Nels Numan
Research intern at Google, CS PhD candidate at University College London, exploring (outdoor) collaborative mixed reality at the intersection of #HCI, #GenerativeAI, and #CSCW | Previously at Niantic Labs, Microsoft Research, IBM, TNO Research
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XR + HCI Research
A growing starter pack of (academic and industry) XR + HCI researchers I have come across on BlueSky, including augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), and anything between or related. Please let me know if you'd like to be added or have any recommendations!
@uwcse.bsky.social
The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington educates tomorrow's innovators while developing solutions to humanity's greatest challenges.
@lepingqiu.com
PhD Student @ University of Toronto DGP Lab | HCI Research | Prev. Tsinghua University | lepingqiu.com
@anneheleneolivier.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Rennes 2 University, VirtUs team at INRIA. Pedestrian, adaptive locomotor navigation, perception, proxemics, risk of collision, virtual reality, biomechanics.
@whattodoaboutnow.bsky.social
A blog on the philosophical side of current affairs. Welcoming contributions from philosophers of all kinds! ☞ https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com Editor: Hannah McHugh | Co-Editor: Catarina Moiteiro das Neves | Editorial Assistant: Mia Salminen
@guiggh.bsky.social
cv / ml scientist (niantic labs, london) guiggh.github.io
@mark-carney.bsky.social
Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral markcarney.ca
@cloudraven.dev
SW Engineer @ Google Android XR OS Platform VR / Game Streaming Pioneer Code offload / split compute expert Gamer (RPGs, Fighting) FF7 ADHD 🇲🇽 Former: SWE @ Meta XR Remote Rendering (Quest Link) H Tech Lead VrShell & Multitasking TL Researcher @Microsoft
@acm-sigchi.bsky.social
Official account for ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human-Interaction (HCI). Runs 26 conferences (including @chi.acm.org), ~70 chapters, and more.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Because Science is for everyone! 🧪🌎 Learn more ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/standupforscience2025 👯sister org: @sciforgood.bsky.social
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
President of the @ec.europa.eu Mother of seven. Brussels-born. European by heart. 🇪🇺
@si-cv-graphics.bsky.social
Trending papers in Vision and Graphics on www.scholar-inbox.com. Scholar Inbox is a personal paper recommender which keeps you up-to-date with the most relevant progress in your field. Follow us and never miss a beat again!
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
@maddow.msnbc.com
Mondays at 9pmET on MSNBC MaddowBlog.com From Russia with Lev: MSNBC.com/Lev Ultra podcast: MSNBC.com/Ultra Prequel: MSNBC.com/Prequel
@fedworkersunited.bsky.social
Federal workers fighting back against DOGE MAY DAY EVENTS maydaystrong.org JOIN OUR MOVEMENT ⤵️ savepublicservices.com SAVE THE SSA/EPA/VA PETITIONS: https://linktr.ee/funfedworkers
@panxueni.bsky.social
Full Professor of VR @GoldsmithsUoL @coursera 👩🏻💻Engineer👩🏻🎓PhD @UCLCS ex @UCL_ICN ❤️ Love good food 🥘, #dance💃🏻, & #VR, in that order & separately
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social
GroenLinks en PvdA geloven dat samenwerken ons sterker maakt. Daarom zitten we met één fractie in de Tweede Kamer. Zo maken we een vuist voor een groener en socialer Nederland. ❤️💚 Meer weten? Check https://groenlinkspvda.nl
@nicklalone.com
I research disaster, geospatial concerns, and history of technology at RIT. Will talk about games, tech, policy, history, social theory, and the politics of all those things. I am less diffuse than I seem. https://nicklalone.com/
@shwetharajaram.bsky.social
HCI researcher & PhD student @ University of Michigan https://shwetharajaram.github.io I study how to enable interactions with emerging technologies, such as AR and genAI, that are both beneficial and privacy-friendly for end-users!
@scenery-app.bsky.social
The XR Creation Suite you always wanted. Get Scenery: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/scenery-spatial-experiences/id6472496817
@governorwalz.mn.gov
Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
@arthurbfrd.bsky.social
Creative technologist i guess 📍at the intersection of art & technology
@smallfly.bsky.social
Try / Share / Iterate — Creative Technologist / Chief of Innovation at Dpt.
@yalongyang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ICatGT @gtcomputing. Formerly: faculty @VT_CS | Postdoc @HarvardVCG | Ph.D. @MonashInfotech.
@altnps.bsky.social
The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
@acm-dis.bsky.social
Official Account for ACM DIS #DIS2025 in Funchal, Madeira 5-9 July 2025 https://dis.acm.org/2025/
@acm.org
The world's largest professional organization advancing #computing as a science and profession. Also on Mastodon | LinkedIn | Meta | YouTube | Instagram.
@mobilehci.bsky.social
Annual ACM Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction. #MobileHCI2025 will be in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt | 22 September - 26 September 2025. https://mobilehci.acm.org/2025/
@chiwork.bsky.social
Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work (CHIWORK) 📢 Call for Papers Open 🗓️Conference 23-25 June, 2025 📍CWI, Science Park, Amsterdam, NL
@tomwarren.co.uk
Senior Editor @theverge.com ║ Sign up to Notepad, my weekly newsletter on Microsoft's big bets at http://theverge.com/notepad ║ Tips? msg me on Signal: tomwarren.01
@dpferris.bsky.social
UF BME Professor; Neuromechanist merging humans and machines (mobile EEG, bionic prostheses, robotic exoskeletons, virtual reality)
@benkosa.bsky.social
PhD Student @ UW-Madison | NSF Fellow | #HCI #AI #AR #Accessibility | CODA🤟 | Previously at UW-Seattle, Gallaudet University, MSR benskosa.github.io
@blairmacintyre.me
Husband, father, gamer, professor, researcher, tinkerer. AR/VR researcher since 1991. Bad at Overwatch and Valorant.
@jennwv.bsky.social
Sr. Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, NYC // Machine Learning, Responsible AI, Transparency, Intelligibility, Human-AI Interaction // WiML Co-founder // Former NeurIPS & current FAccT Program Co-chair // Brooklyn, NY // More at http://jennwv.com
@amonszpart.bsky.social
Research Scientist at Niantic Interests: CV, ML, DL, 3D reconstruction, image matching, Gaussian splatting, rendering
@marcpollefeys.bsky.social
Prof ETH Zürich, Director Microsoft Spatial AI Lab, CV/ML/Robotics
@niessner.bsky.social
Professor for Visual Computing & Artificial Intelligence @TU Munich, Co-Founder @synthesiaIO https://niessnerlab.org/publications.html
@adai.bsky.social
Associate Professor, 3DAI Lab @ TU Munich https://www.3dunderstanding.org/