our paper AllTogether. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Check out our work on avatars via virtual cameras on regular conferences on our paper AllTogether. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
March 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I love how well the work on bringing avatars to video conferences as an alternative to camera on/off is aging.
Check out our work on avatars via virtual cameras on regular conferences on our paper AllTogether. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Check out our work on avatars via virtual cameras on regular conferences on our paper AllTogether. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
From the knowledge acquired during the pandemic. We can all agree that a policy of letting the virus roam through the flocks will 1) limit containing the spread and 2) increase mutations… and that can end badly. For birds and humans. But hey, I am not the secretary of health. So what do I know?
March 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
From the knowledge acquired during the pandemic. We can all agree that a policy of letting the virus roam through the flocks will 1) limit containing the spread and 2) increase mutations… and that can end badly. For birds and humans. But hey, I am not the secretary of health. So what do I know?
Welcome to the family of significant VR researchers @pedrolopes.org!! I hear the banquet this year was splendid :)
Thanks IEEE VGTC and IEEE VR for this kind
"IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Significant New Researcher" award.
Thanks #IEEEVR2025 for an incredible banquet where I got to chance to say a few words and thank everyone for this (my slides for the banquet speech: lab.plopes.org/published/20...) 1/5
"IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Significant New Researcher" award.
Thanks #IEEEVR2025 for an incredible banquet where I got to chance to say a few words and thank everyone for this (my slides for the banquet speech: lab.plopes.org/published/20...) 1/5
March 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Welcome to the family of significant VR researchers @pedrolopes.org!! I hear the banquet this year was splendid :)
Reposted by Dr. Mar Gonzalez-Franco
Mike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡
Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
About to talk to medical affairs colleagues, with the news that Bluesky is carrying more posts about new journal publications than X #bluesky #altmetrics #x #xparrot
March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Mike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡
Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
Ever wondered why is so hard to write in VR/XR? We too 😅. Check this new work to appear in ACM CHI: xrtexttrove.github.io
We (@arpitbhatia.bsky.social et al) analyzed 176 papers and text entry techniques inside XR and found that:
We (@arpitbhatia.bsky.social et al) analyzed 176 papers and text entry techniques inside XR and found that:
March 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ever wondered why is so hard to write in VR/XR? We too 😅. Check this new work to appear in ACM CHI: xrtexttrove.github.io
We (@arpitbhatia.bsky.social et al) analyzed 176 papers and text entry techniques inside XR and found that:
We (@arpitbhatia.bsky.social et al) analyzed 176 papers and text entry techniques inside XR and found that:
Ok! I have been using bluesky now for a bit. Unlike Mastodon, I really think it’s properly good and with enough critical mass and I am finally moving out of X. Moving forward: find me at @twimar.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Ok! I have been using bluesky now for a bit. Unlike Mastodon, I really think it’s properly good and with enough critical mass and I am finally moving out of X. Moving forward: find me at @twimar.bsky.social
Catch up with @ejgonz.bsky.social at @sxsw.com Innovation Awards 🏆. He will be presenting our example of Augmented Object Intelligence XR-objects.github.io He also rebumped the opensource github project now running Gemini Flash2. Very smooth 👍
March 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Catch up with @ejgonz.bsky.social at @sxsw.com Innovation Awards 🏆. He will be presenting our example of Augmented Object Intelligence XR-objects.github.io He also rebumped the opensource github project now running Gemini Flash2. Very smooth 👍
EmBARDiment explores:
- how much we can simplify LLM prompts if the AI agent shares context and content understanding with the user (hint: a lot!).
- highly homogeneous vs heterogeneous content.
- long vs short contextual memory.
- how much we can simplify LLM prompts if the AI agent shares context and content understanding with the user (hint: a lot!).
- highly homogeneous vs heterogeneous content.
- long vs short contextual memory.
Next week at #IEEEVR we present “EmBARDiment: an Embodied AI Agent for Productivity in XR" by @riccardobovo.bsky.social et al. showing how powerful AI agents can be when they are aware of the content around us, driven by contextual inputs like gaze.
Web: embardiment.github.io
Code: coming soon
Web: embardiment.github.io
Code: coming soon
March 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
EmBARDiment explores:
- how much we can simplify LLM prompts if the AI agent shares context and content understanding with the user (hint: a lot!).
- highly homogeneous vs heterogeneous content.
- long vs short contextual memory.
- how much we can simplify LLM prompts if the AI agent shares context and content understanding with the user (hint: a lot!).
- highly homogeneous vs heterogeneous content.
- long vs short contextual memory.
EmBARDiment explores:
- how much we can simplify LLM prompts if the AI agent shares context and content understanding with the user (hint: a lot!).
- highly homogeneous vs heterogeneous content.
- Long vs short contextual memory.
- how much we can simplify LLM prompts if the AI agent shares context and content understanding with the user (hint: a lot!).
- highly homogeneous vs heterogeneous content.
- Long vs short contextual memory.
At @IEEEVR we present “EmBARDiment: an Embodied AI Agent for Productivity in XR" by @riccardobovoHCI et al. showing how powerful AI agents can be when they are aware of the content around us, driven by contextual inputs like gaze.
Web: http://embardiment.github.io
Code: soon
Web: http://embardiment.github.io
Code: soon
April 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
EmBARDiment explores:
- how much we can simplify LLM prompts if the AI agent shares context and content understanding with the user (hint: a lot!).
- highly homogeneous vs heterogeneous content.
- Long vs short contextual memory.
- how much we can simplify LLM prompts if the AI agent shares context and content understanding with the user (hint: a lot!).
- highly homogeneous vs heterogeneous content.
- Long vs short contextual memory.
At @IEEEVR we present “EmBARDiment: an Embodied AI Agent for Productivity in XR" by @riccardobovoHCI et al. showing how powerful AI agents can be when they are aware of the content around us, driven by contextual inputs like gaze.
Web: http://embardiment.github.io
Code: soon
Web: http://embardiment.github.io
Code: soon
April 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
At @IEEEVR we present “EmBARDiment: an Embodied AI Agent for Productivity in XR" by @riccardobovoHCI et al. showing how powerful AI agents can be when they are aware of the content around us, driven by contextual inputs like gaze.
Web: http://embardiment.github.io
Code: soon
Web: http://embardiment.github.io
Code: soon
Next week at #IEEEVR we present “EmBARDiment: an Embodied AI Agent for Productivity in XR" by @riccardobovo.bsky.social et al. showing how powerful AI agents can be when they are aware of the content around us, driven by contextual inputs like gaze.
Web: embardiment.github.io
Code: coming soon
Web: embardiment.github.io
Code: coming soon
March 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Next week at #IEEEVR we present “EmBARDiment: an Embodied AI Agent for Productivity in XR" by @riccardobovo.bsky.social et al. showing how powerful AI agents can be when they are aware of the content around us, driven by contextual inputs like gaze.
Web: embardiment.github.io
Code: coming soon
Web: embardiment.github.io
Code: coming soon
Super proud of our collaboration with academia on advancing inputs for XR receiving a recognition by @acm-sigchi.bsky.social. 🙌 @ejgonz.bsky.social, @kenpfeuffer.bsky.social, @hansgellersen.bsky.social, Hasti, Karan, Max, Andrea
🎉 We're delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025 ACM SIGCHI Awards! Congratulations to these incredible awardees!
February 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Super proud of our collaboration with academia on advancing inputs for XR receiving a recognition by @acm-sigchi.bsky.social. 🙌 @ejgonz.bsky.social, @kenpfeuffer.bsky.social, @hansgellersen.bsky.social, Hasti, Karan, Max, Andrea
Reposted by Dr. Mar Gonzalez-Franco
Stoked that 𝐗𝐑-𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 - our "Augmented Object Intelligence" concept from UIST'24 - was selected as a 2025 @SXSW.com 🏆 Innovation Awards Finalist!🤩
www.sxsw.com/interactive/...
@twimar.bsky.social @ejgonz.bsky.social @googlesearch.bsky.social @acm-sigchi.bsky.social 🎉
www.sxsw.com/interactive/...
@twimar.bsky.social @ejgonz.bsky.social @googlesearch.bsky.social @acm-sigchi.bsky.social 🎉
2025 SXSW Innovation Awards Finalists Announced
50+ finalists provide a glimpse of the future in 11 different categories ranging from Artificial Intelligence to Health & Biotech to Community Empowerment.
www.sxsw.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Stoked that 𝐗𝐑-𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 - our "Augmented Object Intelligence" concept from UIST'24 - was selected as a 2025 @SXSW.com 🏆 Innovation Awards Finalist!🤩
www.sxsw.com/interactive/...
@twimar.bsky.social @ejgonz.bsky.social @googlesearch.bsky.social @acm-sigchi.bsky.social 🎉
www.sxsw.com/interactive/...
@twimar.bsky.social @ejgonz.bsky.social @googlesearch.bsky.social @acm-sigchi.bsky.social 🎉