Boriana's Research

Research Interests

My research area is the field of Human Computer Interaction with a particular emphasis on mixed reality and ubicomp interfaces.

My thesis work focused on mixed realty boundaries. Mixed reality boundaries link the real and physical and my work extended the usability of the mixed reality boundary technology by developing a framework of properties that can be associated with boundaries.

Here is a list of my publications to date.

Current projects:

Mobile devices and situated installations: EPSRC funded First Grant, exploring the combination of mobile devices and situated installations to deliver new kinds of user experience that typically involve exploration of an extended physical environment

Widespread ubiquitous computing - EPSCR funded Platform Grant, charting out the significant new research challenges that arise from the future widespread adoption of ubicomp under the three broad themes of the temporal, spatial and material expansion

Wearable biosensing and the Design, Documentation and Adaptation of Entertainment Experiences - EPSRC funded feasibility study, exploring the potential of wearable biosensing technologies to enable personalised and adaptive entertainment experiences in the creative industries, with a focus on theme park rides

Previous projects:

IINSCAPE: an EU-funded 4 year Integrated Project, with the aim to enable ordinary people as well as professionals to use the latest Information Society Technologies to interactively conceive, author, publish and experience interactive stories.

Equator IRC: a six-year Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration, funded by the EPSRC, investigating the interweaving of digital and physical interaction.

ACCORD: an EU-funded project part of the Disappearing Computer Initiative, developing natural, tangible techniques that will allow novel interactive devices to be controlled and configured in the home environment

MIME: an EU-funded disappearing computer project, envisioning new embedded technologies for the home

eRENA: an EU-funded i3 project, developing electronic arenas to support new forms of cultural experience spanning arts, performance and entertainment.

I have also had the opportunity to collaborate with artists on a number of projects, including with the Blast Theory performance group on the BAFTA nominated event installation Desert Rain, with Derek Richards on a Mixed Reality Performance and with Ken Feingold on the installation Séance Box No.1. The general aim has been to explore how mixed reality technology can be used to support new forms of interactive art.