In our game Stylus Strike, you can get a fun archery experience where it is up to you to defend your castle from the evil monsters. To make you feel like you're really there, we built a spring loaded "bow" that uses a Quest controller for tracking the bow, and the MX Ink attached to the front for tracking the arrow. You can grab the "arrow" and draw it just like you would a real bow! This work has been selected as a finalist in the categories "Best Game" and "Best use of XR stylus" from over 200 projects! Play it yourself here!

This past November I had the amazing opportunity to attend the Basecamp simulation boot-camp at Weill Cornell Medicine to conduct research on our CPR timer application running on the Hololens 2! This app was developed in collaboration with Jonathan Segal at Cornell Tech and is supposed to help medical professionals keep time in CPR scenarios. The event was highly interesting, as we gave the headset to medical professionals in a simulated CPR scenario and got to observe their work with or without using the headset. We were able to gather a lot of feedback about the app and hope to improve it further these coming months.

In health care, there are still many devices with poorly designed user interfaces that can lead to user errors. Especially in acute care, an error can lead to critical conditions in patients. Previous research has shown that the use of augmented reality can help to better monitor the condition of patients and better detect unforeseen events. The system created in this work is intended to aid in the detection of changes in patient and equipment-data in order to increase detection of critical conditions or errors. Find the publication here.

We developed "WueConnect" for the city of Würzburg—an app aimed at streamlining local political engagement by making it easier for citizens to stay updated on municipal projects and share their views. The app empowers users to participate in decisions on issues like preservation or demolition of community structures, and it features a points-based system that rewards active engagement. For instance, users can gain points by voting on issues or attending public workshops, potentially earning rewards like theater tickets. Our team collaborated closely with city officials, preparing for the handover to Würzburg's "SmartCity" team, which will manage the app going forward. "WueConnect" is part of a broader set of digital initiatives led by students to support Würzburg's development as a connected, digital city. Professor Harald Wehnes supervised the project as part of a course for agile project management. At Projekta 2019, we won the prize for most innovative product.