This year’s edition of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, widely regarded as the leading venue in Human-Computer Interaction, was held in Barcelona, Spain from April 13 to 17, 2026. Under the theme “Creant el demà junts” (“Creating Tomorrow Together”), the conference brought together researchers, designers, and practitioners from around the world. Six members from the IML team (Raimund Dachselt, Mats Ole Ellenberg, Julian Baader Katja Krug, Susmita Khadse, Weizhou Luo) attended the conference, contributing two full papers, one submission to the Student Mentoring Program, and four workshop submissions.
In addition, Raimund Dachselt served as session chair, Katja Krug participated in the Student Mentoring Program, and Mats Ole Ellenberg helped as a student volunteer and contributed to the success of the conference.
The prestigious CHI had 5254 participants this year onsite in Barcelona. There were 1702 conference full papers accepted (out of 6730 submitted, acceptance rate: 25.3%) and 36 journal papers invited for presentation. CHI thus continues the growth trend of recent years with these record numbers.
Below you will find more information on our team’s contributions to CHI 2026.
Contributions to ACM CHI 2026
@inproceedings{krug2026mixedpresence,
author = {Katja Krug and Wolfgang B\"{u}schel and Marc Satkowski and Stefan Gumhold and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Mixed Presence in Mixed Reality: Charting the Challenges and Opportunities},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
year = {2026},
month = {4},
isbn = {979-8-4007-2278-3/2026/04},
location = {Barcelona, Spain},
numpages = {22},
doi = {10.1145/3772318.3791508},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
keywords = {Mixed Presence, Mixed Reality, Collaboration}
}List of additional material
@inproceedings{luo2026beyondlinks,
author = {Weizhou Luo and Rufat Rzayev and Benjamin Russig and Sivanon Visutarporn and Marc Satkowski and Stefan Gumhold and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Beyond Links: Exploring Visual Representations of Multi-View Relations in Mixed Reality},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
year = {2026},
month = {4},
isbn = {979-8-4007-2278-3/2026/04},
location = {Barcelona, Spain},
numpages = {19},
doi = {10.1145/3772318.3791398},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
keywords = {Spatiality, content organization, Multiple Views, Multi-view relations, Mixed Reality}
}List of additional material
@inproceedings{krug2026advancing,
author = {Katja Krug},
title = {Advancing Co-located and Distributed Multi-user Mixed Reality},
booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
year = {2026},
month = {4},
isbn = {979-8-4007-2281-3/2026/04},
location = {Barcelona, Spain},
doi = {10.1145/3772363.3799196},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
keywords = {Mixed Reality, Multi-User, Social Interaction,Collaboration}
}List of additional material
@misc{krug2026proxemic,
author = {Katja Krug and Kenny Weidemann},
title = {Proxemic Cues for Non-Visual Perception of Virtual Humans in Mixed Reality},
booktitle = {Proceedings of SAXR'26: Workshop on Shaping Future Human Connection: Social Augmentation through XR Technologies},
year = {2026},
month = {4},
location = {Barcelona, Spain},
publisher = {CEUR-WS.org},
keywords = {Mixed Reality, Multi-User, Social Interaction,Collaboration}
}List of additional material
@misc{baader2026nonflat,
author = {Julian Baader and Susmita Khadse},
title = {Flat No More: From Personal Screens to Shared Tangible Devices},
booktitle = {CHI '26 Workshop: Embodying Relationships: Designing TUIs for Co-Located Human-Human Dynamics},
year = {2026},
month = {04},
location = {Barcelona, Spain},
keywords = {Tangible user interface, Co-located interaction, Human-human dynamics, Non-Planar Interfaces, Multi-Surface Devices}
}List of additional material
@misc{khadse2026feelthestory,
author = {Susmita Khadse and Julian Baader and Clara Leidhold},
title = {Feel the story in your hands: Tangibles for exploring collaborative scientific storytelling},
booktitle = {CHI '26 Workshop: Embodying Relationships: Designing TUIs for Co-Located Human-Human Dynamics},
series = {ACM CHI '26},
year = {2026},
month = {04},
location = {Barcelona, Spain},
keywords = {Scientific Data Storytelling, Tangibles, Emotions, Collaboration}
}List of additional material
BacteriaZoom - Connecting Digital Learning Material with Physical Worksheets through Handheld AR
@misc{ellenberg2026bacteriaZoom,
author = {Mats Ole Ellenberg and Annett Mitschick and Christin Baumg\"{a}rtel},
title = {BacteriaZoom - Connecting Digital Learning Material with Physical Worksheets through Handheld AR},
booktitle = {Proceedings of The Co-Living between Reality and Virtuality as a Daily Routine (CHI - Workshops ’26)},
year = {2026},
month = {4},
location = {Barcelona, Spain},
publisher = {CEUR-WS.org},
keywords = {Mixed Reality, Handheld MR, Education, Mixed Reality in Education, MR in Microbiology}
}List of additional material
