Christian Holz

Assistant Professor in Computer Science at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Sensing, Interaction & Perception Lab | ETH SIP

Christian Holz

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Sensing, Perception & Interaction Lab at ETH Zürich

We're a team of PhD students and postdocs who work across technical human-computer interaction
and biomedical engineering, involving wearable sensing, predictive health, interactive devices, and virtual reality.

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Publications

  1. Ahuja, K., Ofek, E., Franco, M.G., Holz, C. and Wilson, A.D. CoolMoves: User Motion Accentuation in Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of ACM IMWUT '21, 1–23. CoolMoves project
  2. Streli, P. and Holz, C. CapContact: Super-resolution Contact Areas from Capacitive Touchscreens. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '21. Best paper award. CapContact project
  3. Meier, M., Streli, P., Fender, A. and Holz, C. TapID: Rapid Touch Interaction in Virtual Reality using Wearable Sensing. In Proceedings of IEEE VR '21. Best demonstration award. TapID project
  4. Romat, H., Fender, A., Meier, M. and Holz, C. Flashpen: A High-Fidelity and High-Precision Multi-Surface Pen for Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of IEEE VR '21. Flashpen project
  5. Langerak, T., Zarate, J., Lindlbauer, D., Holz, C. and Hilliges, O. Omni: Volumetric Sensing and Actuation of Passive Magnetic Tools for Dynamic Haptic Feedback. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '20. Omni project
  6. Kovacs, R., Ofek, E., Gonzalez-Franco, M., Siu, A., Marwecki, S., Holz, C. and Sinclair, M. Haptic PIVOT: On-Demand Handhelds in VR. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '20. HapticPIVOT project
  7. Brudy, F., Ledo, D., Pahud, M., Henry, N., Holz, C., Waghmare, A., Surale, H., Peinado, M., Zhang, X., Joyner, S., Chandramouli, B., Farooq, U., Goldstein, J., Buxton, W. and Hinckley, K. SurfaceFleet: Exploring Distributed Interactions Unbounded from Device, Application, User, and Time. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '20. SurfaceFleet project
  8. Romat, H., Riche, N., Pahud, M., Collins, C., Holz, C., Riddle, A., Buxton, W. and Hinckley, K. Tilt-Responsive Techniques for Digital Drawing Boards. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '20. TiltDrawing project
  9. Siu, A., Sinclair, M., Kovacs, R., Ofek, E., Holz, C. and Cutrell, E. Virtual Reality Without Vision: A Haptic and Auditory White Cane to Navigate Complex Virtual Worlds. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '20. Honorable mention award.
  10. Barrios, L., Oldrati, P., Lindlbauer, D., Hilty, M., Hayward-Koennecke, H., Holz, C. and Lutteroti, A. A Rapid Tapping Task on Commodity Smartphones to Assess Motor Fatigability. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '20, 10 pages.
  11. Voelker, S., Hueber, S., Holz, C., Remy, C. and Marquardt, N. GazeConduits: Calibration-Free Cross-Device Collaboration through Gaze and Touch. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '20.
  12. Shariati, A., Holz, C. and Sinha, S.N. Towards Privacy-Preserving Ego-Motion Estimation using an Extremely Low-Resolution Camera. In Proceedings of IEEE RA-L, 8 pages.
  13. Yang, J., Holz, C., Ofek, E. and Wilson, A.D. DreamWalker: Substituting Real-World Walking Experiences with a Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '19, 1093–1107. DreamWalker project
  14. Sinclair, M., Ofek, E., Gonzalez-Franco, M. and Holz, C. CapstanCrunch: A Haptic VR Controller with User-supplied Force Feedback. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '19, 815–829. Best demo honorable mention award. CapstanCrunch project
  15. Marwecki, S., Wilson, A.D., Ofek, E., Gonzalez-Franco, M. and Holz, C. Mise-Unseen: Using Eye Tracking to Hide Virtual Reality Scene Changes in Plain Sight. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '19, 777–789. Mise Unseen project
  16. Hartmann, J., Holz, C., Ofek, E. and Wilson, A.D. RealityCheck: Blending Virtual Environments with Situated Physical Reality. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '19, 12 pages. RealityCheck project
  17. Brudy, F., Holz, C., Rädle, R., Wu, C.-J., Houben, S., Klokmose, C. and Marquardt, N. Cross-Device Taxonomy: Survey, Opportunities and Challenges of Interactions Spanning Across Multiple Devices. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '19, 28 pages. Cross-Device Survey project
  18. Zhang, Y., Pahud, M., Holz, C., Xia, H., Laput, G., McGuffin, M., Tu, X., Mittereder, A., Su, F., Buxton, W. and Hinckley, K. Sensing Posture-Aware Pen+Touch Interaction on Tablets. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '19, 14 pages. Honorable mention award. TabletHeat project
  19. Zhao, Y., Cutrell, E., Holz, C., Morris, M., Ofek, E. and Wilson, A.D. SeeingVR: A Set of Tools to Make Virtual Reality More Accessible to People with Low Vision. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '19, 14 pages. SeeingVR project
  20. Lee, J., Sinclair, M., Gonzalez-Franco, M., Ofek, E. and Holz, C. TORC: A Virtual Reality Controller for In-Hand High-Dexterity Finger Interaction. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '19, 13 pages. TORC project
  21. Cheng, L.-P., Ofek, E., Holz, C. and and Wilson, A. VRoamer: Generating On-The-Fly VR Experiences While Walking inside Large, Unknown Real-World Building Environments. In Proceedings of IEEE VR '19, 359–366. VRoamer project
  22. Carek, A. and Holz, C. Naptics: Convenient and Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring during Sleep. In Proceedings of ACM IMWUT '18, 22 pages. Naptics project
  23. Holz, C. and Ofek, E. Doubling the Signal Quality of Smartphone Camera Pulse Oximetry Using the Display Screen as a Controllable Selective Light Source. In Proceedings of IEEE EMBC '18, 1–4. Android PulseOx Camera Oximetry project
  24. Villar, N., Cletheroe, D., Saul, G., Holz, C., Regan, T., Sra, M., Yeo, H.-S., Field, W. and Zhang, H. Project Zanzibar: A Portable and Flexible Tangible Interaction Platform. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '18, 13 pages. Best paper award. Zanzibar project
  25. Strasnick, E., Holz, C., Ofek, E., Sinclair, M. and Benko, H. Haptic Links: Bimanual Haptics for Virtual Reality Using Variable Stiffness Actuation. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '18, 12 pages. Haptic Links project
  26. Whitmire, E., Benko, H., Holz, C., Ofek, E. and Sinclair, M. Haptic Revolver: Touch, Shear, Texture, and Shape Rendering on a Reconfigurable Virtual Reality Controller. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '18, 12 pages. Honorable mention award. Haptic Revolver project
  27. Zhao, Y., Bennett, C., Benko, H., Cutrell, E., Holz, C., Morris, M. and Sinclair, M. Enabling People with Visual Impairments to Navigate Virtual Reality with a Haptic and Auditory Cane Simulation. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '18, 14 pages. Canetroller project
  28. Choi, I., Ofek, E., Benko, H., Sinclair, M. and Holz, C. CLAW: A Multifunctional Handheld Haptic Controller for Grasping, Touching, and Triggering in Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '18, 13 pages. CLAW project
  29. Marquardt, N., Brudy, F., Liu, C., Bengler, B. and Holz, C. SurfaceConstellations: A Modular Hardware Platform for Ad-Hoc Reconfigurable Cross-Device Workspaces. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '18, 14 pages. SurfaceConstellations project
  30. Rädle, R., Jetter, H.-C., Fischer, J., Gabriel, I., Klokmose, C., Reiterer, H. and Holz, C. PolarTrack: Optical Outside-In Device Tracking that Exploits Display Polarization. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '18, 9 pages. PolarTrack project
  31. Holz, C. and Wang, E.J. Glabella: Continuously Sensing Blood Pressure Behavior using an Unobtrusive Wearable Device. In Proceedings of ACM IMWUT '17, 23 pages. Distinguished paper award. Glabella project
  32. Grosse-Puppendahl, T., Holz, C., Cohn, G., Wimmer, R., Bechtold, O., Hodges, S., Reynolds, M. and Smith, J. Finding Common Ground: A Survey of Capacitive Sensing in Human-Computer Interaction. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '17, 3293–3315. Capacitive Sensing Survey project
  33. Cheng, L.-P., Ofek, E., Holz, C., Benko, H. and Wilson, A. Sparse Haptic Proxy: Touch Feedback in Virtual Environments Using a General Passive Prop. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '17, 3718–3728. Sparse Haptic Proxy project
  34. Dementyev, A. and Holz, C. DualBlink: A Wearable Device to Continuously Detect, Track, and Actuate Blinking For Alleviating Dry Eyes and Computer Vision Syndrome. In Proceedings of ACM IMWUT '17, 19 pages. DualBlink project
  35. Benko, H., Holz, C., Sinclair, M. and Ofek, E. NormalTouch and TextureTouch: High-fidelity 3D Haptic Shape Rendering on Handheld Virtual Reality Controllers. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '16, 717–728. Honorable mention award. NormalTouch project
  36. Kao, H.-L.C., Holz, C., Roseway, A., Calvo, A. and Schmandt, C. DuoSkin: Rapidly Prototyping On-Skin User Interfaces Using Skin-Friendly Materials. In Proceedings of ACM, New York, NY, USA ISWC '16, 16–23. DuoSkin project
  37. Hinckley, K., Heo, S., Pahud, M., Holz, C., Benko, H., Sellen, A., Banks, R., O'Hara, K., Smyth, G. and Buxton, W. Pre-Touch Sensing for Mobile Interaction. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '16, 2869–2881. Pretouch project
  38. Holz, C. and Bentley, F. On-Demand Biometrics: Fast and Convenient Cross-Device Login. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '16, 3761–3766. On-Demand Biometrics project
  39. Holz, C. and Knaust, M. Biometric Touch Sensing: Seamlessly Augmenting Each Touch with Continuous Authentication. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '15, 303–312. Biotouch project
  40. Jin, H., Holz, C. and Hornbæk, K. Tracko: Ad-hoc Mobile 3D Tracking Using Bluetooth Low Energy and Inaudible Signals for Cross-Device Interaction. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '15, 147–156. Tracko project
  41. Chen, Y., Bentley, F., Holz, C. and Xu, C. Sharing (and Discussing) the Moment: The Conversations that Occur Around Shared Mobile Media. In Proceedings of ACM MobileHCI '15, 264–273. PairappMessaging project
  42. Holz, C., Bentley, F., Church, K. and Patel, M. "I’m just on my phone and they’re watching TV": Quantifying mobile device use while watching television. In Proceedings of ACM TVX '15, 93–102. TV+mobile devices project
  43. Holz, C., Buthpitiya, S. and Knaust, M. Bodyprint: Biometric User Identification on Mobile Devices Using the Capacitive Touchscreen to Scan Body Parts. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '15, 3011–3014. Bodyprint project
  44. Bentley, F., Chen, Y. and Holz, C. Reducing the Stress of Coordination: Sharing Travel Time Information Between Contacts on Mobile Phones. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '15, 967–970. Honorable mention award. Time Away project
  45. Holz, C. and Baudisch, P. Fiberio: A Touchscreen That Senses Fingerprints. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '13, 41–50. Best paper award. Fiberio project
  46. Baudisch, P., Pohl, H., Reinicke, S., Wittmers, E., Luehne, P., Knaust, M., Koehler, S., Schmidt, P. and Holz, C. Imaginary Reality Gaming: Ball Games Without a Ball. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '13, 405–410. QuantumBall project
  47. Steins, C., Gustafson, S., Holz, C. and Baudisch, P. Imaginary Devices: Gesture-Based Interaction Mimicking Traditional Input Devices. In Proceedings of ACM MobileHCI '13, 123–126. Imaginary Devices project
  48. Braenzel, A., Holz, C., Hoffmann, D., Schmidt, D., Knaust, M., Luehne, P., Meusel, R., Richter, S. and Baudisch, P. GravitySpace: Tracking Users and Their Poses in a Smart Room Using a 2D Pressure-Sensing Floor. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '13, 725–734. Honorable mention award. GravitySpace project
  49. Holz, C., Grossman, T., Fitzmaurice, G. and Agur, A. Implanted User Interfaces. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '12, 503–512. Implanted User Interfaces project
  50. Richter, S., Holz, C. and Baudisch, P. Bootstrapper: Recognizing Tabletop Users by their Shoes. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '12, 1249–1252. Bootstrapper project
  51. Gustafson, S., Holz, C. and Baudisch, P. Imaginary Phone: Learning Imaginary Interfaces by Transferring Spatial Memory from a Familiar Device. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '11, 283–292. Imaginary Phone project
  52. Holz, C. and Wilson, A.D. Data Miming: Inferring Spatial Object Descriptions from Human Gesture. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '11, 811–820. Data Miming project
  53. Holz, C. and Baudisch, P. Understanding Touch. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '11, 2501–2510. Understanding Touch project
  54. Augsten, T., Kaefer, K., Meusel, R., Fetzer, C., Kanitz, D., Stoff., T., Becker, T., Holz, C. and Baudisch, P. Multitoe: High-Precision Interaction with Back-Projected Floors Based on High-Resolution Multi-Touch Input. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '10, 209–218. Multitoe project
  55. Holz, C. and Baudisch, P. The Generalized Perceived Input Point Model and How to Double Touch Accuracy by Extracting Fingerprints. In Proceedings of ACM CHI '10, 581–590. The Generalized Perceived Input Point Model project
  56. Holz, C. and Feiner, S. Relaxed Selection Techniques for Querying Time-Series Graphs. In Proceedings of ACM UIST '09, 213–222. Relaxed Selection Techniques project

Theses

  1. Holz, C. 3D from 2D Touch. PhD Dissertation.
  2. Holz, C. Sketch-based search techniques for time series graphs and single-stroke menu techniques. Master's thesis.

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