IMMERSE Distinguished Lecture - Ali Israr: Feeling the Data: Haptics as Information Media in Immersive Environments
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- IMMERSE Center for IMMERSIVE Computing
- Location
- Siebel School of Computing and Data Science Room 2405
- Date
- Nov 6, 2025 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Speaker
- Ali Israr
- Contact
- James Planey
- planey@illinois.edu
- Views
- 265
- Originating Calendar
- IMMERSE Seminar Series
- Abstract:
In the age of information, users are exposed to an unprecedented volume of digital content. To effectively assimilate, store, and retrieve relevant information, emerging technologies now enable more natural and intuitive interaction with digital media, enhancing both efficiency and immersion. In this talk, I will present recent work on multichannel and multidimensional haptic displays that augment user experience—allowing users to feel stories through semantic cues in natural language, manipulate virtual objects with varying compliance and dynamic properties, and mitigate cybersickness through spatial haptics applied to the body. Haptic feedback not only extends the communication bandwidth between users and their digital content but also opens new modes of information exchange in immersive storytelling and virtual environments.
Bio:
ALI ISRAR (PhD) is a technology leader, inventor, scientist and an engineer. Over the last 25 years Ali has conducted research and development with Haptics Feedback Technologies at the forefront of industry with ByteDance, Meta and Disney. Ali had managed research and product innovation teams, managed end-to-end development of core hardware and software modules from initial idea to executing deployment strategies, and demonstrated product graded experiences in exhibitions and companywide promotion campaigns. Ali has over 100 scientific publications and more than 30 granted patents.
This is an in-person event. Refreshments will be provided.