Welcome to the Interactive Computing Experiences Research Cluster at the University of Central Florida. Our mission is to develop innovative techniques, tools, and applications that improve the overall experience between humans and machines. The vision of this cluster is to be a world class research leader in the innovative development and evaluation of interactive technology experiences that benefit humanity.

Research Cluster Goals:
  • explore and develop core technologies to improve beneficial interactive technology user experiences and study their effectiveness
  • foster multidisciplinary research in beneficial interactive user experiences
  • disseminate research findings in top conferences and journals
  • foster collaboration with industry
  • support entrepreneurship activities based on ISUE activities
  • provide a continual stream of skilled graduates to partake in high-tech interactive technology jobs.

More specifically, we are interested in the creation and evaluation of advanced interfaces that support education, entertainment, and general work productivity.

We are always looking for undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D. students to come work in our lab. If you're interested in the things you see on this site, contact Dr. LaViola.

Latest News

  • August 13, 2025
    Congratulations to Matt Gottsacker, Yahya Hmaiti, Mykola Maslych, Dr. Bruder, Dr. LaViola, and Dr. Welch for having their workshop paper, "XR-First Design for Productivity: A Conceptual Framework for Enabling Efficient Task Switching in XR", accepted to IEEE ISMAR Adjunct 2025.
  • July 25, 2025
    Congratulations to Xinyu Hu, Dr. Ryan McMahan, and Dr. LaViola for having their paper, "MAGIC: A Method for Analyzing the Grammar of Incomplete Cues", accepted to IEEE ISMAR 2025.
  • March 27, 2025
    Congratulations to Jacob Belga, Dr. Richard Skarbez, Yahya Hmaiti, Eric Chen, Dr. Ryan McMahan, and Dr. LaViola for having their paper, "The Fidelity-based Presence Scale (FPS): Modeling the Effects of Fidelity on Sense of Presence", selected to receive an ACM SIGCHI Best Paper Award (top 1% of all submissions to CHI 2025).
  • March 10, 2025
    Congratulations to Dr. LaViola for being inducted into the IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy.
  • December 6, 2024
    Congratulations to Dr. LaViola for being invited to attend Dagstuhl Seminar 25031 - Addressing Future Challenges of Telemedicine Applications.
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