https://virtualrealitylab.netlify.app/tag/spatial-computing/Spatial ComputingHugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)en-usTue, 02 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000https://virtualrealitylab.netlify.app/media/logo_hu_fd457670afa98bce.pnghttps://virtualrealitylab.netlify.app/tag/spatial-computing/https://virtualrealitylab.netlify.app/event/bhamxr-beyond-avatars/Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000https://virtualrealitylab.netlify.app/event/bhamxr-beyond-avatars/<p>Xiang Li, a PhD candidate in the Intelligent Interactive Systems Group at the <strong>University of Cambridge</strong>, joined BhamXR to discuss <strong>Beyond avatars: Designing bodily interfaces in virtual environments</strong>.</p> <p>The session explored how the body can function as a medium for control, coordination and expression in immersive technologies. Topics included gestures, muscle activity, movement and spatial awareness as foundations for interaction across virtual, augmented and mixed reality.</p> <h2 id="about-the-speaker">About the speaker</h2> <p>Xiang Li is a fourth-year PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and a Student Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. His research focuses on embodied interaction and body-centric interfaces for spatial computing, with work published across HCI and XR venues.</p> <p>The BhamXR recording was published on YouTube on 5 December 2025.</p> <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/khZvU7U59bo?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <p>Links: <strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bhamxr-beyond-avatars-designing-bodily-interfaces-in-virtual-environments-tickets-1862622436849">Eventbrite listing</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/company/bhamxr">BhamXR LinkedIn</a></strong>.</p> <h2 id="about-bhamxr">About BhamXR</h2> <p><strong><a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/bhamxr">BhamXR</a></strong> is the University of Birmingham&rsquo;s interdisciplinary XR network. The VR Lab is part of and actively supports the network through talks, visits, workshops, student activities, technical support and collaborative research.</p>