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The Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand (HIT Lab NZ) is developing and commercializing technology that improves human computer interaction and by doing so unlocks the power of human intelligence. The HIT Lab NZ conducts research with new emerging technologies such as Augmented Reality, Next Generation Video Conferencing, Immersive Visualization and Human-Robot Interaction. Interaction Design techniques are used to adapt these technologies to the needs of end users and solve real world problems. The end goal is to improve the user experience with technology.
Video of recent seminars now available
Video of recent seminars are now available on our website.
Tangible and Augmented Reality Interaction for Smart Home Environments
by Dr. Jun Hu, Gerrit Niezen and Bram van der Vlist from the Designed Intelligence research group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Multimodal Interface for Collaborative Augmented Reality
by Thammathip Piumsomboon
Exploring pre-interaction feedback in Human-Robot Interaction
by Jakub Zlotowski
16 May 2012
PhobiAR in the news
PhobiAR has been featured prominently in the news today. Stuff.co.nz summarizes the development and the future potential. Read the whole story online and watch the video.
08 May 2012
The Press reports on LEGO books
The Press reports today on the LEGO books we published. They wrote a nice article that also mentions the upcoming LABS2012 event here at the Univeristy of Canterbury.
08 May 2012
New Zealand Education Review
The New Zealand Education Review magazine has published an article about our Masters program in Human Interface Technology (MHIT). It is great to receive this media exposure and we hope that more students will now about this great opportunity.
06 May 2012
Exploring pre-interaction feedback in Human-Robot Interaction
On Wednesday, 9 May, Jakub Zlotowski will give his seminar entitled "Exploring pre-interaction feedback in Human-Robot Interaction". Please join us at 14:00 in room 105 for this interesting talk. Here is the abstract of his talk:
There is a popular belief that robots will be able to help people in the future. However what would happen if a robot approached you on a street and asked for help? The presented study explored how robot's pre-interaction behaviour can impact human perception and influence to-be-commenced interaction. Aspects such as a robot's speed, interaction distance or approach trajectories were considered to have an effect on a robot's chances of receiving required information and behaving in a more socially acceptable way.
03 May 2012
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Contact
Address
HIT Lab NZ
Old Maths Building
University of Canterbury
Ilam, Christchurch
New Zealand
Phone
(64 3) 364 2349
Email
info@hitlabnz.org
