Human-Computer Interaction · TU Darmstadt
Jan Gugenheimer
Assistant Professor (W2, tenure track), Department of Computer Science
I lead the Human-Computer Interaction group at TU Darmstadt. My research lies at the intersection of Extended Reality, Human-AI Interaction, and the safety, security and ethics of these technologies. I study how AI-driven immersive systems can alter what people perceive, remember and decide, and I build systems and safeguards that keep this influence beneficial and under the user’s control.
Research
Perceptual manipulations and computational deception
Techniques that exploit the limits of human perception, such as redirected walking, can be misused to steer users without their awareness. We study these manipulations in XR, from false memories through source confusion to generative AI that produces deceptive designs on its own.
CHI 2022The Dark Side of Perceptual Manipulations in Virtual Reality
CHI 2023 · Best Paper Honorable MentionMemory Manipulations in Extended Reality
CHI 2025 · Best Paper Honorable Mention"Create a Fear of Missing Out" - ChatGPT Implements Unsolicited Deceptive Designs in Generated Websites Without Warning
UIST 2025SwitchAR: Perceptual Manipulations in Augmented Reality
Engineering interaction for AI-driven XR
We build hardware and software for interaction, feedback and collaboration in AR and VR, from bringing non-HMD users into shared VR (ShareVR, FaceDisplay) to real-time generative models running on headset passthrough.
UIST 2026ShadAR: Real-time Prompting On-demand Visual Augmentation in Augmented Reality
CHI 2022 · Best Paper Honorable MentionVRception: Rapid Prototyping of Cross-Reality Systems in Virtual Reality
CHI 2018FaceDisplay: Towards Asymmetric Multi-User Interaction for Nomadic Virtual Reality
CHI 2017 · Best Paper AwardShareVR: Enabling Co-Located Experiences for Virtual Reality between HMD and Non-HMD Users