Title
Eye Hand Symbiosis in and beyond extended reality

Abstract
A classic in human-computer interaction (HCI) is the input medium. Meaning, what ways we use to connect to the digital world - from the mouse, touchscreen to 3D spatial inputs. Each new step broadens and sometimes even redefine the experience we have with the digital world. Yet so far mostly digital tasks are operated by the hands only, as driven by human evolution, making it especially interesting to see how our eyes, the "window to our soul", the indicator of intent and context, can form a symbiosis with our hands in future for a more seamless human-computer interface. And then a lot of our research / current advances focus on extended realities (XR), but also there is more to it, more than individual device categories or platforms. XR itself is a medium that can mirror and simulate reality, which offers interesting thoughts on how it may reflect on our reality.  In this talk, I will reflect on the scientific and industrial progress made in eye-hand interfaces but also point to future directions, and share some of my own thoughts based on the research conducted.

After the lecture there will be light refreshments.