Breaking the Isolation: Exploring the Impact of Passthrough in Shared Spaces on Player Performance and Experience in VR Exergames

Zixuan Guo, Hongyu Wang, Hanxiao Deng, Wenge Xu, Nilufar Baghaei, Cheng-Hung Lo, and Hai-Ning Liang

IEEE TVCG

Exploring the effect of the Group Size and Feedback of non-player character spectators in virtual reality exergames

Wenge Xu, Kangyou Yu, Xuanru Meng, Diego Monteiro, Dominic Kao, and Hai-Ning Liang

Frontier in Psychology

Cheer for Me: Effect of Non-Player Character Audience Feedback on Older Adult Users of Virtual Reality Exergames

Kangyou Yu, Shaoyue Wen, Wenge Xu, Maurizio Caon, Nilufar Baghaei, Hai-Ning Liang

Springer Virtual Reality

Acceptance of Virtual Reality Exergames Among Chinese Older Adults

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Kangyou Yu, Shaoyue Wen, Nilufar Baghaei, Huawei Tu

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

Real-time Prediction of Simulator Sickness in Virtual Reality Games

Jialin Wang, Hai-Ning Liang, Diego Monteiro, Wenge Xu, Jimin Xiao

IEEE Transcations on Games 2022

Effects of an Immersive Virtual Reality Exergame on University Students’ Anxiety, Depression, and Perceived Stress: Pilot Feasibility and Usability Study

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Nilufar Baghaei, Xiaoyue Ma, Kangyou Yu, Xuanru Meng, Shaoyue Wen

JMIR Serious Games 2021

Virtual Reality Sickness Mitigation Methods: A Comparative Study in a Racing Game

Rongkai Shi, Hai-Ning Liang, Yu Wu, Difeng Yu, Wenge Xu

SIGRAPH i3D 2021

Health benefits of digital videogames for the aging population: a systematic review

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Nilufar Baghaei, Bing Wu Berberich, Yong Yue

Games for Health 2020

Studying the Effect of Display Type and Viewing Perspective on User Experience in Virtual Reality Exergames

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Zeying Zhang, Nilufar Baghaei

Games for Health 2020

Results and Guidelines From a Repeated-Measures Design Experiment Comparing Standing and Seated Full-Body Gesture-Based Immersive Virtual Reality Exergames: Within-Subjects Evaluation

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Qiuyu Hem Xiang Li, Kangyou Yu, Yuzheng Chen

JMIR Serious Games 2020

RingText: Dwell-Free and Hands-Free Text Entry for Mobile Head-Mounted Displays Using Head Motions

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Yuxuan Zhao, Tianyu Zhang, Difeng Yu, Diego Monteiro

IEEE TVCG 2019

An Investigation of Micro-and Macro-Interaction for 3D Manipulation using Dual-Hand Controller in Virtual Reality Environments

Difeng Yu, Juntao Zhu, Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Charles Fleming, Yong Yue

International Journal of Design, Analysis and Tools for Integrated Circuits and Systems 2018

PizzaText: text entry for virtual reality systems using dual thumbsticks

Difeng Yu, Kaixuan Fan, Heng Zhang, Diego Monteiro, Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang

IEEE TVCG 2018

Evaluating enjoyment, presence, and emulator sickness in VR games based on first‐and third‐person viewing perspectives

Diego Monteiro, Hai-Ning Liang, Wenge Xu, Marvin Brucker, Vijayakumar Nanjappan, Yong Yue

Computer Animation & Virtual Worlds 2018

Exploring the Effect of Display Type on Co-Located Multiple Player Gameplay Performance, Immersion, Social Presence, and Behavior Patterns

Wenge Xu, Ruichen Zhang, Diego Monteiro, Vijayakumar Nanjappan, Yihong Wang, and Hai-Ning Liang

GRAPP 2024

Who's Watching Me?: Exploring the Impact of Audience Familiarity on Player Performance, Experience, and Exertion in Virtual Reality Exergames

Zixuan Guo, Wenge Xu, Jialin Zhang, Hongyu Wang, Cheng-Hung Lo, Hai-Ning Liang

IEEE ISMAR'23

An Exploration of Hands-free Text Selection for Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Displays

Xuanru Meng, Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang

IEEE ISMAR'22

Evaluation Text Selection in Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Displays

Wenge Xu, Xuanru Meng, Kangyou Yu, Sayan Sarcar, Hai-Ning Liang

IEEE ISMAR'22

Design and Development of a Low-cost Device for Weight and Center of Gravity Simulation in Virtual Reality

Diego Monteiro, Hai-Ning Liang, Xian Wang, Wenge Xu, Huawei Tu

ACM ICMI'21

A Novel Lesion Segmentation Algorithm based on U-Net Network for Tuberculosis CT Image

Shaoyue Wen, Jing Liu, Wenge Xu

ICAAI'21

Effect of Gameplay Uncertainty, Display Type, and Age on Virtual Reality Exergames

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Kangyou Yu, Nilufar Baghaei

ACM CHI'21

Exploration of Hands-free Text Entry Techniques For Virtual Reality

Xueshi Lu, Difeng Yu, Hai-Ning Liang, Wenge Xu, Yuzheng Chen, Xiang Li, Khalad Hasan

IEEE ISMAR'20

Exploring Visual Techniques for Boundary Awareness During Interaction in Augmented Reality Head-Mounted Displays

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Yuzheng Chen, Xiang Li, Kangyou Yu

IEEE VR'20

Pointing and selection methods for text entry in augmented reality head mounted displays

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Anqi He, Zifan Wang

IEEE ISMAR'19

Depthmove: Leveraging head motions in the depth dimension to interact with virtual reality head-worn displays

Difeng Yu, Hai-Ning Liang, Xueshi Lu, Tianyu Zhang, Wenge Xu

IEEE ISMAR'19

Assessing the Effects of a Full-body Motion-based Exergame in Virtual Reality

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Yifan Yu, Diego Monteiro, Khalad Hasan, Charles Fleming

Chinese CHI'19

DMove: Directional Motion-based Interaction for Augmented Reality Head-Mounted Displays

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Yuxuan Zhao, Difeng Yu, Diego Monteiro

ACM CHI'19

Directional Motion-based Interfaces for Virtual and Augmented Reality Head-mounted Displays

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Yong Yue

CIOMSSC'18

BlockTower: A Multi-player Cross-Platform Competitive Social Game

Ruichen Zheng, Hai-Ning Liang, Ruiqi Xie, Yuwei Shi, Wenge Xu, Konstantinos Papangelis

VR, Simulations and Serious Games for Education 2019

Socially Distanced: Have user evaluation methods for Immersive Technologies changed during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Becky Spittle, Wenge Xu, Maite Frutos-Pascual, Chris Creed, Ian Williams

IEEE ISMAR'21

Designing Individualised Virtual Reality Applications for Supporting Depression: A Feasibility Study

Nilufar Baghaei, Lehan Stemmet, Imran Khaliq, Atefeh Ahmadi, Hai-Ning Liang, Wenge Xu, Mark Billinghurst, Richard Porter

ACM EICS'21

Real-Time Detection of Simulator Sickness in Virtual Reality Games Based on Players’ Psychophysiological Data during Gameplay

Jialin Wang, Hai-Ning Liang, Diego Monteiro, Wenge Xu, Hao Chen, Qiwen Chen

IEEE ISMAR'20

VirusBoxing: A HIIT-based VR Boxing Game

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Xiaoyue Ma, Xiang Li

CHI PLAY'20

DepthText: Leveraging Head Movements towards the Depth Dimension for Hands-free Text Entry in Mobile Virtual Reality Systems

Xueshi Lu, Difeng Yu, Hai-Ning Liang, Xiyu Feng, Wenge Xu

IEEE VR'19

DepthMove: Hands-free Interaction in Virtual Reality Using Head Motions in the Depth Dimension

Difeng Yu, Hai-Ning Liang, Tianyu Zhang, Wenge Xu

IEEE VR'19

Comparative Study of AR Versus Image and Video for Exercise Learning

Jamie Burns, Wenge Xu, Ian Williams, Irfan Khawaja

Accepted as IEEE ISMAR'22 poster, but was unable to secured the fund to publish.