Text entry in XR
Not stated
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
- Application deadline
- Year-round applications
About the project
About the Project We are looking for outstanding PhD student candidates to join a collaborative research project with Google on next-generation text entry in immersive environments. The research focuses on investigating how humans type in virtual and augmented reality, with the goal of developing novel interaction techniques that are both fast and accurate. Candidates will design and implement experimental paradigms in XR; explore multimodal input combinations (e.g. gaze, hand tracking, speech); and evaluate user performance and experience using psychophysics and computational modelling. The project will be supervised by Dr Max Di Luca (School of Psychology and School of Computer Science), Prof Eyal Ofek (School of Computer Science), Dr Daniele Giunchi (School of Computer Science). It will be run in the Virtual Reality Lab ( https://virtualrealitylab.netlify.app ), and it is part of the BhamXR initiative ( https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/bhamxr ). Requirements: A Master’s degree in psychology, computer science, human-computer interaction, neuroscience, engineering, or a closely related field. Experience in experimental methods, VR/AR development (e.g. Unity), programming (e.g. Python, C#), and quantitative data analysis. Strong candidates will be passionate about usability, embodiment, and human performance, and have a strong interest in industry-academic collaboration.