GenLARP immersive LARP environment

GenLARP: Enabling Immersive Live Action Role Play through LLM-Generated Worlds and Characters

GenLARP is an AI-driven LARP system that generates interactive 3D environments and characters in real time using LLMs, supporting immersive narrative role play for education and experiential learning.

ISMAR 2025 · Yichen Yu*, Yifan Jiang*, Mandy Lui, Qiao Jin · August 2025
NieNie system overview

NieNie: Adaptive Rhythmic System for Stress Relief with LLM-Based Guidance

NieNie is an adaptive system that combines wearable-based stress detection, rhythm generation, and LLM-driven guidance to support stress relief through embodied interaction. Presented at ISWC 2025.

Ubicomp/ISWC 2025 · Yichen Yu*, Qiaoran Wang* · August 2025
Noetic Dream VR lucid-dream training overview

Noetic Dream: A Personalized VR and Meditation System for Lucid Dream Training

A personalized VR + OM meditation system that reconstructs users’ dream scenes via LLM assistance, gamifies reality testing, and guides intent reinforcement to increase lucid dream frequency.

UIST Adjunct 2025 · Qiaoran Wang*, Yichen Yu* · August 2025
RunPacer smartwatch-based vibrotactile feedback system

RunPacer: A Smartwatch-Based Vibrotactile Feedback System for Symmetric Co-Running by Visually Impaired Individuals and Guides

RunPacer is a smartwatch-based vibrotactile feedback system enabling symmetric co-running for visually impaired individuals and guides. Presented at ASSETS 2025.

ASSETS 2025 · Yichen Yu*, Huan-Song Xu*, Ming-Yen Lin · August 2025
Freedom-to-Read Summer Camp

Design AI for My Community: A Case Study of Collaborative Learning in a Freedom-to-Read Summer Camp

We report a summer camp case study where students collaboratively designed AI to protect the freedom to read. Activities transferred AI literacy into higher-order skills (apply/create), empowering youth as advocates for equitable, community-aligned technologies.

ICLS 2025 · Xiaofei Zhou, Yunfan Gong, Yichen Yu, Yi Zhang, Jeremy Smith, Zhen Bai · June 2025
Chameleon: VR obstacle substitution with risk-level–aware adaptation

Chameleon: Unobtrusive Substitution of Real-World Obstacles in VR

Risk-level–aware substitution of real-world obstacles in VR that preserves immersion while improving safety and accessibility.

CHI EA 2025 · Yichen(Andy) Yu, Qiao(Georgie) Jin · April 2025
Structural Heart Abnormalities Are Prevalent on the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Among Firefighters

Structural Heart Abnormalities Are Prevalent on the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Among Firefighters

JOEM 2025 article showing that routine 12-lead ECGs among firefighters frequently reveal conduction and coronary abnormalities, highlighting their potential in detecting structural heart disease and sudden cardiac death risk.

JOEM · Alexander W. Bae, Chi-Ju Lai, Yichen Yu, Nicole Krupa, David Hostler, Wai Cheong Tam, Mary G. Carey, Wendy M. Brunner, Dillon J. Dzikowicz · November 2024