Overview
Background
I am a researcher in Interaction Design, building new interactive devices and seeking to understand the experience of using those devices. I am a future technologist and pursue technology-first human-computer interaction - building and exploring novel tech that may later provide solutions to human-centered problems. I have a special interest in Haptics for Extended Reality and Smart Clothing for Muscle Control. My research typically involves device design and engineering, studies of human perception, and user experience explorations of new technologies.
I have published over 40 peer-reviewed articles across top venues in Human-Computer Interaction, including CHI, UIST, CSCW, and ISMAR. I serve frequently as an associate editor for CHI, UIST, VR, and ISS.
Availability
- Dr Jarrod Knibbe is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Masters (Research) of Computer Science, University of Bristol
- Doctor of Philosophy of Computer-Human Interaction, University of Bristol
Research interests
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Haptics for Virtual Reality
One of the great challenges of virtual reality is that you can't actually touch stuff - you can't feel it's texture, weight, heat, etc. There are two broad camps trying to address this: the Accuracy camp and the Naturalness camp. The accuracy camp wants you to experience material properties as accurately as possible, so they build specialist controllers. The naturalness camp wants you to be unencumbered by controllers, so they use illusions. I have no allegiance to either camp and work across them both. I am currently building controllers to let you grasp objects of complex shapes and sizes, and building illusions that play with your sense of where you are in the room so you can use physical props in your VR experiences.
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Smart Clothing
We are increasingly able to integrate an amazing range of sensors and actuators into fabric, creating Smart Clothing. However, we are not seeing these clothes in stores or in our wardrobes. I believe this is for two key reasons: (1) no killer app - we are not yet doing anything really convincing with these clothes, and (2) tailoring is hard - we are not yet able to make smart clothing work regardless of your body shape or size. Once we have solved problem (2), I believe solutions to problem (1) will follow.
Research impacts
My research has inspired new features in smartphones from Google (the Pixel's battery share) and Samsung (PowerShare), and has been featured in various news outlets (including Wired, the Economist, Hackaday, Fast Company, and the Guardian).
I also work extensively with companies and organisations to explore ways for digital transformation to solve their challenges. I facilitate design thinking workshops to help identify new opportunities, build new partnerships, and reveal next steps for new projects. I have run workshops for numerous multinationals and government organisations, leading to substantial new work packages and meaningful change. I have run professional courses on scientific leadership.
Works
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2021
Conference Publication
Unscripted retargeting: reach prediction for haptic retargeting in virtual reality
Clarence, Aldrich, Knibbe, Jarrod, Cordeil, Maxime and Wybrow, Michael (2021). Unscripted retargeting: reach prediction for haptic retargeting in virtual reality. 28th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR), Lisboa, Portugal, 27 March-3 April 2021. Los Alamitos, CA USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/vr50410.2021.00036
2021
Conference Publication
Bad breakdowns, useful seams, and face slapping: analysis of VR fails on YouTube
Dao, Emily, Muresan, Andreea, Hornbaek, Kasper and Knibbe, Jarrod (2021). Bad breakdowns, useful seams, and face slapping: analysis of VR fails on YouTube. Human Factors in Computing Systems, Yokohama, Japan, 8-13 May 2021. New York, NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3411764.3445435
2021
Conference Publication
Dance and choreography in hci: A two-decade retrospective
Zhou, Qiushi, Chua, Cheng Cheng, Knibbe, Jarrod, Goncalves, Jorge and Velloso, Eduardo (2021). Dance and choreography in hci: A two-decade retrospective. CHI '21: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Yokohama, Japan, 8-13 May 2021. New York, NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3411764.3445804
2021
Conference Publication
Modeling Pointing for 3D Target Selection in VR
Dalsgaard, Tor-Salve, Knibbe, Jarrod and Bergstrom, Joanna (2021). Modeling Pointing for 3D Target Selection in VR. 27th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), Osaka, Japan, 8-10 December 2021. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3489849.3489853
2020
Conference Publication
Adhering, Steering, and Queering: Treatment of Gender in Natural Language Generation
Strengers, Yolande, Qu, Lizhen, Xu, Qiongkai and Knibbe, Jarrod (2020). Adhering, Steering, and Queering: Treatment of Gender in Natural Language Generation. CHI '20: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, HI United States, 25 - 30 April 2020. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3313831.3376315
2019
Conference Publication
Resized Grasping in VR : Estimating Thresholds for Object Discrimination
Bergström, Joanna, Mottelson, Aske and Knibbe, Jarrod (2019). Resized Grasping in VR : Estimating Thresholds for Object Discrimination. UIST '19: The 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, New Orleans, LA United States, 20 - 23 October 2019. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3332165.3347939
2019
Journal Article
What Do We Mean by “Interaction”? An Analysis of 35 Years of CHI
Hornbæk, Kasper, Mottelson, Aske, Knibbe, Jarrod and Vogel, Daniel (2019). What Do We Mean by “Interaction”? An Analysis of 35 Years of CHI. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 26 (4), 1-30. doi: 10.1145/3325285
2019
Conference Publication
Magnetips : Combining Fingertip Tracking and Haptic Feedback for Around-Device Interaction
McIntosh, Jess, Strohmeier, Paul, Knibbe, Jarrod, Boring, Sebastian and Hornbæk, Kasper (2019). Magnetips : Combining Fingertip Tracking and Haptic Feedback for Around-Device Interaction. CHI '19: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4 - 9 May 2019. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3290605.3300638
2018
Conference Publication
The dream is collapsing: The experience of exiting VR
Knibbe, Jarrod, Schjerlund, Jonas, Petræus, Mathias and Hornbæk, Kasper (2018). The dream is collapsing: The experience of exiting VR. CHI '18: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, QC Canada, 21 - 26 April 2018. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3173574.3174057
2018
Conference Publication
I really did that: Sense of agency with touchpad, keyboard, and on-skin interaction
Bergstrom-Lehtovirta, Joanna, Coyle, David, Knibbe, Jarrod and Hornbæk, Kasper (2018). I really did that: Sense of agency with touchpad, keyboard, and on-skin interaction. CHI '18: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, QC Canada, 21 - 26 April 2018. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3173574.3173952
2018
Conference Publication
Veritaps: Truth estimation from mobile interaction
Mottelson, Aske, Knibbe, Jarrod and Hornbæk, Kasper (2018). Veritaps: Truth estimation from mobile interaction. CHI '18: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, QC Canada, 21 - 26 April 2018. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3173574.3174135
2018
Conference Publication
zPatch: Hybrid resistive/capacitive etextile input
Strohmeier, Paul, Knibbe, Jarrod, Boring, Sebastian and Hornbæk, Kasper (2018). zPatch: Hybrid resistive/capacitive etextile input. TEI '18: Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Stockholm, Sweden, 18 - 21 March 2018. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3173225.3173242
2018
Conference Publication
Designing eTextiles for the body: Shape, volume & motion
Freire, Rachel, Strohmeier, Paul, Honnet, Cedric, Knibbe, Jarrod and Brueckner, Sophia (2018). Designing eTextiles for the body: Shape, volume & motion. TEI '18: Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Stockholm, Sweden, 18 - 21 March 2018. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3173225.3173331
2018
Conference Publication
Wanding through space: Interactive calibration for electric muscle stimulation
Pohl, Henning, Hornbæk, Kasper and Knibbe, Jarrod (2018). Wanding through space: Interactive calibration for electric muscle stimulation. AH '18: Proceedings of the 9th Augmented Human International Conference, Seoul, Korea, 7 - 9 February 2018. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3174910.3174948
2017
Journal Article
Automatic Calibration of High Density Electric Muscle Stimulation
Knibbe, Jarrod, Strohmeier, Paul, Boring, Sebastian and Hornbæk, Kasper (2017). Automatic Calibration of High Density Electric Muscle Stimulation. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 1 (3), 1-17. doi: 10.1145/3130933
2016
Conference Publication
Invisiboard: Maximizing display and input space with a full screen text entry method for smartwatches
Mottelson, Aske, Larsen, Christoffer, Lyderik, Mikkel, Strohmeier, Paul and Knibbe, Jarrod (2016). Invisiboard: Maximizing display and input space with a full screen text entry method for smartwatches. MobileHCI '16: 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Florence, Italy, 6 - 9 September 2016. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2935334.2935360
2016
Conference Publication
Mobile energy sharing futures
Worgan, Paul, Knibbe, Jarrod, Fraser, Mike and Plasencia, Diego Martinez (2016). Mobile energy sharing futures. MobileHCI '16: 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Florence, Italy, 6 - 9 September 2016. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2957265.2962655
2016
Conference Publication
PowerShake: Power Transfer interactions for mobile devices
Worgan, Paul, Knibbe, Jarrod, Fraser, Mike and Plasencia, Diego Martinez (2016). PowerShake: Power Transfer interactions for mobile devices. CHI'16: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, San Jose, CA United States, 7 - 12 May 2016. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2858036.2858569
2016
Journal Article
The Camera “at the Trowel’s Edge”: Personal Video Recording in Archaeological Research
Chrysanthi, Angeliki, Berggren, Åsa, Davies, Rosamund, Earl, Graeme P. and Knibbe, Jarrod (2016). The Camera “at the Trowel’s Edge”: Personal Video Recording in Archaeological Research. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 23 (1), 238-270. doi: 10.1007/s10816-015-9239-x
2015
Conference Publication
Smart makerspace: an immersive instructional space for physical tasks
Knibbe, Jarrod, Grossman, Tovi and Fitzmaurice, George (2015). Smart makerspace: an immersive instructional space for physical tasks. 2015 International Conference on Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces - ITS '15, Madeira, Portugal, 15-18 November 2015. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2817721.2817741
Funding
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Supervision
Availability
- Dr Jarrod Knibbe is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Tailoring Haptic Interaction to Perception in Virtual Reality
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Maxime Cordeil
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Doctor Philosophy
The Impact of AI-enabled Avatars on Body Ownership within Individualised Virtual Reality for Mental Health
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Julie Henry, Dr Nell Baghaei
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Doctor Philosophy
Extreme Analytics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Stephen Viller, Professor Gianluca Demartini, Dr Maxime Cordeil
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