Contact
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| Address | Bd de Pérolles 90 1700 Fribourg Switzerland |
| yongjoon.thoo(at)unifr.ch | |
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Yong-Joon Thoo
PhD Student in Computer Science
Research interests
My research focuses on enhancing the quality of life for blind and low-vision (BLV) individuals by developing a collaborative augmented reality (AR) platform. This platform enables users to train their residual vision and develop adaptive strategies through interactive, personalized tasks designed to simulate real-world scenarios. Developed in collaboration with vision rehabilitation centers, these tasks are tailored to individual needs, fostering greater engagement and motivation during training. Moreover, the platform provides vision specialists with real-time insights into their clients’ visual strategies through shared visual cues, facilitating more effective feedback and guidance. By bridging the gap between clients and specialists, my work aims to make vision rehabilitation more accessible, engaging, and impactful.
My research interests include:
- Mixed Reality
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Multimodal Interaction
Teaching
Current courses
Past courses
- HCI Seminar [Spring 2022, Autumn 2023], Teaching Assistant
- Multimodal User Interfaces [Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024], Teaching Assistant
- Prototyping and Fabrication in the FabLab [Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023], Teaching Assistant
Theses supervision
Ongoing
- Benjamin Del Don, Integrating YOLO ORB SLAM via an Intel Realsense on a Mobile Robot to Detect Indoor Objects for Blind and Low-Vision People [BSc]
Completed
- Kimmy Costa, Investigating the Advantages of Haptic Feedback during Low-Vision Rehabilition [MSc, 2024]
- Morgane Kappeler, Investigating the possibilities of eye gaze visualizations in on-site AR collaboration game [BSc, 2024]
- Sophie Maudonnet, An Augmented Reality based Sandbox to Investigate the Potential of On-Site Collaborative Tasks [BSc, 2024]
- Mikkeline Elleby, Collaborative Augmented Reality Platform: A Feasibility Study [BSc, 2023]
- Loris Bertschi, Co-design of an AR Rehabilitation Task for People with Visual Impairment [BSc, 2023]
- Cédric Membrez, AR Escape Room to Support the Rehabilitation of People with Visual Impairment [MSc, 2023]
- Karim Aebischer, A Gamified Mobile Application for Approach-Avoidance Tasks [MSc, 2022]
Publications
- Maximiliano Jeanneret Medina, Yong-Joon Thoo, and Cédric Baudet. 2024. "3.1 Accessibilité numérique: évolution et état actuel". In Innovation Booster Technologie et Handicap, pp. 157-169. Association Sociographe, 2024.
- Yong-Joon Thoo, Maximiliano Jeanneret Medina, Jon E. Froehlich, Nicolas Ruffieux, and Denis Lalanne. 2023. A Large-Scale Mixed-Methods Analysis of Blind and Low-vision Research in ACM and IEEE. In The 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '23), October 22–25, 2023, New York, NY, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 20 pages. 10.1145/3597638.3608412
- Yong-Joon Thoo, Jérémy Maceiras, Philip Abbet, Mattia Racca, Hakan Girgin and Sylvain Calinon. 2021. Online and Offline Robot Programming via Augmented Reality Workspaces. 10.48550/arXiv.2107.01884
Events
Conferences
- 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Acessibility (ASSETS 2023), where I presented my paper entitled "A Large-Scale Mixed-Methods Analysis of Blind and Low-vision Research in ACM and IEEE."
Workshops
- Co-organiser of the MISTI MIT Media Lab x Smart Living Lab Workshop - Part 2 hosted at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachussets, USA.
- Co-organiser of the MISTI MIT Media Lab x Smart Living Lab Workshop - Part 1 hosted at the Human-IST Institute in Fribourg, Switzerland.