Closing 7th May: 2yrs postdoc on cross-sensory fabrication @BristolIG@bristolcs
Join ERC project #inclusiveXplay exploring how to support accessible and playful cross-sensory experiences for blind or visually impaired and sighted children
#CHI2026 today 12:27 (Rm 112, VR AR XR) Tegan presents (our 2nd BEST PAPER this conference) Touching Emotions Smelling Shapes, we show how even at ages 2–4 children systematically link touch smell and emotion demonstrating foundations for cross-sensory learning #inclusiveXplay
#CHI2026 today 11:15 (Rm 112, session: VR AR XR) Priscilla Lo will present Feeling Flavours; Where we use "non-edibles" as proxies to explore touch–taste cross-sensory correspondences, in collaboration @JanetRead and Matthew Horton
#inclusiveXplay
#CHI2026 today 12:03 P1 Room 132 (session: Getting Emotion) @susan_m_li will present Rough Meanings, her first CHI paper on how tiny surface features shape emotion, colour and language associations moving cross-sensory interaction to the realm of micro-structures #inclusiveXplay
#CHI2026 are you or someone you know looking for a postdoc in cross-sensory fabrication and playful interaction? Ping me or anyone from the #inclusiveXplay project team for a chat. Check Bristol Interaction Group work at CHI for a flavour of what we do: https://t.co/WG5m5ge7rI
#CHI2026 today Siyu Zhang is presenting Beyond Accuracy
12:15
Navigating Biases in Accessibility
Rm 117
Gesture recognition isn't just about accuracy but also alignment between human intention and machine interpretation. What happens when this breaks for motor impairments?
#CHI2026 today @elaineczech is presenting our Best Paper
Aging & Later Life
9:24
Room 125
We extend interdependence in HCI, grounding it in Wenger's communities of practice framework, showing how co-design can build not just technologies but also social structures of inclusion
#CHI2026 Come check out Zhuzhi present triMorph this morning Haptic+XR session Room 119: a novel shape-changing interface to precisely measure when cross-sensory effects are triggered #inclusiveXplay
@elaineczech@susan_m_li All of this sits within a broader effort: Part of the
@BristolIG at #CHI2026 with a total of 12 papers (3 awards), 3 workshops, 2 posters, 1 meet-up, see full list here: https://t.co/YfETZGTWmL
With hashtag #CHI2026 upon us, I’d like to share the output of the Diverse-ability Interaction Lab. We will present 7 full papers (incl. 2 that received Best Paper Awards), 1 workshop, and 1 meet-up, all exploring cross-sensory interaction, inclusion, and playful technologies:
@elaineczech@susan_m_li Fri 17 Apr 12:27 pm BEST PAPER VR/AR/XR (M2 - Room M211/212) Tegan Roberts-Morgan presents Touching Emotions, Smelling Shapes We show how even at ages 2–4, children systematically link touch, smell, and emotion, demonstrating foundations for cross-sensory learning and play