Publications

@inproceedings{xing_immersed_2025,

title = {Immersed in my Ideas: Using Virtual Reality and LLMs to Visualize Users’ Ideas and Thoughts},

author = {Y. Xing and J. Ban and T. D. Hubbard and M. Villano and D. Gómez-Zará},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105001675169&doi=10.1145%2f3708557.3716330&partnerID=40&md5=20fb0623d2a1fff92282116b01fac4f3},

doi = {10.1145/3708557.3716330},

isbn = {979-840071409-2 (ISBN)},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

booktitle = {Int Conf Intell User Interfaces Proc IUI},

pages = {60–65},

publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},

abstract = {We introduce the Voice Interactive Virtual Reality Annotation (VIVRA), an application that employs Large Language Models to facilitate brainstorming and idea exploration in an immersive 3D environment. As users think aloud to brainstorm and ideate, the application automatically detects, summarizes, suggests, and connects their ideas in real time. The experience brings participants into a room where their ideas emerge as interactive objects that embody the topics detected from their ideas. We evaluated the effectiveness of VIVRA in an exploratory study with 29 participants, followed by a user study with 10 participants comparing the application with other visualizations. Our results show that VIVRA helped participants reflect and think more about their ideas, serving as a valuable tool for personal exploration. We discuss the potential benefits and applications, highlighting the benefits of combining immersive 3D spaces and LLMs to explore, learn, and reflect on ideas. © 2025 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).},

keywords = {3-D environments, 3D modeling, Computer simulation languages, Creativity, Idea Generation, Immersive, Interactive virtual reality, Language Model, Large language model, Multimodal Interaction, Reflection, Text Visualization, Think aloud, Virtual environments, Virtual Reality, Visualization},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{vallasciani_creaixr_2024,

title = {CreAIXR: Fostering Creativity with Generative AI in XR environments},

author = {G. Vallasciani and L. Stacchio and P. Cascarano and G. Marfia},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85211481990&doi=10.1109%2fMetaCom62920.2024.00034&partnerID=40&md5=002e25a2d4ddb170e21029b27c157b28},

doi = {10.1109/MetaCom62920.2024.00034},

isbn = {979-833151599-7 (ISBN)},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

booktitle = {Proc. - IEEE Int. Conf. Metaverse Comput., Netw., Appl., MetaCom},

pages = {1–8},

publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},

abstract = {Fostering creativity is paramount for cultivating innovative minds capable of addressing complex challenges. Modern technologies like eXtended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) may nurture grounds supporting creative thinking by providing immersive and manipulable environments. An open research question is how such technologies may best lead to such a possible result. To help move one step closer to an answer, we present a portable XR platform, namely CreAIXR, where objects may be creatively defined and manipulated with AI paradigms. CreAIXR leverages web technologies, XR, and generative AI where creatives are immersed in a composable experience, allowing them to collaborate and customize an immersive environment through XR paradigms and generative AI. We here describe this system along with its validation through experiments carried out with a group of individuals having a background in the field of visual arts. © 2024 IEEE.},

keywords = {Artificial intelligence, Creative thinking, Creatives, Creativity, Extended reality, Generative adversarial networks, generative artificial intelligence, Immersive, Modern technologies, Research questions, Stable Diffusion, Web technologies},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}