Hello, I'm Ada Zhao 赵艺
I am a first-year PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, advised by Ellen Yi-Luen Do and Ryo Suzuki.
I am an HCI researcher working to reimagine computing as a collaborator in physical life. My work explores embedded assistance, an approach that integrates intelligent feedback directly into the spaces and tools where action happens by using computer vision, large language models, and augmented reality. I aim to help people learn, move, and engage more joyfully with the physical world.
In this paper, we present Guided Reality, a fully automated AR system that generates embedded and dynamic visual guidance based on step-by-step instructions.
A comparative structured observation study to analyze how people's perception of space, and interaction with remote collaborators changes across mobile video calls and AR-based calls
WizARd and Apprentice tracks and records expert demonstrations and moving objects, leveraging the natural synchronization of speech and action to identify key steps and automatically create spatial markers.
We present TeleWindow: a frame with mountable volumetriccameras that attaches to a display for immersive 3D video confer-encing.
