Dr. rer. nat. Philipp Wacker
Alumni
Room 2211
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Before leaving the chair at the end of 2022, I was working as a researcher and deputy head at the Media Computing Group.
My work and research interests are in a wide range of topics within the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), including but not limited to interaction in Augmented Reality, ubiquitous computing, mobile interaction, and museum exhibits.
Before starting as a researcher, I received a PhD (2021) in computer science and a M.Sc. (2015) in technical communication at RWTH Aachen University.
Research Projects
Heatmaps, Shadows, Bubbles, Rays: Comparing Mid-Air Pen Position Visualizations in Handheld AR.
CHI 2020
ARPen: Mid-Air Object Manipulation Techniques for a Bimanual AR System with Pen & Smartphone.
CHI 2019
Physical Guides: An Analysis of 3D Sketching Performance on Physical Objects in Augmented Reality.
SUI 2018
Teaching
| Semester | Course |
|---|---|
| WS 2021/22 | iOS Application Development Lecture TA with Sebastian Hueber and Adrian Wagner |
| WS 2019/20 | iOS Application Development Lecture TA and Lab tutor, with Simon Völker |
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SS 2019 |
Seminar: Post Desktop User Interfaces: Intelligent User Interfaces Tutor |
| WS 2018/19 | iOS Application Development Lecture TA and Lab tutor, with Simon Völker |
| SS 2018 | Designing Interactive Systems II Lecture TA and Lab tutor, with Paulina Reijsmeijer and Sebastian Hueber |
| WS 2017/18 | Media Computing Project Tutor, with Christian Cherek |
| WS 2017/18 | iOS Application Development Lecture TA and Lab tutor, with Simon Völker |
| SS 2017 | Designing Interactive Systems II Lecture TA and Lab tutor, with Paulina Reijsmeijer |
| SS 2016 | Current Topics in HCI Lecture TA and Lab tutor |
| WS 2015/16 | Designing Interactive Systems I Lecture TA and Lab tutor, with Krishna Subramanian |
Thesis Students
| Name | Topic | Thesis type |
|---|---|---|
| Andreas Dymek | ARPen "in the Wild" – Expansion and Evaluation of an In-Situ 3D Modeling Application | BA |
| Simon Löhr | ARPen Accuracy: Comparing Pose Estimation Techniques for the ARPen System | BA |
| Farhadiba Mohammed | Evaluation of Scaling Techniques for the ARPen | BA |
| René Schäfer | Redesigning ARPen: Evaluating Different Marker Placements for Mid-Air Pen Interaction | MA |
| Donna Klamma | Evaluation of Rotation Techniques for the ARPen | BA |
| Jan Benscheid | Making Sense of Lines: Interaction Sequences for 3D Modeling with Mid-Air Sketches | MA |
| Oliver Nowak | AR Menus: An Evaluation of Menu Interfaces in Pen-based AR Applications on Smartphones | MA |
| Felix Wehnert | ARPen—Sketching in Augmented Reality on Mobile Devices | BA |
| Adrian Wagner | Analyzing 3D Sketching Performance on Physical Objects in Augmented Reality | MA |
| Luka Raljević | Visualization of Changes in AR | MA |
| Jayan Jevanesan | Effect of Viewport Limitations on Posture in AR and VR | MA |
| Niklas Kaulitz | Influence of Holograms on Viewing Behaviour | MA |
| Pascal Zenker | HoloConnector: A framework enabling remote holographic definitions in the context of CNC Machine Simulation with Microsoft HoloLens | BA |
| Luisa Hoffmann | Eliciting User Gestures for the Interaction with a Pen-Based 3D Modeling Device | BA |
| Jan Kassel | FLApp: Bringing Augmented Reality to Mobile Tourist Guide Systems | BA |
Publications
An arrow marks a major peer-reviewed archival publication.
- Adrian Wagner, Paul Miles Preuschoff, Philipp Wacker, Simon Voelker and Jan Borchers. FabricFaces: Combining Textiles and 3D Printing for Maker-Friendly Folding-Based Assembly. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA '23, pages 7, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, April 2023.
- Oliver Nowak, René Schäfer, Anke Brocker, Philipp Wacker and Jan Borchers. Shaping Textile Sliders: An Evaluation of Form Factors and Tick Marks for Textile Sliders. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI '22, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, April 2022.
- Philipp Wacker. Interaction Techniques for Mid-Air Pen Input in Handheld Augmented Reality. PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, June 2021.
- Philipp Wacker, Oliver Nowak, Simon Voelker and Jan Borchers. Evaluating Menu Techniques for Handheld AR with a Smartphone & Mid-Air Pen. In Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI '20, pages 10, ACM, New York, NY, USA, October 2020.
- Sebastian Hueber, Christian Cherek, Philipp Wacker, Jan Borchers and Simon Voelker. Headbang: Using Head Gestures to Trigger Discrete Actions on Mobile Devices. In Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI '20, pages 10, ACM, New York, NY, USA, October 2020.
- Philipp Wacker, Adrian Wagner, Simon Voelker and Jan Borchers. Heatmaps, Shadows, Bubbles, Rays: Comparing Mid-Air Pen Position Visualizations in Handheld AR. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI '20, pages 719:1–719:11, ACM, New York, NY, USA, April 2020.
- Philipp Wacker, Oliver Nowak, Simon Voelker and Jan Borchers. ARPen: Mid-Air Object Manipulation Techniques for a Bimanual AR System with Pen & Smartphone. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI '19, pages 619:1–619:10, ACM, New York, NY, USA, May 2019.
- Philipp Wacker, Adrian Wagner, Simon Voelker and Jan Borchers. Physical Guides: An Analysis of 3D Sketching Performance on Physical Objects in Augmented Reality. In Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, SUI '18, pages 10, ACM, New York, NY, USA, October 2018.
- Philipp Wacker, Adrian Wagner, Simon Voelker and Jan Borchers. Physical Guides: An Analysis of 3D Sketching Performance on Physical Objects in Augmented Reality. In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA '18, pages LBW626:1–LBW626:6, ACM, New York, NY, USA, April 2018.
- Philipp Wacker, Kerstin Kreutz, Florian Heller and Jan Borchers. Maps and Location: Acceptance of Modern Interaction Techniques for Audio Guides. In CHI '16: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pages 1067–1071, ACM, New York, NY, USA, May 2016.
- Philipp Wacker, Chat Wacharamanotham, Daniel Spelmezan, Jan Thar, David A. Sánchez, René Bohne and Jan Borchers. VibroVision: An On-Body Tactile Image Guide for the Blind. In Extended Abstracts of the CHI'16 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pages 3788–3791, ACM, New York, NY, USA, May 2016.
- Leonhard Lichtschlag, Philipp Wacker, Martina Ziefle and Jan Borchers. The Presenter Experience of Canvas Presentations. In INTERACT 2015: Proceedings of the 15th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pages 289–297,September 2015.
- Philipp Wacker. How Does It Feel? Presenter Experience and Evaluation While Using Canvas Presentation Tools. Master's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, October 2014.