TY - JOUR
T1 - Report on the first international workshop on virtual, augmented, and mixed reality for human-robot interaction
AU - Williams, Tom
AU - Szafir, Daniel
AU - Chakraborti, Tathagata
AU - Ben Amor, Hani
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The first International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Human-Robot Interaction (VAM-HRI) was held in 2018 in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. This workshop brought together researchers from the fields of human-robot interaction (HRI), robotics, artificial intelligence, and virtual, augmented, and mixed reality to identify challenges and opportunities in mixed-reality interactions between humans and robots (Williams et al. 2018). Virtual, augmented, and mixed-reality technologies have been studied for many years in the broader human-computer interaction and computer graphics communities; however, there has been little prior integration with robotics. Recent industry developments are beginning to produce mature, con-sumer-grade VR and AR devices, and are thus providing a new opportunity for research that investigates how such technologies might improve human-robot interaction. This was the first workshop of its kind at an academic AI or robotics conference to explore the integration between mixed-reality technologies and autonomous systems. This inaugural workshop featured a keynote talk from Blair MacIntyre (Mozilla, Georgia Tech), a panel discussion, and 30 papers presented as lightning talks or posters. In this report, we provide a brief survey of the papers presented at the workshop.
AB - The first International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Human-Robot Interaction (VAM-HRI) was held in 2018 in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. This workshop brought together researchers from the fields of human-robot interaction (HRI), robotics, artificial intelligence, and virtual, augmented, and mixed reality to identify challenges and opportunities in mixed-reality interactions between humans and robots (Williams et al. 2018). Virtual, augmented, and mixed-reality technologies have been studied for many years in the broader human-computer interaction and computer graphics communities; however, there has been little prior integration with robotics. Recent industry developments are beginning to produce mature, con-sumer-grade VR and AR devices, and are thus providing a new opportunity for research that investigates how such technologies might improve human-robot interaction. This was the first workshop of its kind at an academic AI or robotics conference to explore the integration between mixed-reality technologies and autonomous systems. This inaugural workshop featured a keynote talk from Blair MacIntyre (Mozilla, Georgia Tech), a panel discussion, and 30 papers presented as lightning talks or posters. In this report, we provide a brief survey of the papers presented at the workshop.
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U2 - 10.1609/aimag.v39i4.2822
DO - 10.1609/aimag.v39i4.2822
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059759068
SN - 0738-4602
VL - 39
SP - 64
EP - 66
JO - AI Magazine
JF - AI Magazine
IS - 4
ER -