Creating Personalized Realities That Connect People's Perceptions of Reality
ISBN
979-8-4007-2281-3/2026/04
Type
conference contribution
Date Issued
2026-04-13
Author(s)
Abstract
Driven by advances in Extended Reality, Ubiquitous Computing, and AI, personalized services are increasingly interwoven into people's everyday lives. Such Ubiquitous Personalization (UP) may enable more efficient interaction and equitable information access. However, the Personalized Realities (PR) such UP creates may also diminish shared experiences and isolate individuals in fragmented realities. Additionally, by potentially mediating people's full reality, UP grants unprecedented control to system designers, enabling both beneficial and manipulative practices. In my dissertation, I thus investigate how responsible UP systems in single-and multiuser contexts may create beneficial PRs while mitigating harmful implications. Through mixed-methods research combining conceptual frameworks, technical prototypes, and controlled user studies, I systematically study responsible UP systems and provide concrete examples for their implementation. My research aims to provide theoretical and practical foundations enabling researchers and practitioners to design, evaluate, and deploy useful PR experiences that connect people's realities instead of isolating them.
Keywords
extended reality
personalization
ubiquitous computing
privacy
responsible computing
societal implications
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26)
Publisher
ACM
Pages
6
Event Title
2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Event Location
Barcelona, Spain
Event Date
April 13 - 17, 2026
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Contact Email Address
jannis.strecker-bischoff@unisg.ch
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