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HER LAB · SUZHOU, CHINA

Culture, learning & play.
New realities.

We explore how people connect with culture, learn and play through creative design, interactive technologies and human-centred research.

Heritage, Edutainment, and Reality Laboratory · Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

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Research figure showing artifact display, viewing and handheld inspection in ResponsiveView.

XR interaction & experience IEEE TVCG · IEEE VR · 2025

ResponsiveView

Adapting display height, viewing distance and handheld artifact scale to the viewer and the object.

  • VR
  • Museum
  • Artifact viewing
MagicMap interface and a visitor in a virtual museum.

XR interaction & experience IEEE VR · 2024

MagicMap

World-in-Miniature map interaction for complex indoor navigation.

  • VR
  • Museum
  • Navigation
Project-provided AR reconstruction visualization at the Twin Pagodas site.

Culture & heritage CHI Extended Abstracts · 2025

ARTimeTravel

Web-based AR serious games for understanding spatial changes in heritage sites.

  • AR
  • Heritage site
  • Spatial change
CubeMuseum AR research image showing tangible cubes and digital heritage content.

Culture & heritage IJHCI · 2024

CubeMuseum AR

Tangible augmented reality for cultural heritage learning and museum gifting.

  • AR
  • Tangible interaction
  • Learning

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Conference

HHME 2026

Yue Li and Yanli attended HHME 2026 and presented Campus AR and Qili Shangtang.

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Conference

CHI 2026

Yue Li, Shuran and Wenzhe presented Read and Reflect at CHI 2026. Yue also presented AffectiveDiary.

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