Publications

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

2026
VRST 2026
Utilizing Precues and Interaction Cues in Target-Dense Task Environments
J. Belga, J. Benjamin, Q. J. Wang, B. Schlager, J.-S. Liu, R. McKendrick, R. P. McMahan, S. Feiner, and J. LaViola
ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2026) To appear
ISMAR 2026
Delegate the Details: Flexible Assembly Constraint Authoring for Collaborative XR
B. Yang, X. He, C. Zou, J.-S. Liu, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2026) To appear
ISMAR-Adjunct 2026
Toward Interoperable and Reproducible XR: Key Insights from the IEEE VR 2026 Standardization Panel
T. Kurata and J.-S. Liu
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Poster (ISMAR-Adjunct 2026) To appear
IEEE VRW 2026
Bimanual XR Specification of Relative and Absolute Assembly Hierarchies for Teleoperation
B. Yang, X. He, C. Zou, J.-S. Liu, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner
IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW 2026)
2025
ISMAR-Adjunct 2025
Virtual Reality Task Guidance Through Relative 6DoF Pose Specification
B. Yang, X. He, C. Zou, J.-S. Liu, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct 2025)
IEEE VRW 2025
Permanent Proxies for Bimanual Selection and Manipulation in VR
B. Yang, J.-S. Liu, X. He, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner
IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW 2025)
2024
IEEE VR 2024
Asynchronously Assigning, Monitoring, and Managing Assembly Goals in Virtual Reality for High-Level Robot Teleoperation
S. Aoyama*, J.-S. Liu*, P. Wang, S. Jain, X. Wang, J. Xu, S. Song, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner (*Equal contribution)
IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR 2024)
2023
SUI 2023
A Testbed for Exploring Virtual Reality User Interfaces for Assigning Tasks to Agents at Multiple Sites
J.-S. Liu, C. Wang, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner
ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI 2023 Extended Abstract)
SUI 2023
Built to Order: A Virtual Reality Interface for Assigning High-Level Assembly Goals to Remote Robots
P. Wang, S. Jain, M. Li, S. Aoyama, X. Wang, S. Song, J.-S. Liu, and S. Feiner
ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI 2023 Extended Abstract)
ISMAR 2023
Cueing Sequential 6DoF Rigid-Body Transformations in Augmented Reality
J.-S. Liu, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2023)
TVCG 2023
Multi-Level Precues for Guiding Tasks Within and Between Workspaces in Spatial Augmented Reality
B. Volmer, J.-S. Liu, B. Matthews, I. Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, S. Feiner, and B. Thomas
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2023
2022
IROS 2022
Scene Editing as Teleoperation: A Case Study in 6DoF Kit Assembly
S. Agrawal, Y. Li, J.-S. Liu, S. Feiner, and S. Song
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022)
TVCG 2022
Precueing Object Placement and Orientation for Manual Tasks in Augmented Reality
J.-S. Liu, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), vol. 28, no. 11, 2022
IEEE VRW 2022
A Testbed for Exploring Multi-Level Precueing in Augmented Reality
J.-S. Liu, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner
IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW 2022)
VRST 2022
Precueing Sequential Rotation Tasks in Augmented Reality
J.-S. Liu, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner
ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2022)
ISMAR 2022
Adaptive Visual Cues for Guiding a Bimanual Unordered Task in Virtual Reality
J.-S. Liu*, P. Wang*, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner (*Equal contribution)
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2022)
2021
TVCG 2021
Using Multi-Level Precueing to Improve Performance in Path-Following Tasks in Virtual Reality
J.-S. Liu, C. Elvezio, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), vol. 27, no. 11, 2021
2020
TIP 2020
Enhancement and Speedup of Photometric Compensation for Projectors by Reducing Inter-Pixel Coupling and Calibration Patterns
K.-T. Shih, J.-S. Liu, F. Shyu, and H. H. Chen
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP), vol. 30, 2020
2018
UIST 2018
Collaborative Virtual Reality for Low-Latency Interaction
C. Elvezio, F. Ling, J.-S. Liu, and S. Feiner
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Adjunct Proceedings (UIST 2018 Adjunct)
SIGGRAPH 2018
Collaborative Exploration of Urban Data in Virtual and Augmented Reality
C. Elvezio, F. Ling, J.-S. Liu, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner
ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality
2016
SIGGRAPH Asia 2016
Blocking Harmful Blue Light While Preserving Image Color Appearance
K.-T. Shih, J.-S. Liu, F. Shyu, S.-L. Yeh, and H. H. Chen
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2016), vol. 35, no. 6, 2016

Dissertation

Ph.D. 2024
Precueing Manual Tasks in Augmented and Virtual Reality
J.-S. Liu
PhD Dissertation, Columbia University, 2024

Selected Demonstrations

NYC Media Lab 2020
Fastball: An Augmented Reality Ball Game Between New York and Tokyo
S. Feiner, C. Elvezio, J.-S. Liu, J. Sekaran, Y. Kinoshita, K. Oomori, K. Shimizu, S. Meguro, and T. Hiraishi
NYC Media Lab Summit 2020, New York, NY, Oct 2020
NYC Media Lab 2019
Bounce! Collaborative VR for Low-Latency Interaction
C. Elvezio, F. Ling, J.-S. Liu, and S. Feiner
NYC Media Lab Summit 2019, New York, NY, Sep 2019
๐Ÿ† NYC Media Lab Summit 2019 Top Prize, Future Interfaces & Spatial Computing Category
NYC Media Lab 2018
Collaborative Exploration of Urban Data in VR and AR
C. Elvezio, F. Ling, J.-S. Liu, B. Tversky, and S. Feiner
NYC Media Lab Summit 2018, The New School, New York, NY, Sep 2018
๐Ÿ† NYC Media Lab Summit 2018 Creative Award, XR Category
๐Ÿ† Best Demo Award, Columbia University Data Science Day 2019
ICME 2015
Preserving Image Color Appearance on Non-White Projection Surfaces
J.-S. Liu and H. H. Chen
IEEE ICME MMC Workshop, 2015
๐Ÿ† ICME 2015 Best Demo Award