Xun Qian XR & AI Agent Developer · Human-AI Collaboration Researcher
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Authoring Tools

Systems and workflows that let end-users or designers create interactive content without traditional programming.

Best Paper Honorable Mention

InstructPipe: Generating Visual Blocks Pipelines with Human Instructions and LLMs

Zhongyi Zhou, Jing Jin, Vrushank Phadnis, Xiuxiu Yuan, Jun Jiang, Xun Qian, Kristen Wright, Mark Sherwood, Jason Mayes, Jingtao Zhou, Yiyi Huang, Zheng Xu, Yinda Zhang, Johnny Lee, Alex Olwal, David Kim, Ram Iyengar, Na Li, Ruofei Du
Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025) · 2025
LLM/Generative AIAuthoring Tools
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Fast-Forward Reality: Authoring Error-Free Context-Aware Policies with Real-Time Unit Tests in Extended Reality

Xun Qian, Tianyi Wang, Xuhai Xu, Tanya R. Jonker, Kashyap Todi
Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024) · 2024
XRAuthoring Tools
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InstruMentAR: Auto-Generation of Augmented Reality Tutorials for Operating Digital Instruments Through Recording Embodied Demonstration

Ziyi Liu, Zhengzhe Zhu, Enze Jiang, Feichi Huang, Ana M. Villanueva, Xun Qian, Tianyi Wang, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023) · 2023
XRAuthoring ToolsEducation
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MechARspace: An Authoring System Enabling Bidirectional Binding of Augmented Reality with Toys in Real-time

Zhengzhe Zhu, Ziyi Liu, Tianyi Wang, Youyou Zhang, Xun Qian, Pashin Raja, Ana Villanueva, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2022) · 2022
XRAuthoring ToolsTangible Interfaces
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ScalAR: Authoring Semantically Adaptive Augmented Reality Experiences in Virtual Reality

Xun Qian, Fengming He, Xiyun Hu, Tianyi Wang, Ananya Ipsita, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2022) · 2022
XRAuthoring Tools
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Best Paper Honorable Mention

GesturAR: An Authoring System for Creating Freehand Interactive Augmented Reality Applications

Xun Qian, Tianyi Wang, Fengming He, Xiyun Hu, Yuanzhi Cao, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2021) — Best Paper Honorable Mention · 2021
XRAuthoring Tools
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ProcessAR: An Augmented Reality-Based Tool to Create In-Situ Procedural 2D/3D AR Instructions

Subramanian Chidambaram, Hank Huang, Fengming He, Xun Qian, Ana M. Villanueva, Thomas S. Redick, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS 2021) · 2021
XRAuthoring ToolsEducation
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CAPturAR: An Augmented Reality Tool for Authoring Human-Involved Context-Aware Applications

Xun Qian, Tianyi Wang, Fengming He, Xiyun Hu, Ke Huo, Yuanzhi Cao, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2020) · 2020
XRAuthoring Tools
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Vipo: Spatial-Visual Programming with Functions for Robot-IoT Workflows

Gaoping Huang, Pawan S. Rao, Meng-Han Wu, Xun Qian, Shimon Y. Nof, Karthik Ramani, Alexander J. Quinn
Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020) · 2020
RoboticsAuthoring Tools
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GhostAR: A Time-Space Editor for Embodied Authoring of Human-Robot Collaborative Task with Augmented Reality

Yuanzhi Cao, Tianyi Wang, Xun Qian, Pawan S. Rao, Manav Wadhawan, Ke Huo, Karthik Ramani
Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2019) · 2019
XRRoboticsAuthoring Tools
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