Reviewer, Talks and other Conference Activities

Awards

PhD Thesis

I am currently working on finishing my PhD Thesis at Media Use Research Group at University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart. In the thesis I am researching on the potential of virtual reality in the context social science studies. In more detail, I evaluate the (external)validity of studies done in VR and their potential to be transferred to the real world. My supervisors are Prof. Dr. Vogelgesang (University of Hohenheim) and Prof. Dr. Matthias Wölfel (Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences) and Ass.-Prof. Dr. Tobias Dienlin (University of Vienna) has agreed on mentoring me.

Publications

  Google Scholar

2024

[Accepted] Exploring Ecological Validity: A Comparative Study of the Mere Exposure Effect on Screens and in Immersive Virtual Reality

#Mere Exposure #Replication #Virtual Reality

Link not available yet

[Submitted for Review] The Role of Sensory Fidelity in Head-Mounted Displays on the Social Perception of Avatars

#Avatar-Mediated Communication #Virtual Reality

Link not available yet

12th EAI International Conference ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation

Exploring Perception and Preference in Public Human-Agent Interaction: Virtual Human vs. Social Robot

Purps C.F., Hettmann W., Zylowski T., Sautchuk-Patrício N., Hepperle D., Wölfel M.

#Human-Agent Interaction #Social Robots #Virtual Humans

link to publisher
2023

2ND IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF VIRTUAL REALITY

Sensor-Based Occluded Face-Part Reconstruction: Eye Tracking and Facial Expressions

Karande A.; Purps C.F., Deuchler J., Hepperle D., Wölfel M.

#EMG Sensors #EOG Sensors #Virtual Humans #Non-Verbal Communication

link to publisher

Multimodal Technol. Interact. 2023, 7(6), 56;

Similarities and Differences between Immersive Virtual Reality, Real World, and Computer Screens: A Systematic Scoping Review in Human Behavior Studies

Hepperle D., Wölfel M.

#scoping review #2D, Real-World, VR

link to publisher

2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)

Streamlining Physiological Observations in Immersive Virtual Reality Studies with the Virtual Reality Scientific Toolkit

Deuchler J., Hettmann W., Hepperle D., Wölfel M.

#Virtual Reality Scientific Toolkit

link to publisher
2022

The visual computer 38 (4), 1227-1244

Aspects of Visual Avatar Appearance: Self-Representation, Display Type, and Uncanny Valley

Hepperle D., Purps CF., Deuchler J., Wölfel M.

#Virtual Reality #Nonverbal Communication #Social Networks

link to publisher

2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops

Asymmetric Normalization in Social Virtual Reality Studies

Deuchler J., Hepperle D., Wölfel M.

#Three-dimensional displays #Design methodology #Sociology #Virtual environments #User interfaces #Statistics

link to publisher

ArtsIT. New Perspectives from Media Arts and Artificial Intelligence. 10th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2021

Influence of Visual Appearance of Agents on Presence, Attractiveness, and Agency in Virtual Reality

Butz M., Hepperle D., Wölfel M.

#Agent-mediated interfaces #Visual appearance of avatars

link to publisher
2021

2021 International Conference on Cyberworlds

Entering a New Dimension in Virtual Reality Research: An Overview of Existing Toolkits, Their Features and Challenges

Wölfel M., Hepperle D., Purps CF., Deuchler J., Hettmann W.

#Virtual environments #Human factors #Research tools

link to publisher

2021 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct)

Reducing the Human Factor in Virtual Reality Research to Increase Reproducibility and Replicability

Hepperle D., Dienlin T., Wölfel M.

#Human computer interaction #Design methodology #Human factor #Reproducibility #Replicability

link to publisher
2020

DGPuK – FG Rezeptions- und Wirkungsforschung

Die Rolle der Situation bei der Suche nach Gratifikationen: Ergebnisse einer Experience-Sampling-Studie zur Video-On-Demand-Nutzung

Eberhard-Bölz S., Steinle L., Hepperle D. & Vogelgesang J.

#gratifikation #video-on-demand

link to publisher

2020 International Conference on Cyberworlds

Differences in the Uncanny Valley Between Head-Mounted Displays and Monitors

Hepperle D., Ödell H., Wölfel M.

#Virtual reality #Uncanny Valley

link to publisher

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies 6

Staging Location-Based Virtual Reality to Improve Immersive Experiences

Wölfel M., Hepperle D., Siess A., Deuchler J.

#Virtual Reality #Exhibition #Museum

link to publisher

Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation: 8th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2019

Staging Virtual Reality Exhibits for Bystander Involvement in Semi-Public Spaces

Hepperle D., Siess A., Wölfel M.

#Virtual Reality #Museum

link to publisher
2019

Computers & Graphics 82, 321-331

2D, 3D or Speech? A Case Study on Which User Interface Is Preferable for What Kind of Object Interaction in Immersive Virtual Reality

Hepperle D., Weiß Y., Siess A., Wölfel M.

#Virtual Reality #Interaction #Input Modalities

link to publisher

7th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2018

Worldmaking: Designing for Audience Participation, Immersion, and Interaction in Virtual and Real Spaces

Siess A., Hepperle D., Wölfel M., Johansson M.

#Virtual Reality #Spatial Perception #Exhibition #Architecture

link to publisher
2018

2018 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW)

What User Interface to Use for Virtual Reality? 2D, 3D or Speech – A User Study

Weiß Y., Hepperle D., Sieß A., Wölfel M.

#Virtual Reality #Input Modalities #User Interface

link to publisher
2017

Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

Do You Feel What You See? Multimodal Perception in Virtual Reality

Hepperle D., Wölfel M.

#Human computer interaction (HCI) #Interaction devices #Haptic devices

link to publisher

Horizonte

Ideale Städte - Furtwanger Studierende präsentieren ihre Arbeiten auf der Architektur-Biennale in Venedig

Wölfel M., Sieß A., Rude H., Hepperle D., Häffner N., Schaumann A.

#Biennale #Touch Interface #Haptic Interface

link to publisher
2015

2015 International Conference on Cyberworlds

Hybrid City Lighting-Improving Pedestrians' Safety through Proactive Street Lighting

Sieß A., Hübel K., Hepperle D., Dronov A., Hufnagel C., Aktun J., Wölfel M.

#Smart City #Lighting #Games #Pedestrian Safety

link to publisher

Mensch und Computer 2015

Incentive Guidance of Crowds by Smart City Lights

Sieß A., Hübel K., Hepperle D., Dronov A., Hufnagel C., Aktun J., Wölfel M.

#smart city #lighting systems

link to publisher