The AI Observatory
A public platform analyzing 24,500+ real-world chats across 52+ models to see how people actually use AI.
Priori: Deference by Design
An interface that surfaces the hidden ethical and value choices underneath AI answers as editable cards.
ThoughtTrace
The first large-scale dataset pairing 2,155 real-world LLM chats with 10,174 private user thoughts.
Affective Chatbot Use
A 4-week randomized trial and platform study with OpenAI on how chatbots shape emotional wellbeing.
AI Emotional Support
How routine tasks with chatbots quietly turn into emotional reliance, and why conscious choice matters.
AI-Wrapped
A local, privacy-preserving browser tool for auditing how your own ChatGPT habits evolve over time.
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Plato's [AI]legory of the Cave
An interactive shadow-play installation where physical blocks cast shadows driven by an LLM.
Mirai & Emotional Self-Voice
A wearable camera-and-audio system that nudges you in your own calm voice right before you act.
EmoSign: Emotion in ASL
A benchmark dataset capturing how facial grammar and body pose express emotion in sign language.
More Projects — Embodied Haptics, Physical Interfaces & Earlier Work 13 projects
PhysioLLM
Combining wearable physiological sensors with LLMs to uncover personal health patterns via chat.
LLMR: Prompting 3D Worlds
Coordinating specialized LLM agents so users can build interactive 3D Mixed Reality worlds by voice.
Labeling Generative AI Content
A cross-cultural study on how labels like 'AI-Generated' shift public trust across languages.
Purrfect Pitch
A wearable audio-haptic interface that maps musical pitch intervals onto spatial skin vibrations.
ColloGraphy
A three-axis physical plotter that guides a learner's hand through brush trajectory and pressure.
WatchThis: Wearable Point & Ask
A wrist-worn camera interface for pointing at objects and asking questions with vision-language models.
HaLLM: Robot Waypoints in MR
Conversing with an LLM in Mixed Reality to generate and refine 3D collaborative robot trajectories.
VR Haptics at Home
Mapping everyday household objects onto virtual scenes to provide rich passive haptics at home.
ControllerPose
Embedding fisheye cameras inside handheld VR controllers to capture full-body 3D human pose.
ElectriPop
Origami-inspired mylar pouches that inflate into 3D shape-changing displays via electrostatics.
Morphace: Prosthetic Makeup
Customizable prosthetic makeup with embedded shape-changing wearables that blend into and transform the face.
Retargeted Self-Haptics
Warping virtual hand motion so touching a virtual object aligns with touching your own body.
Wireality: Multi-String VR Haptics
A shoulder-worn string haptic device that locks finger joints in mid-air to simulate solid objects.