Sebastian Günther

Publications

• 2021
• 
  S. Günther, F. Müller, F. Hübner, M. Mühlhäuser, A. Matviienko

  ActuBoard: An Open Rapid Prototyping Platform to Integrate Hardware Actuators in Remote Applications

  In Companion of the 2021 ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems

  10.1145/3459926.3464757     PDF    Bibtex

  @inproceedings{Guenther2021actuboard,
  author = {G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and M\"{u}ller, Florian and H\"{u}bner, Felix and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max and Matviienko, Andrii},
  title = {ActuBoard: An Open Rapid Prototyping Platform to Integrate Hardware Actuators in Remote Applications},
  year = {2021},
  isbn = {9781450384490},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3459926.3464757},
  doi = {10.1145/3459926.3464757},
  abstract = { Prototyping is an essential step in developing tangible experiences and novel devices, ranging from haptic feedback to wearables. However, prototyping of actuated devices nowadays often requires repetitive and time-consuming steps, such as wiring, soldering, and programming basic communication, before HCI researchers and designers can focus on their primary interest: designing interaction. In this paper, we present ActuBoard, a prototyping platform to support 1) quick assembly, 2) less preparation work, and 3) the inclusion of non-tech-savvy users. With ActuBoard, users are not required to create complex circuitry, write a single line of firmware, or implementing communication protocols. Acknowledging existing systems, our platform combines the flexibility of low-level microcontrollers and ease-of-use of abstracted tinker platforms to control actuators from separate applications. As further contribution, we highlight the technical specifications and published the ActuBoard platform as Open Source.},
  booktitle = {Companion of the 2021 ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems},
  pages = {70–76},
  numpages = {7},
  keywords = {hardware, tinkering, actuators, haptics, rapid prototyping, open source, virtual reality},
  location = {Virtual Event, Netherlands},
  series = {EICS '21}
  }
  
  

• 2020
• 
  H. Elsayed, M. Weigel, F. Müller, M. Schmitz, K. Marky, S. Günther, J. Riemann, M. Mühlhäuser

  VibroMap: Understanding the Spacing of Vibrotactile Actuators across the Body

  In Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol.

  10.1145/3432189     Bibtex

  @article{elsayed2020vibromap,
  author = {Elsayed, Hesham and Weigel, Martin and M\"{u}ller, Florian and Schmitz, Martin and Marky, Karola and G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and Riemann, Jan and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
  title = {VibroMap: Understanding the Spacing of Vibrotactile Actuators across the Body},
  year = {2020},
  issue_date = {December 2020},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  volume = {4},
  number = {4},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3432189},
  doi = {10.1145/3432189},
  abstract = {In spite of the great potential of on-body vibrotactile displays for a variety of applications, research lacks an understanding of the spacing between vibrotactile actuators. Through two experiments, we systematically investigate vibrotactile perception on the wrist, forearm, upper arm, back, torso, thigh, and leg, each in transverse and longitudinal body orientation. In the first experiment, we address the maximum distance between vibration motors that still preserves the ability to generate phantom sensations. In the second experiment, we investigate the perceptual accuracy of localizing vibrations in order to establish the minimum distance between vibration motors. Based on the results, we derive VibroMap, a spatial map of the functional range of inter-motor distances across the body. VibroMap supports hardware and interaction designers with design guidelines for constructing body-worn vibrotactile displays.},
  journal = {Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol.},
  month = dec,
  articleno = {125},
  numpages = {16},
  keywords = {haptic output, design implications, wearable computing, vibrotactile interfaces, phantom sensation, actuator spacing, ERM vibration motors}
  }
  
  
  

• 
  S. Günther, F. Müller, D. Schön, O. Elmoghazy, M. Schmitz, M. Mühlhäuser

  Therminator: Understanding the Interdependency of Visual and On-Body Thermal Feedback in Virtual Reality

  In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (to appear)

  10.1145/3313831.3376195     PDF    Teaser Video     Full Video     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{guenther2020therminator,
   author = {G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and M{\"u}ller, Florian and Sch{\"o}n, Dominik and Elmoghazy, Omar and Schmitz, Martin and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max},
   title = {Therminator: Understanding the Interdependency of Visual and On-Body Thermal Feedback in Virtual Reality},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (to appear)},
   series = {CHI '20},
   year = {2020},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-6708-0},
   location = {Honolulu, HI, USA},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376195},
   video = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5lkmqAua78},
   teaservideo = {https://youtu.be/w9FnG1eoWD8},
   doi = {10.1145/3313831.3376195},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {Haptics, Temperature, Thermal Feedback, Virtual Reality},
   abstract = {Recent advances have made Virtual Reality (VR) more realistic than ever before. This improved realism is attributed to today's ability to increasingly appeal to human sensations, such as visual, auditory or tactile. While research also examines temperature sensation as an important aspect, the interdependency of visual and thermal perception in VR is still underexplored. In this paper, we propose Therminator, a thermal display concept that provides warm and cold on-body feedback in VR through heat conduction of flowing liquids with different temperatures. Further, we systematically evaluate the interdependency of different visual and thermal stimuli on the temperature perception of arm and abdomen with 25 participants. As part of the results, we found varying temperature perception depending on the stimuli, as well as increasing involvement of users during conditions with matching stimuli.}
  }
  
  
  

• 
  S. Günther, D. Schön, F. Müller, M. Mühlhäuser, M. Schmitz

  PneumoVolley: Pressure-based Haptic Feedback on the Head through Pneumatic Actuation

  In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  10.1145/3334480.3382916     PDF    Teaser Video     Full Video     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{guenther2020pneumovolley,
   author = {G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and Sch{\"o}n, Dominik and M{\"u}ller, Florian and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max and Schmitz, Martin},
   title = {PneumoVolley: Pressure-based Haptic Feedback on the Head through Pneumatic Actuation},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
   series = {CHI EA '20},
   year = {2020},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-6708-0},
   location = {Honolulu, HI, USA},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3382916},
  file={https://fileserver.tk.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/Publications/2020/guenther2020pneumovolley.pdf},
   video = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKnV8HrUx9M},
   teaservideo = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SlrCqF-5m4},
   doi = {10.1145/3334480.3382916},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {Haptics, Pressure, Volleyball, Virtual Reality, Blobbyvolley},
   abstract = {Haptic Feedback brings immersion and presence in Virtual Reality (VR) to the next level. While research proposes the usage of various tactile sensations, such as vibration or ultrasound approaches, the potential applicability of pressure feedback on the head is still underexplored. In this paper, we contribute concepts and design considerations for pressure-based feedback on the head through pneumatic actuation. As a proof-of-concept implementing our pressure-based haptics, we further present PneumoVolley: a VR experience similar to the classic Volleyball game but played with the head. In an exploratory user study with 9 participants, we evaluated our concepts and identified a significantly increased involvement compared to a no-haptics baseline along with high realism and enjoyment ratings using pressure-based feedback on the head in VR.}
  }
  
  

• 
  R. Koutny, S. Günther, N. Dhingra, A. Kunz, K. Miesenberger, M. Mühlhäuser

  Accessible Multimodal Tool Support for Brainstorming Meetings

  In Computers Helping People with Special Needs

  10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_2     Bibtex

  @InProceedings{koutny2020toolsupport,
  author={Koutny, Reinhard and G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and Dhingra, Naina and Kunz, Andreas and Miesenberger, Klaus and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max},
  editor={Miesenberger, Klaus and Manduchi, Roberto and Covarrubias Rodriguez, Mario and Pe{\v{n}}{\'a}z, Petr},
  title="Accessible Multimodal Tool Support for Brainstorming Meetings",
  booktitle="Computers Helping People with Special Needs",
  year="2020",
  publisher="Springer International Publishing",
  address="Cham",
  pages="11--20",
  abstract="In recent years, assistive technology and digital accessibility for blind and visually impaired people (BVIP) has been significantly improved. Yet, group discussions, especially in a business context, are still challenging as non-verbal communication (NVC) is often depicted on digital whiteboards, including deictic gestures paired with visual artifacts. However, as NVC heavily relies on the visual perception, whichrepresents a large amount of detail, an adaptive approach is required that identifies the most relevant information for BVIP. Additionally, visual artifacts usually rely on spatial properties such as position, orientation, and dimensions to convey essential information such as hierarchy, cohesion, and importance that is often not accessible to the BVIP. In this paper, we investigate the requirements of BVIP during brainstorming sessions and, based on our findings, provide an accessible multimodal tool that uses non-verbal and spatial cues as an additional layer of information. Further, we contribute by presenting a set of input and output modalities that encode and decode information with respect to the individual demands of BVIP and the requirements of different use cases.",
  isbn="978-3-030-58805-2",
  doi="10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_2",
  url="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_2",
  series="ICCHP '20"
  }
  
  
  
  

• 
  F. Müller, S. Günther, M. Mühlhäuser

  Around-Body Interaction: Interacting While on the Go

  In IEEE Pervasive Computing

  10.1109/MPRV.2020.2977850     Bibtex

  @ARTICLE{mueller2020aroundbodyinteraction,
    author={M{\"u}ller, Florian and G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max},
    journal={IEEE Pervasive Computing}, 
    title={Around-Body Interaction: Interacting While on the Go}, 
    year={2020},
    volume={19},
    number={2},
    pages={74-78},
    doi = {10.1109/MPRV.2020.2977850},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/MPRV.2020.2977850}
  }
  
  

• 
  F. Müller, M. Schmitz, D. Schmitt, S. Günther, M. Funk, M. Mühlhäuser

  Walk The Line: Leveraging Lateral Shifts of the Walking Path as an Input Modality for Head-Mounted Displays

  In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (to appear)

  10.1145/3313831.3376852     PDF    Teaser Video     Full Video     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{mueller2020walktheline,
   author = {M{\"u}ller, Florian and Schmitz, Martin and Schmitt, Daniel and G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and Funk, Markus and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max},
   title = {Walk The Line: Leveraging Lateral Shifts of the Walking Path as an Input Modality for Head-Mounted Displays},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (to appear)},
   series = {CHI '20},
   year = {2020},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-6708-0},
   location = {Honolulu, HI, USA},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376852},
   file={https://fileserver.tk.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/Publications/2020/mueller2020walktheline.pdf},
   video = {https://youtu.be/ylAlzFqWx7g},
   teaservideo = {https://youtu.be/6-XrF6J9cTc},
   doi = {10.1145/3313831.3376852},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {Augmented Reality, Head-Mounted Display, Input, Walking},
   abstract = {Recent technological advances have made head-mounted displays (HMDs) smaller and untethered, fostering the vision of ubiquitous interaction in a digitally augmented physical world. Consequently, a major part of the interaction with such devices will happen on the go, calling for interaction techniques that allow users to interact while walking. In this paper, we explore lateral shifts of the walking path as a hands-free input modality. The available input options are visualized as lanes on the ground parallel to the user's walking path. Users can select options by shifting the walking path sideways to the respective lane. We contribute the results of a controlled experiment with 18 participants, confirming the viability of our approach for fast, accurate, and joyful interactions. Further, based on the findings of the controlled experiment, we present three example applications.}
  }
  
  
  

• 
  N. dhingra, R. Koutny, S. Günther, K. Miesenberger, M. Mühlhäuser, A. Kunz

  Pointing Gesture Based User Interaction of Tool Supported Brainstorming Meetings

  In Computers Helping People with Special Needs

  10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_3     Bibtex

  @InProceedings{dhingra2020pointing,
  author={dhingra, Naina and Koutny, Reinhard and G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and Miesenberger, Klaus and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max and Kunz, Andreas},
  editor={Miesenberger, Klaus and Manduchi, Roberto and Covarrubias Rodriguez, Mario and Pe{\v{n}}{\'a}z, Petr},
  title="Pointing Gesture Based User Interaction of Tool Supported Brainstorming Meetings",
  booktitle="Computers Helping People with Special Needs",
  publisher="Springer International Publishing",
  address="Cham",
  pages="21--29",
  abstract="This paper presents a brainstorming tool combined with pointing gestures to improve the brainstorming meeting experience for blind and visually impaired people (BVIP). In brainstorming meetings, BVIPs are not able to participate in the conversation as well as sighted users because of the unavailability of supporting tools for understanding the explicit and implicit meaning of the non-verbal communication (NVC). Therefore, the proposed system assists BVIP in interpreting pointing gestures which play an important role in non-verbal communication. Our system will help BVIP to access the contents of a Metaplan card, a team member in the brainstorming meeting is referring to by pointing. The prototype of our system shows that targets on the screen a user is pointing at can be detected with 80{\%} accuracy.",
  isbn="978-3-030-58805-2",
  doi="10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_3",
  url="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_3",
  series="ICCHP '20",
  year="2020"
  }
  
  

• 2019
• 
  M. Funk, F. Müller, M. Fendrich, M. Shene, M. Kolvenbach, N. Dobbertin, S. Günther, M. Mühlhäuser

  Assessing the Accuracy of Point & Teleport Locomotion with Orientation Indication for Virtual Reality using Curved Trajectories

  In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  10.1145/3290605.3300377     PDF    Teaser Video     Full Video     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{funk2019assessing,
  title={Assessing the Accuracy of Point \& Teleport Locomotion with Orientation Indication for Virtual Reality using Curved Trajectories},
  author={Funk, Markus and M{\"u}ller, Florian and Fendrich, Marco and Shene, Megan and Kolvenbach, Moritz and Dobbertin, Niclas and G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  doi={10.1145/3290605.3300377},
  year={2019},
  teaservideo={https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klu82WxeBlA},
  video={https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXctClcQu_g}
  }
  
  

• 
  S. Günther, R. Koutny, N. Dhingra, M. Funk, C. Hirt, K. Miesenberger, M. Mühlhäuser, A. Kunz

  MAPVI: Meeting Accessibility for Persons with Visual Impairments

  In Proceedings of the 12th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference

  10.1145/3316782.3322747     PDF    Bibtex

  @inproceedings{guenther2019mapvi,
  title = {MAPVI: Meeting Accessibility for Persons with Visual Impairments},
  author = {G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and Koutny, Reinhard and Dhingra, Naina and Funk, Markus and Hirt, Christian and Miesenberger, Klaus and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max and Kunz, Andreas},
  doi = {10.1145/3316782.3322747},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference},
  year = {2019},
  series = {PETRA '19},
   acmid = {3322747},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
  }
  
  

• 
  S. Günther, F. Müller, M. Funk, M. Mühlhäuser

  Slappyfications: Towards Ubiquitous Physical and Embodied Notifications

  In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  10.1145/3290607.3311780     PDF    Full Video     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{guenther2019slappyfications,
  title={Slappyfications: Towards Ubiquitous Physical and Embodied Notifications},
  author={G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and M{\"u}ller, Florian and Funk, Markus and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  series = {CHI EA '19},
  doi={10.1145/3290607.3311780},
  year={2019},
  video = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZF0hNZRfY8}
  }
  
  

• 
  S. Günther, M. Makhija, F. Müller, D. Schön, M. Mühlhäuser, M. Funk

  PneumAct: Pneumatic Kinesthetic Actuation of Body Joints in Virtual Reality Environments

  In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS '19

  10.1145/3322276.3322302     PDF    Teaser Video     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{guenther2019pneumact,
  title = {PneumAct: Pneumatic Kinesthetic Actuation of Body Joints in Virtual Reality Environments},
  author = {G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and Makhija, Mohit and M{\"u}ller, Florian and Sch{\"o}n, Dominik and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max and Funk, Markus},
  doi = {10.1145/3322276.3322302},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS '19},
  keywords = {Compressed Air,Force Feedback,Kinesthetic,Pneumatic,haptics,virtual Reality},
  year = {2019},
  series = {DIS '19},
  teaservideo = {https://youtu.be/4lRWxzs4Rgs},
  abstract={Virtual Reality Environments (VRE) create an immersive user experience through visual, aural, and haptic sensations. However, the latter is often limited to vibrotactile sensations that are not able to actively provide kinesthetic motion actuation. Further, such sensations do not cover natural representations of physical forces, for example, when lifting a weight. We present PneumAct, a jacket to enable pneumatically actuated kinesthetic movements of arm joints in VRE. It integrates two types of actuators inflated through compressed air: a Contraction Actuator and an Extension Actuator. We evaluate our PneumAct jacket through two user studies with a total of 32 participants: First, we perform a technical evaluation measuring the contraction and extension angles of different inflation patterns and inflation durations. Second, we evaluate PneumAct in three VRE scenarios comparing our system to traditional controller-based vibrotactile and a baseline without haptic feedback.}
  }
  
  
  

• 
  F. Müller, J. McManus, S. Günther, M. Schmitz, M. Mühlhäuser, M. Funk

   Mind the Tap: Assessing Foot-Taps for Interacting with Head-Mounted Displays

  In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  10.1145/3290605.3300707     PDF    Teaser Video     Full Video     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{mueller2019mind,
  title={Mind the Tap: Assessing Foot-Taps for Interacting with Head-Mounted Displays},
  author={M{\"u}ller, Florian and McManus, Joshua and G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and Schmitz, Martin and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max and Funk, Markus},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  doi={10.1145/3290605.3300707},
  year={2019},
  teaservideo={https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhabMsP0X14},
  video={https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5hTVIEb7iA&t},
  note={Honorable Mention Award}
  }
  
  

• 
  F. Müller, D. Schnelle-Walka, S. Günther, M. Karola, M. Funk, M. Mühlhäuser

  Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects

  In Workshop Co-located with the 11th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS ’19)

  Bibtex

  @inproceedings{mueller2019smartobjects,
    title={Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects},
    author={M{\"u}ller, Florian and Schnelle-Walka, Dirk and G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and Karola, Marky and Funk, Markus and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max},
    year={2019},
   booktitle = {Workshop Co-located with the 11th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS ’19)}
  }
  
  

• 
  K. Marky, F. Müller, M. Funk, A. Geiss, S. Günther, M. Schmitz, J. Riemann, M. Mühlhäuser

  Teachyverse: Collaborative E-Learning in Virtual Reality Lecture Halls

  In Proceedings of Mensch Und Computer 2019

  10.1145/3340764.3344917     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{marky2019teachyverse,
   author = {Marky, Karola and M\"{u}ller, Florian and Funk, Markus and Geiss, Alex and G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and Schmitz, Martin and Riemann, Jan and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {Teachyverse: Collaborative E-Learning in Virtual Reality Lecture Halls},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of Mensch Und Computer 2019},
   series = {MuC'19},
   year = {2019},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-7198-8},
   location = {Hamburg, Germany},
   pages = {831--834},
   numpages = {4},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3340764.3344917},
   doi = {10.1145/3340764.3344917},
   acmid = {3344917},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {E-Learning, Lecture halls, Virtual Lecture, Virtual Reality},
  } 
  
  

• 
  K. Marky, A. Weiss, J. Gedeon, S. Günther

  Mastering Music Instruments through Technology in Solo Learning Sessions

  In Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects (SmartObjects '19) in conjunction with EICS '19

  Bibtex

  @inproceedings{marky2019music,
         booktitle = {Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects (SmartObjects '19) in conjunction with EICS '19},
              year = {2019},
            author = {Marky, Karola and Weiss, Andreas and Gedeon, Julien and G{\"u}nther, Sebastian},
             title = {Mastering Music Instruments through Technology in Solo Learning Sessions},
               url = {http://tubiblio.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/113376/}
  }
  
  
  
  

• 
  J. von Willich, D. Schön, S. Günther, F. Müller, M. Mühlhäuser, M. Funk

  VRChairRacer: Using an Office Chair Backrest as a Locomotion Technique for VR Racing Games

  In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  10.1145/3290607.3313254     PDF    Teaser Video     Full Video     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{willich2019vrchairracer,
  title={VRChairRacer: Using an Office Chair Backrest as a Locomotion Technique for VR Racing Games},
  author={von Willich, Julius and Sch{\"o}n, Dominik and G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and M{\"u}ller, Florian and M{\"u}hlh{\"a}user, Max and Funk, Markus},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  series = {CHI EA '19},
  doi={10.1145/3290607.3313254},
  year={2019},
  teaservideo={https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ukVghWoTlE},
  video={https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v906aGntoKY}
  }
  
  

• 2018
• 
  S. Günther, S. Kratz, D. Avrahami, M. Mühlhäuser

  Exploring Audio, Visual, and Tactile Cues for Synchronous Remote Assistance

  In Proceedings of the 11th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference

  10.1145/3197768.3201568     PDF    Bibtex

  @inproceedings{guenther2018assistive,
   author = {G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and Kratz, Sven and Avrahami, Daniel and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {Exploring Audio, Visual, and Tactile Cues for Synchronous Remote Assistance},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference},
   series = {PETRA '18},
   year = {2018},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-6390-7},
   location = {Corfu, Greece},
   pages = {339--344},
   numpages = {6},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3197768.3201568},
   doi = {10.1145/3197768.3201568},
   acmid = {3201568},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {3D-Space, Assistive Technology, Audio Cues, Augmented Reality, Haptics, Navigation, Remote Collaboration, Spatial Guidance, Vibrotactile Feedback},
  }
  
  

• 
  S. Günther, F. Müller, M. Funk, J. Kirchner, N. Dezfuli, M. Mühlhäuser

  TactileGlove: Assistive Spatial Guidance in 3D Space Through Vibrotactile Navigation

  In Proceedings of the 11th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference

  10.1145/3197768.3197785     PDF    Bibtex

  @inproceedings{guenther2018tactileglove,
   author = {G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and M\"{u}ller, Florian and Funk, Markus and Kirchner, Jan and Dezfuli, Niloofar and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {TactileGlove: Assistive Spatial Guidance in 3D Space Through Vibrotactile Navigation},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference},
   series = {PETRA '18},
   year = {2018},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-6390-7},
   location = {Corfu, Greece},
   pages = {273--280},
   numpages = {8},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3197768.3197785},
   doi = {10.1145/3197768.3197785},
   acmid = {3197785},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {3D-Space, Assistive Technology, Haptics, Navigation, Pull Push Metaphors, Spatial Guidance, Vibrotactile},
  }
  
  

• 
  S. Günther, F. Müller, M. Schmitz, J. Riemann, N. Dezfuli, M. Funk, D. Schön, M. Mühlhäuser

  CheckMate: Exploring a Tangible Augmented Reality Interface for Remote Interaction

  In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  10.1145/3170427.3188647     PDF    Teaser Video     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{guenther2018checkmate,
   author = {G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and M\"{u}ller, Florian and Schmitz, Martin and Riemann, Jan and Dezfuli, Niloofar and Funk, Markus and Sch\"{o}n, Dominik and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {CheckMate: Exploring a Tangible Augmented Reality Interface for Remote Interaction},
   booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
   series = {CHI EA '18},
   year = {2018},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-5621-3},
   location = {Montreal QC, Canada},
   pages = {LBW570:1--LBW570:6},
   articleno = {LBW570},
   numpages = {6},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3170427.3188647},
   doi = {10.1145/3170427.3188647},
   acmid = {3188647},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {3d fabrication, augmented reality, chess, mixed reality, remote collaboration, tabletops, tangibles},
   teaservideo={https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Geyr95Nl8mc}
  }
  
  

• 
  F. Müller, M. Schmitz, M. Funk, S. Günther, N. Dezfuli, M. Mühlhäuser

  Personalized User-Carried Single Button Interfaces As Shortcuts for Interacting with Smart Devices

  In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  10.1145/3170427.3188661     PDF    Teaser Video     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{mueller2018pucsbi,
   author = {M\"{u}ller, Florian and Schmitz, Martin and Funk, Markus and G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and Dezfuli, Niloofar and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {Personalized User-Carried Single Button Interfaces As Shortcuts for Interacting with Smart Devices},
   booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
   series = {CHI EA '18},
   year = {2018},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-5621-3},
   location = {Montreal QC, Canada},
   pages = {LBW602:1--LBW602:6},
   articleno = {LBW602},
   numpages = {6},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3170427.3188661},
   doi = {10.1145/3170427.3188661},
   acmid = {3188661},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {human factors, interaction, smart devices},
   teaservideo={https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5wicorfmxU}
  }
  
  

• 
  F. Müller, D. Schnelle-Walka, S. Günther, M. Funk

  Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects (SmartObjects)

  In CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CHI '18 Workshop)

  Bibtex

  @book{mueller2018smartobjectsproceedings,
            number = {2082},
  series = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
  booktitle = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CHI '18 Workshop)},
              year = {2018},
             title = {Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects (SmartObjects)},
              issn = {1613-0073},
            author = {M{\"u}ller, Florian and Schnelle-Walka, Dirk and G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and Funk, Markus},
           address = {Montreal, Canada},
               url = {http://tubiblio.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/107555/}
  }
  
  
  

• 
  F. Müller, D. Schnelle-Walka, T. Grosse-Puppendahl, S. Günther, M. Funk, K. Luyten, O. Brdiczka, N. Dezfuli, M. Mühlhäuser

  SmartObjects: Sixth Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects

  In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  10.1145/3170427.3170606     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{mueller2018smartobjects,
   author = {M\"{u}ller, Florian and Schnelle-Walka, Dirk and Grosse-Puppendahl, Tobias and G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and Funk, Markus and Luyten, Kris and Brdiczka, Oliver and Dezfuli, Niloofar and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {SmartObjects: Sixth Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects},
   booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
   series = {CHI EA '18},
   year = {2018},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-5621-3},
   location = {Montreal QC, Canada},
   pages = {W20:1--W20:6},
   articleno = {W20},
   numpages = {6},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3170427.3170606},
   doi = {10.1145/3170427.3170606},
   acmid = {3170606},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {context-awareness, embodied interaction, enabling techologies, hci, multimodal and adapter interaction, novel interaction, smart objects, tangible interaction},
  }
  
  

• 
  N. Murauer, F. Müller, S. Günther, D. Schön, N. Pflanz, M. Funk

  An Analysis of Language Impact on Augmented Reality Order Picking Training

  In Proceedings of the 11th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference

  10.1145/3197768.3201570     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{murauer2018language,
   author = {Murauer, Nela and M\"{u}ller, Florian and G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and Sch\"{o}n, Dominik and Pflanz, Nerina and Funk, Markus},
   title = {An Analysis of Language Impact on Augmented Reality Order Picking Training},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference},
   series = {PETRA '18},
   year = {2018},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-6390-7},
   location = {Corfu, Greece},
   pages = {351--357},
   numpages = {7},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3197768.3201570},
   doi = {10.1145/3197768.3201570},
   acmid = {3201570},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {Assistive Systems, Augmented Reality, Order Picking},
  }
  
  

• 
  M. Schmitz, M. Herbers, N. Dezfuli, S. Günther, M. Mühlhäuser

   Off-Line Sensing: Memorizing Interactions in Passive 3D-Printed Objects

  In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  10.1145/3173574.3173756     PDF    Teaser Video     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{schmitz2018offline,
   author = {Schmitz, Martin and Herbers, Martin and Dezfuli, Niloofar and G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {Off-Line Sensing: Memorizing Interactions in Passive 3D-Printed Objects},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
   series = {CHI '18},
   year = {2018},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-5620-6},
   location = {Montreal QC, Canada},
   pages = {182:1--182:8},
   articleno = {182},
   numpages = {8},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3173574.3173756},
   doi = {10.1145/3173574.3173756},
   acmid = {3173756},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {3d printing, capacitive sensing, digital fabrication, input, mechanism, metamaterial, sensors},
   teaservideo={https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19dDaeBEnPM},
   note={Honorable Mention Award}
  }
  
  

• 2017
• 
  S. Günther, M. Schmitz, F. Müller, J. Riemann, M. Mühlhäuser

  BYO*: Utilizing 3D Printed Tangible Tools for Interaction on Interactive Surfaces

  In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects

  10.1145/3038450.3038456     PDF    Bibtex

  @inproceedings{guenther2017byo,
   author = {G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and Schmitz, Martin and M\"{u}ller, Florian and Riemann, Jan and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {BYO*: Utilizing 3D Printed Tangible Tools for Interaction on Interactive Surfaces},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects},
   series = {SmartObject '17},
   year = {2017},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-4902-4},
   location = {Limassol, Cyprus},
   pages = {21--26},
   numpages = {6},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3038450.3038456},
   doi = {10.1145/3038450.3038456},
   acmid = {3038456},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {3D printing, capacitive sensing, data manipulation, data sharing, data visualization, digital fabrication, input sensing, rapid prototyping},
  }
  
  

• 
  F. Müller, S. Günther, A. Nejad, N. Dezfuli, M. Khalilbeigi, M. Mühlhäuser

  Cloudbits: Supporting Conversations Through Augmented Zero-query Search Visualization

  In Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Spatial User Interaction

  10.1145/3131277.3132173     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{mueller2017cloudbits,
   author = {M\"{u}ller, Florian and G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and Nejad, Azita Hosseini and Dezfuli, Niloofar and Khalilbeigi, Mohammadreza and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {Cloudbits: Supporting Conversations Through Augmented Zero-query Search Visualization},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Spatial User Interaction},
   series = {SUI '17},
   year = {2017},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-5486-8},
   location = {Brighton, United Kingdom},
   pages = {30--38},
   numpages = {9},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3131277.3132173},
   doi = {10.1145/3131277.3132173},
   acmid = {3132173},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {HMD, design, human factors},
  }
  
  

• 
  C. Meurisch, U. Naeem, P. Scholl, M. Azam, S. Günther, P. Baumann, S. Réhman, M. Mühlhäuser

  SmartGuidance'17: 2Nd Workshop on Intelligent Personal Support of Human Behavior

  In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers

  10.1145/3123024.3124457     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{meurisch2017,
   author = {Meurisch, Christian and Naeem, Usman and Scholl, Philipp M. and Azam, Muhammad Awais and G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and Baumann, Paul and R{\'e}hman, Shafiq ur and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {SmartGuidance'17: 2Nd Workshop on Intelligent Personal Support of Human Behavior},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers},
   series = {UbiComp '17},
   year = {2017},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-5190-4},
   location = {Maui, Hawaii},
   pages = {623--626},
   numpages = {4},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3123024.3124457},
   doi = {10.1145/3123024.3124457},
   acmid = {3124457},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {anticipatory mobile computing, mobile sensing, personal assistance, pervasive environment, ubiquitous devices},
  }
  
  

• 
  J. Riemann, F. Müller, S. Günther, M. Mühlhäuser

  An Evaluation of Hybrid Stacking on Interactive Tabletops

  In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects

  10.1145/3038450.3038451     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{riemann2017hybrid,
   author = {Riemann, Jan and M\"{u}ller, Florian and G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {An Evaluation of Hybrid Stacking on Interactive Tabletops},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Workshop on Interacting with Smart Objects},
   series = {SmartObject '17},
   year = {2017},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-4902-4},
   location = {Limassol, Cyprus},
   pages = {13--20},
   numpages = {8},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3038450.3038451},
   doi = {10.1145/3038450.3038451},
   acmid = {3038451},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {hybrid physical-digital interaction, interactive tabletop displays, multitouch, peripheral displays, piling, stacking},
  }
  
  

• 2016
• 
  S. Günther

  Proximity-based Interaction for Smartwatches

  In Master Thesis

  Bibtex

  @phdthesis{guenther2016proximity,
    title = {Proximity-based Interaction for Smartwatches},
    author = {G\"{u}nther, Sebastian},
    booktitle = {Master Thesis},
    year = {2016}
  }

• 
  F. Müller, S. Günther, N. Dezfuli, M. Khalilbeigi, M. Mühlhäuser

  ProxiWatch: Enhancing Smartwatch Interaction Through Proximity-based Hand Input

  In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  10.1145/2851581.2892450     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{mueller2016proxiwatch,
   author = {M\"{u}ller, Florian and G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and Dezfuli, Niloofar and Khalilbeigi, Mohammadreza and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {ProxiWatch: Enhancing Smartwatch Interaction Through Proximity-based Hand Input},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
   series = {CHI EA '16},
   year = {2016},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-4082-3},
   location = {San Jose, California, USA},
   pages = {2617--2624},
   numpages = {8},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2851581.2892450},
   doi = {10.1145/2851581.2892450},
   acmid = {2892450},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {design, human factors, measurement, smartwatch},
  }
  
  

• 2015
• 
  F. Müller, M. Khalilbeigi, N. Dezfuli, A. Sahami Shirazi, S. Günther, M. Mühlhäuser

  A Study on Proximity-based Hand Input for One-handed Mobile Interaction

  In Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction

  10.1145/2788940.2788955     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{mueller2015proximity,
   author = {M\"{u}ller, Florian and Khalilbeigi, Mohammadreza and Dezfuli, Niloofar and Sahami Shirazi, Alireza and G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max},
   title = {A Study on Proximity-based Hand Input for One-handed Mobile Interaction},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction},
   series = {SUI '15},
   year = {2015},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-3703-8},
   location = {Los Angeles, California, USA},
   pages = {53--56},
   numpages = {4},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2788940.2788955},
   doi = {10.1145/2788940.2788955},
   acmid = {2788955},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {design, human factors, measurement},
  }
  
  

• 2013
• 
  N. Dezfuli, S. Günther, M. Khalilbeigi, M. Mühlhäuser, J. Huber

  CoStream@Home: Connected Live Event Experiences

  In Proceedings of the 2Nd International Workshop on Socially-aware Multimedia

  10.1145/2509916.2509927     Full Video     Bibtex

  @inproceedings{dezfuli2013costream,
   author = {Dezfuli, Niloofar and G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and Khalilbeigi, Mohammadreza and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max and Huber, Jochen},
   title = {CoStream@Home: Connected Live Event Experiences},
   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2Nd International Workshop on Socially-aware Multimedia},
   series = {SAM '13},
   year = {2013},
   isbn = {978-1-4503-2394-9},
   location = {Barcelona, Spain},
   pages = {33--36},
   numpages = {4},
   url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2509916.2509927},
   doi = {10.1145/2509916.2509927},
   acmid = {2509927},
   publisher = {ACM},
   address = {New York, NY, USA},
   keywords = {event, experience, experience co-construction, experience sharing, mobile live video sharing, multimedia sharing, user generated content},
   video={https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8DqtHvLNE}
  }
  
  
  
  

• 
  S. Günther

  Developing a Platform for Co-construction of Shared Experiences in Living Rooms Through Mobile Live User Generated Video Sharing

  In Bachelor Thesis

  Bibtex

  @phdthesis{guenther2013,
    title = {Developing a Platform for Co-construction of Shared Experiences in Living Rooms Through Mobile Live User Generated Video Sharing},
    author = {G\"{u}nther, Sebastian},
    booktitle = {Bachelor Thesis},
    year = {2013}
  }
  
  

• 
  M. Kauer, S. Günther, D. Storck, M. Volkamer

  A Comparison of American and German Folk Models of Home Computer Security

  In Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy, and Trust

  10.1007/978-3-642-39345-7_11     Bibtex

  @InProceedings{kauer2013,
  author="Kauer, Michaela and G{\"u}nther, Sebastian and Storck, Daniel and Volkamer, Melanie",
  editor="Marinos, Louis and Askoxylakis, Ioannis",
  title="A Comparison of American and German Folk Models of Home Computer Security",
  booktitle="Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy, and Trust",
  year="2013",
  publisher="Springer Berlin Heidelberg",
  address="Berlin, Heidelberg",
  pages="100--109",
  abstract="Although many security solutions exist, home computer systems are vulnerable against different type of attacks. The main reason is that users are either not motivated to use these solutions or not able to correctly use them. In order to make security software more usable and hence computers more secure, we re-ran the study by Wash about ``Folk Models of Home Computer Security'' in Germany. We classified the different mental models in eleven folk models. Eight of the identified folk models are similar to the models Wash presented. We describe each folk model and illustrate how users think about computer security.",
  isbn="978-3-642-39345-7",
  doi="10.1007/978-3-642-39345-7_11"
  }
  
  

Awards & Grants

• 2019 Software Campus Graduate (2019)
• 2019 CHI'19 Honorable Mention Award (Mind the Tap)
• 2018 CHI'18 Honorable Mention Award (Off-Line Sensing)

Invited Talks & Other Activities (Selection)

• 2020 STT'20 Invited Talk at Smell, Taste, & Temperature CHI'20 Event
• 2018 Deutschlandfunk Interview: Zukunftskonferenz CHI - Virtual Reality wird fühlbar
• 2018 ACM CHI'18 Student Volunteer
• 2017 ACM CHI'17 Student Volunteer
• 2016 Visualization on Touch Enabled Platforms Workshop at Microsoft Faculty Summit '16
• 2015 Internship at FX Palo Alto Laboratory (FXPAL)

Committees

• TU Darmstadt Commitee-member for the position of an Assistant Professor (W2 Tenure Track) for HCI
• TEI '21 WiP PC Member
• MuC '21 Full Paper PC Member
• AIVR '20 Demo and Video Co-Chair
• AIVR '20 Session Chair and PC Member
• MUM '20 Poster PC Member
• DIS '20 Provocations and Works in Progess PC Member
• German HCI Member of the German HCI Events Organizing Team (2017-2020)
• MUC '19 Short Papers PC Member
• EICS '19 SmartObjects'19 Co-Organizer
• CHI '18 SmartObjects'18 Co-Organizer
• IUI '17 SmartObjects '17 Co-Organizer
• UBICOMP '17 SmartGuidance '17 Co-Organizer

Review Activities

I'm a regular reviewer for a variety of conferences, journals, and other venues over the last years. I received special recognitions for outstanding reviews at CHI 2020 (2x) and CHI 2021, as well as a highly useful rated review at MobileHCI 2019.

• 2021 CHI, TEI, INTERACT, MuC, AugmentedHumans, Mindtrek
• 2020 CHI, DIS, IEEE VR, IEEE AIVR, EICS, MUM, MobiQuitous
• 2019 CHI, DIS, INTERACT, IMWUT, MobileHCI, MuC, SmartObjects, DAEM
• 2018 CHI, IMWUT, IUI, ISWC, ISMAR, SmartObjects, DAEM, CD MAKE
• 2017 SmartObjects
• 2016 CHI, UBICOMP

Project Work (Selection)

• 2019 - 2021 Meeting Assistance for Persons with Visual Impairments MAPVI (DFG, SNF, FWF)
• 2017 - 2019 Software Campus: Augmented Reality Unterstützung für komplexe manuelle Tätigkeiten in der Produktion (BMBF)

Get in touch!

I am always looking for new research collaborations and opportunities in HCI. If you are interested in discussing, brainstorming, tinkering, or just having a chat with me, feel free to contact. <3