We Attended ACM UIST 2026

We attended the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2026), one of the top conferences in HCI, held from November 2 to 5, 2026.

This year, Tsutsumoto (first-year master's student) gave a demo, and Miyazaki (first-year doctoral student) gave a paper talk. Both presentations decompose display frames along the time axis and recombine them with a high-speed projector, exploiting the fact that the recombination conditions change with the viewer's gaze or motion.

In the demo, titled "Gaze-Contingent Dual Animation with High-Speed Projection," we showed a display method in which the appearance of a moving object in a video changes only while the viewer is tracking it with their eyes. Through the demo, we had many discussions about potential applications and technical limitations. Above all, attendees experienced the change in what they see firsthand, and we received many surprised reactions.

In the paper talk, titled Relative-Motion-Aware Color Presentation with High-Speed Projection, we presented a display system in which different images are perceived depending on the viewer's walking direction. We discussed implementation ideas, expected use cases, and the effects of various parameters. This was my first talk at a top-tier conference, so it was a goal achieved and a great source of motivation.

We also took part in the coffee breaks and the SIGCHI Japan Lunch, where we got to know fellow students and faculty working on research, and shared stories about the struggles and the fun of our work. Overall, it was a very worthwhile conference.

Written by Miyazaki