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April 21, 2026
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2:50 PM
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APB/E023
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English
Summary
While current-generation smart glasses like the Meta Ray-Ban Displays and EvenRealities offer convenient, hands-free access to digital information — from mobile notifications to presentation notes — their head-locked displays present challenges for legibility when users are in motion. Future augmented reality (AR) glasses capable of continuously seeing and understanding their surroundings will offer more ways to present information such as anchoring it to the environment, suspending it in mid-air, or attaching it to physical objects.
As these glasses will be used in a variety of contexts, including while walking, a crucial design question arises: where should AR interfaces be placed when users are on the go? This talk explores this question, drawing on my research to demonstrate how this seemingly simple decision significantly impacts interaction while walking, influencing both the perception of information and effective user input.
Join me to learn why placement matters and how to make informed design choices for wearable AR experiences.
Vita
Pavel Manakhov is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University. He currently collaborates on the GEMINI project, led by Prof. Hans Gellersen, which focuses on the fundamental role of gaze in interaction. Pavel holds two doctoral degrees: one in Engineering from MSUT “STANKIN”, Russia and another in Computer Science from Aarhus University, Denmark. His professional background includes extensive experience in UX Design and university-level teaching. His primary research goal is to enable efficient and safe interaction with spatial user interfaces of extended reality glasses during physical movement.
