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Michelle Binyan Xu is a Ph.D. researcher in Interdisciplinary Design and Media at Northeastern University, working in the Playful Mind Lab across CAMD, Bouvé College, and the Center for Cognitive and Brain Health. Advised by Prof. Leanne Chukoskie and Prof. Casper Harteveld, she holds degrees from NYU ITP and Film, Television, and Media.
Her research intersects HCI, neuroscience, biosensing, and creativity, focusing on democratizing embodied computing. She develops accessible, customizable tools empowering artists, scientists, and clinicians to create with bodily data and sensing technologies. Her work spans creative expression, neurodiversity, and personalized healthcare, with collaborations at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital. Her work has been presented at ACM CHI, UIST, DIS, SIGGRAPH, TEI, CHI PLAY, and Creativity & Cognition.
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Aug 2026 | Selected to serve as Student Volunteer Chair for ACM Creativity & Cognition 2027/2028.
Jul 2026 | Presented our Apple Vision Pro–based multimodal AR assistant for intraoperative care, co-designed with interventional radiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital’s XR Lab, at SIGGRAPH 2026.
Jul 2026 | Presented Dan-Sco: An Embodied Performative Interface for Improvisational Co-Creation at ACM Creativity & Cognition 2026 in London.Jun 2026 | Served as an Associate Chair for the CHI PLAY 2026 Work-in-Progress track.
Jun 2026 | Presented our research on AR glasses for physical therapy at AWE USA 2026.
Key Publications：Embodied Computing for Everyone
Programmable Bodies. Collective Creativity. Collaborative Science.
My work spans leading international research communities at the intersection of human-computer interaction, art, design, and emerging technologies, including ACM CHI, UIST, DIS, SIGGRAPH, TEI, CHI PLAY, and Creativity & Cognition. These venues bring together researchers, artists, designers, and technologists to shape the future of creative and interactive technologies.
Research Papers
Co-Creating with Scientific, Clinical, and Creative Communities
“It Depends”: Re-Authoring Play Through Clinical Reasoning in Wearable AR Rehab Games
Oyster ARcade: Reconfiguring Reality, Meaning, and Play in Situated Ecological Augmented Reality
FinalPPM:Expanding Creative Bandwidth in Real-World AI-Supported Screen Production
ACM CHI 2026 Full Paper
Reimagining Wearable AR Gesture Design: Physical Therapy Reasoning in Everyday Contexts
Wei Wu, Binyan Xu, Soonhyeon Kweon, Yujie Wang, Leanne Chukoskie, Casper Harteveld
Wearable AR Glasses × Physical Therapists
ACM Creativity and Cognition 2026 Pictorial
Dan-sco: An Embodied Performative Interface for Improvisational Co-Creation
ACM CHI 2026 Short Paper
Co-Designing a Multimodal AR Assistant for Interventional Radiology Workflows
Binyan Xu, Wei Wu, Soonhyeon Kweon, Casper Harteveld, Leanne Chukoskie
Wearable AR Glasses × Therapists
ACM CHI 2026 Full Paper
Binyan Xu, Wei Wu, Junru Chen, Yujie Wang, Casper Harteveld
Research ：
Soft Sensors × Dancers/Musician
Binyan Xu, Wei Wu, Junru Chen, Yujie Wang, Casper Harteveld
Apple Vision Pro × Interventional Radiologists（Mass General Hospital）
ACM TEI 2026 Pictorial
Accepted, in press
Wearable AR Glasses × Billion Oyster Project (Governor Island, NY)
Binyan Xu et al.
A creativity support tool for media production.
ACM Under review Full Paper
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Designing Feast-ness Under Constraint: A Tofu TextureContinuum with Expectation Scaffolds
ACM DIS 2026 Provocation
Wei Wu, Binyan Xu, Yujie Wang, Casper Harteveld
A CAD tool for designing gustatory interfaces.
Art/Demo/Workshop
✏️ Paper
Designing Embodied AR Games Through PT Movement Logics: A Spectacles-Based Study
ACM CHI Play 2026 ｜Poster
Binyan Xu, Wei Wu, Soonhyeon Kweon, Casper Harteveld, Leanne Chukoskie
✏️ Paper
Ghost Gait: Cultic Feedback and Meme-Driven Accountability in Wearable AR Fitness Play
ACM CHI Play 2026 ｜Poster
✏️ Paper
Tangible Intangibles: Exploring Embodied Emotion Mixed Realityfor Art Therapy
ACM TEI 2026 ｜Studio
Perception VR Studio: Tangible and Soft Interfaces for Embodied Cognition Exploring Material Cognition through Air, Heat, Softness, and Scent in VR Environments
ACM TEI 2026 ｜ Studio
Wei Wu, Binyan Xu, Mahsa Nasri, Casper Harteveld
✏️ Paper
Prism: A Multimodal XR Assistant for Spatial Imaging Workflows in Interventional Radiology
SIGGRAPH 2026 ｜Poster/Demo
ACM Ubicomp/ISWC 2026
Dan-Sco: A Wearable Soft Sensor Prototype Designed for Live Dance-Music Performance
Program Committee: ACM DIS Provocations & Works-in-Progress AC (2026); ACM CHI PLAY Posters AC (2026).
Organizing Committee: ACM C&C Student Volunteer Chair (2028, 2027); ACM CHI PLAY Video Chair (2027, 2026); ACM TEI Studio Organizer (2026).
Peer Reviewing: Regular reviewer for leading HCI and creative technology conferences, including ACM CHI, UIST, DIS, CHI PLAY, C&C, TEI, CSCW, IUI, HRI, ISMAR, and MobileHCI. Completed 84 peer reviews, receiving 7 Special Recognitions for Outstanding Reviews.
Community Engagement: Billion Oyster Project Student Symposium Guest Reviewer (2026); MIT Reality Hack Mentor (2026, 2025); HackMIT Judge (2024).
Academic Service
Gaze Atlas: Eye-Tracking Game Open Database
An Open Resource for Eye-Tracking Games and Research
Gaze Atlas is an open database of eye-tracking games, interactive projects, and research. It helps designers, artists, and researchers explore how eye tracking can be used in games and creative experiences.
Explore Games: Discover eye-tracking games from indie developers, commercial studios, and research labs.
Find Inspiration: Browse different gaze interactions, game genres, and hardware.
Open Research: Access related papers, project sources, and downloadable datasets.
Playable Eyes: DonutEye
Making Eye Tracking a Creative Tool
DonutEye is an easy-to-use creative toolkit that helps artists, designers, and musicians turn eye-tracking data into a material for creative expression. No technical experience is needed. Download DonutEye
Ongoing Versions:
DonutEye MIDI: Turn your eye movements into music. website
DonutEye Games: Create your own eye-controlled games. Gamemode
DonutEye Editor: Use creative coding to make interactive art with your eyes. web editor
Soft Sensor Studio
Soft Sensor Studio is an easy-to-use CAD tool that lets anyone design soft sensors without technical experience. Users can create custom patterns that can be made with digital knitting machines.
Ongoing Versions:
Working with clinicians to design stretch sensors for tracking body movement. website
Exploring more creative patterns for soft sensor design. website.
Turning personal biodata into knitted patterns and playable fabrics. WIP Version