Ravin Balakrishnan

Orcid: 0000-0002-3379-7680

Affiliations:
  • University of Toronto, Canada


According to our database1, Ravin Balakrishnan authored at least 157 papers between 1994 and 2023.

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2023
Stargazer: An Interactive Camera Robot for Capturing How-To Videos Based on Subtle Instructor Cues.
Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023

2022
ASTEROIDS: Exploring Swarms of Mini-Telepresence Robots for Physical Skill Demonstration.
Proceedings of the CHI '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New Orleans, LA, USA, 29 April 2022, 2022

2021
Route Tapestries: Navigating 360° Virtual Tour Videos Using Slit-Scan Visualizations.
Proceedings of the UIST '21: The 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2021

Constellation: a Multi-User Interface for Remote Drone Tours.
Proceedings of the HAI '21: International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, Virtual Event, Japan, November 9, 2021

2020
Disambiguation Techniques for Freehand Object Manipulations in Virtual Reality.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, 2020

StarHopper: A Touch Interface for Remote Object-Centric Drone Navigation.
Proceedings of the 45th Graphics Interface Conference 2020, 2020

A conversation with CHCCS 2020 achievement award winner Ravin Balakrishnan.
Proceedings of the 45th Graphics Interface Conference 2020, 2020

Object-Centric Camera Drone Control for Unconstrained Telepresence.
Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Workshop on Human-Drone Interaction co-located with the 2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020), 2020

2019
Integrating Multimedia Tools to Enrich Interactions in Live Streaming for Language Learning.
Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019

2018
Asterisk and Obelisk: Motion Codes for Passive Tagging.
Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2018

PageFlip: Leveraging Page-Flipping Gestures for Efficient Command and Value Selection on Smartwatches.
Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018

2017
HapticClench: Investigating Squeeze Sensations using Memory Alloys.
Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2017

Summon and Select: Rapid Interaction with Interface Controls in Mid-air.
Proceedings of the Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, 2017

2016
Augmenting Mobile Phone Interaction with Face-Engaged Gestures.
CoRR, 2016

Multi-Device Storyboards for Cinematic Narratives in VR.
Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2016

Haptic Learning of Semaphoric Finger Gestures.
Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2016

Porous Interfaces for Small Screen Multitasking using Finger Identification.
Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2016

Storeoboard: Sketching Stereoscopic Storyboards.
Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2016

Direct Manipulation in Tactile Displays.
Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2016

DualKey: Miniature Screen Text Entry via Finger Identification.
Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2016

Improv Remix: Mixed-Reality Video Manipulation Using Whole-Body Interaction to Extend Improvised Theatre.
Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS '16, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, June 04, 2016

2015
Exploring and modeling unimanual object manipulation on multi-touch displays.
Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud., 2015

A Dataset of Naturally Occurring, Whole-Body Background Activity to Reduce Gesture Conflicts.
CoRR, 2015

Dialogic manipulation for tactile displays.
Proceedings of the 27th Conference on l'Interaction Homme-Machine, 2015

2014
A model of scrolling on touch-sensitive displays.
Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud., 2014

WallTop: Managing Overflowing Windows on a Large Display.
Hum. Comput. Interact., 2014

LACES: live authoring through compositing and editing of streaming video.
Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2014

2013
Interactive Exploration of Implicit and Explicit Relations in Faceted Datasets.
IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph., 2013

Implicit bookmarking: Improving support for revisitation in within-document reading tasks.
Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud., 2013

TrailMap: facilitating information seeking in a multi-scale digital map via implicit bookmarking.
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2013

SeeSay and HearSay CAPTCHA for mobile interaction.
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2013

Direct space-time trajectory control for visual media editing.
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2013

2012
Facilitating Discourse Analysis with Interactive Visualization.
IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph., 2012

Paying in Kind for Crowdsourced Work in Developing Regions.
Proceedings of the Pervasive Computing - 10th International Conference, 2012

User learning and performance with bezel menus.
Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2012

mClerk: enabling mobile crowdsourcing in developing regions.
Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2012

2011
Exploratory Analysis of Time-Series with ChronoLenses.
IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph., 2011

Elasticurves: exploiting stroke dynamics and inertia for the real-time neatening of sketched 2D curves.
Proceedings of the 24th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2011

Tangible actions.
Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, 2011

An exploratory study on the use of camera phones and pico projectors in rural India.
Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 2011

Exploring display techniques for mobile collaborative learning in developing regions.
Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 2011

Verifying Human Users in Speech-Based Interactions.
Proceedings of the INTERSPEECH 2011, 2011

KronoMiner: using multi-foci navigation for the visual exploration of time-series data.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2011

2010
Direct Pen Interaction With a Conventional Graphical User Interface.
Hum. Comput. Interact., 2010

Providing Dynamic Visual Information for Collaborative Tasks: Experiments With Automatic Camera Control.
Hum. Comput. Interact., 2010

The satellite cursor: achieving MAGIC pointing without gaze tracking using multiple cursors.
Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2010

RearType: text entry using keys on the back of a device.
Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 2010

Automatic camera control using unobtrusive vision and audio tracking.
Proceedings of the Graphics Interface 2010 Conference, May 31, 2010

Multiple mouse text entry for single-display groupware.
Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2010

Occlusion-aware interfaces.
Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2010

A study of tabbed browsing among mozilla firefox users.
Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2010

Effects of interior bezels of tiled-monitor large displays on visual search, tunnel steering, and target selection.
Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2010

2009
Introduction to this Special Issue on Ubiquitous Multi-Display Environments.
Hum. Comput. Interact., 2009

Enabling always-available input with muscle-computer interfaces.
Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2009

EverybodyLovesSketch: 3D sketching for a broader audience.
Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2009

Numeric paper forms for NGOs.
Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, 2009

Featherweight multimedia for information dissemination.
Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, 2009

Haptic conviction widgets.
Proceedings of the Graphics Interface 2009 Conference, 2009

Hand occlusion with tablet-sized direct pen input.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2009

A mischief of mice: examining children's performance in single display groupware systems with 1 to 32 mice.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2009

Codex: a dual screen tablet computer.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2009

Improving visual search with image segmentation.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2009

Comparing semiliterate and illiterate users' ability to transition from audio+text to text-only interaction.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2009

Comparing usage of a large high-resolution display to single or dual desktop displays for daily work.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2009

2008
The Impact of Control-Display Gain on User Performance in Pointing Tasks.
Hum. Comput. Interact., 2008

Sketching and Composing Widgets for 3D Manipulation.
Comput. Graph. Forum, 2008

An exploration of pen rolling for pen-based interaction.
Proceedings of the 21st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2008

Sphere: multi-touch interactions on a spherical display.
Proceedings of the 21st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2008

ILoveSketch: as-natural-as-possible sketching system for creating 3d curve models.
Proceedings of the 21st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2008

ShapeTouch: Leveraging contact shape on interactive surfaces.
Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Workshop on Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces (Tabletop 2008), 2008

<i>Flashlight jigsaw</i>: an exploratory study of an ad-hoc multi-player game on public displays.
Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2008

Demonstrating the feasibility of using forearm electromyography for muscle-computer interfaces.
Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2008

Improving meeting capture by applying television production principles with audio and motion detection.
Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2008

Collaborative interaction with volumetric displays.
Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2008

Evaluating tactile feedback and direct vs. indirect stylus input in pointing and crossing selection tasks.
Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2008

Video browsing by direct manipulation.
Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2008

Peephole pointing: modeling acquisition of dynamically revealed targets.
Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2008

Exploring the feasibility of video mail for illiterate users.
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, 2008

2007
Multi-user interaction using handheld projectors.
Proceedings of the 20th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2007

Interface techniques for 3D control of spatial keyframing.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 2007

Earpod: eyes-free menu selection using touch input and reactive audio feedback.
Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2007

Perception of elementary graphical elements in tabletop and multi-surface environments.
Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2007

Dynamic shared visual spaces: experimenting with automatic camera control in a remote repair task.
Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2007

Pointing lenses: facilitating stylus input through visual-and motor-space magnification.
Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2007

Pressure marks.
Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2007

Exploring and reducing the effects of orientation on text readability in volumetric displays.
Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2007

Modeling pointing at targets of arbitrary shapes.
Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2007

Strategies for accelerating on-line learning of hotkeys.
Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2007

Direct-touch vs. mouse input for tabletop displays.
Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2007

An exploratory study of input configuration and group process in a negotiation task using a large display.
Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2007

2006
Under the table interaction.
Proceedings of the 19th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2006

The design and evaluation of selection techniques for 3D volumetric displays.
Proceedings of the 19th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2006

HybridPointing: fluid switching between absolute and relative pointing with a direct input device.
Proceedings of the 19th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2006

Interacting with dynamically defined information spaces using a handheld projector and a pen.
Proceedings of the 19th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2006

Mnemonic rendering: an image-based approach for exposing hidden changes in dynamic displays.
Proceedings of the 19th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2006

Gesture Registration, Relaxation, and Reuse for Multi-Point Direct-Touch Surfaces.
Proceedings of the First IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (Tabletop 2006), 2006

An interface for virtual 3D sculpting via physical proxy.
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and Southeast Asia 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 29, 2006

An exploratory analysis of partner action and camera control in a video-mediated collaborative task.
Proceedings of the 2006 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2006

Exploring the effects of group size and display configuration on visual search.
Proceedings of the 2006 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2006

Effects of display position and control space orientation on user preference and performance.
Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2006

Searching in audio: the utility of transcripts, dichotic presentation, and time-compression.
Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2006

Hover widgets: using the tracking state to extend the capabilities of pen-operated devices.
Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2006

Keepin' it real: pushing the desktop metaphor with physics, piles and the pen.
Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2006

Table-centric interactive spaces for real-time collaboration.
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces, 2006

An evaluation of depth perception on volumetric displays.
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces, 2006

Why Aren't We Using 3D User Interfaces, and Will We Ever?
Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces, 2006

2005
Multi-finger gestural interaction with 3D volumetric displays.
ACM Trans. Graph., 2005

Fitts' law and expanding targets: Experimental studies and designs for user interfaces.
ACM Trans. Comput. Hum. Interact., 2005

A probabilistic approach to modeling two-dimensional pointing.
ACM Trans. Comput. Hum. Interact., 2005

View and Space Management on Large Displays.
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 2005

Distant freehand pointing and clicking on very large, high resolution displays.
Proceedings of the 18th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2005

Zliding: fluid zooming and sliding for high precision parameter manipulation.
Proceedings of the 18th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2005

Interacting with large displays from a distance with vision-tracked multi-finger gestural input.
Proceedings of the 18th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2005

Zoom-and-pick: facilitating visual zooming and precision pointing with interactive handheld projectors.
Proceedings of the 18th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2005

Interactive Visualization of Genealogical Graphs.
Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis 2005), 2005

Evaluation of an on-line adaptive gesture interface with command prediction.
Proceedings of the Graphics Interface 2005 Conference, 2005

Empirical Investigation into the Effect of Orientation on Text Readability in Tabletop Displays.
Proceedings of the Ninth European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2005

An Evaluation of Techniques for Reducing Spatial Interference in Single Display Groupware.
Proceedings of the Ninth European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2005

The bubble cursor: enhancing target acquisition by dynamic resizing of the cursor's activation area.
Proceedings of the 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2005

The vacuum: facilitating the manipulation of distant objects.
Proceedings of the 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2005

2004
VisionWand: interaction techniques for large displays using a passive wand tracked in 3D.
ACM Trans. Graph., 2004

"Beating" Fitts' law: virtual enhancements for pointing facilitation.
Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud., 2004

Simple vs. compound mark hierarchical marking menus.
Proceedings of the 17th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2004

Interactive public ambient displays: transitioning from implicit to explicit, public to personal, interaction with multiple users.
Proceedings of the 17th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2004

Expand-Ahead: A Space-Filling Strategy for Browsing Trees.
Proceedings of the 10th IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis 2004), 2004

A comparison of consecutive and concurrent input text entry techniques for mobile phones.
Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2004

A suggestive interface for image guided 3D sketching.
Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2004

Pressure widgets.
Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2004

Pointing at trivariate targets in 3D environments.
Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2004

An Empirical Comparison of Transparency on One and Two Layer Displays.
Proceedings of the People and Computers XVIII, 2004

Temporal Thumbnails: rapid visualization of time-based viewing data.
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces, 2004

Visualizing 3D scenes using non-linear projections and data mining of previous camera movements.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Graphics, 2004

2003
Sentient Data.
ACM Queue, 2003

Using Deformations for Browsing Volumetric Data.
Proceedings of the 14th IEEE Visualization Conference, 2003

Multi-finger and whole hand gestural interaction techniques for multi-user tabletop displays.
Proceedings of the 16th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2003

<i>TiltText</i>: using tilt for text input to mobile phones.
Proceedings of the 16th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2003

Fluid interaction techniques for the control and annotation of digital video.
Proceedings of the 16th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2003

An interface for creating and manipulating curves using a high degree-of-freedom curve input device.
Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2003

2002
StyleCam: interactive stylized 3D navigation using integrated spatial & temporal controls.
Proceedings of the 15th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2002

Acquisition of expanding targets.
Proceedings of the CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing our World, 2002

Creating principal 3D curves with digital tape drawing.
Proceedings of the CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing our World, 2002

2001
Issues in bimanual interaction for computer graphics.
PhD thesis, 2001

User Interfaces for Volumetric Displays.
Computer, 2001

Interaction techniques for 3D modeling on large displays.
Proceedings of the 2001 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, 2001

2000
Large Displays in Automotive Design.
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 2000

Symmetric bimanual interaction.
Proceedings of the CHI 2000 Conference on Human factors in computing systems, 2000

1999
Sampling, Synthesis, and Input Devices.
Commun. ACM, 1999

The Role of Kinesthetic Reference Frames in Two-Handed Input Performance.
Proceedings of the 12th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 1999

Digital Tape Drawing.
Proceedings of the 12th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 1999

Exploring interactive curve and surface manipulation using a bend and twist sensitive input strip.
Proceedings of the 1999 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, 1999

An Exploration into Supporting Artwork Orientation in the User Interface.
Proceedings of the Proceeding of the CHI '99 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: The CHI is the Limit, 1999

Exploring Bimanual Camera Control and Object Manipulation in 3D Graphics Interfaces.
Proceedings of the Proceeding of the CHI '99 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: The CHI is the Limit, 1999

1998
The PadMouse: Facilitating Selection and Spatial Positioning for the Non-Dominant Hand.
Proceedings of the Proceeding of the CHI '98 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1998

1997
Performance Differences in the Fingers, Wrist, and Forearm in Computer Input Control.
Proceedings of the Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1997

The Rockin' Mouse: Integral 3D Manipulation on a Plane.
Proceedings of the Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1997

1994
Reaching for Objects in VR Displays: Lag and Frame Rate.
ACM Trans. Comput. Hum. Interact., 1994

Virtual hand tool with force feedback.
Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1994


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