Logo

Welcome to the IEI Lab

The Immersive Empathic Interface Lab (IEI Lab) is at the forefront of cutting-edge research in Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and data-driven Empathic Computing. Our lab is dedicated to developing fully personalized, immersive, and interactive experiences designed to address complex real-world challenges. We leverage immersive environments combined with AI-driven empathic computing, utilizing biometric data such as non-verbal gestures, eye gaze, brain activity, and physiological signals. Our focus is on enhancing human emotion, perception, and cognition to create transformative solutions across various domains, including education, training, collaborative environments, simulation, and healthcare. Understanding and analyzing the digital domain with a virtual avatar, embodiment, multi-sensory, intuitive user interface system, using both empirical and statistical examination to effectively deliver the immersion and interaction experience is key in our research.

Closeup of a VR headset.

Immersive Experiences

Researching and developing multi-sensory augmented reality and virtual reality applications for use in human-behavioral research.

Webcam motion capture onto an avatar.

Empathic Computing

Leveraging machine learning to recognize, interpret, process, and simulate human affects.

Player using a VR gym.

Human-Computer Interaction

Designing interfaces for novel interactions, with particular focus given to social implications such as privacy and cybersickness.

Joining Our Lab!

The IEI Lab is actively looking for highly motivated students with a passion for solving challenging research problems in Immersive Reality, Empathic Computing, and Human-Computer Interaction. We are welcoming Ph.D., M.S., and Undergraduate researchers! Ideal applicants should have the following qualifications:

Required:

  • Technical background in Computer Science, Computer Game Design and Development, or a similar discipline;
  • Collaborate well with other team members;
  • Knowledge or experience in at least one of the following areas: 3D Game Engines (Unity 3D or Unreal), the NVIDIA Omniverse Platform, Extended Reality (Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality).

Recommended:

  • Proficiency in one or more of the following programming languages: C++, C#, or Python;
  • Knowledge or experience in at least one of the following disciplines: Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Empathic Computing, Computer Graphics or Computer Vision, User Studies.

Students who would like to apply to our lab must submit their resume via **KSU student e-mail** to sjung11@kennesaw.edu.

Learn More

To learn more about the Kennesaw State University Department of Software Engineering and Game Development, please visit the following link.