Embodied AI interaction
XR-based interaction with LLMs, conversational agents, decision-support tools, and adaptive AI services.
Full-day workshop at ACM IUI 2027 · Helsinki, Finland
Human–AI Interaction and Technology-Mediated Human Representation in eXtended Reality
MixHAI-XR explores how recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR) are transforming both how people interact with AI and how humans and AI agents are represented in digital spaces.
Interaction layerXR as a situated interface to AI
Representation layerDigital humans, avatars, agents, twins
Central aimResponsible, controllable, human-centered XR-AI
About the workshop
From immersive interaction to embodied representation
As XR, generative AI, digital twins, avatars, personalized agents, spatial computing, and multimodal sensing converge, immersive systems are no longer only environments in which interaction takes place. They increasingly become intelligent spaces where identities, roles, bodies, voices, behaviors, and expertise can be captured, reconstructed, embodied, adapted, and negotiated.
The workshop is organized around a unifying research question: How should intelligent immersive interfaces represent humans and AI, and how can people understand, control, evaluate, and collaborate with these representations?
MixHAI-XR brings together researchers and practitioners working on human-AI interaction, XR, embodied agents, mixed identities, digital human representations, human factors, ethics, accessibility, design, and evaluation.
Topics of interest
We welcome contributions on, but not limited to
Technology-mediated representation
Avatars, personalized agents, digital clones, digital twins, expert representations, and mixed human identities.
Multimodal sensing and adaptation
Speech, gesture, gaze, haptics, spatial cues, environmental context, 3D capture, voice synthesis, and physiological sensing.
Agency, control, and transparency
User agency, perceived control, explainability, consent, authorship, provenance, modification rights, and attribution.
Evaluation and human factors
Cognitive load, attention, emotional engagement, trust, acceptance, accessibility, identity fidelity, representation quality, and social acceptability.
Collaboration and social interaction
Multi-user XR, shared agency, coordination, role distribution, mediated identities, interpersonal digital twins, and social connection.
Responsible augmentation
Human capability augmentation, overreliance, dependence, excessive offloading, manipulation, reputational harm, privacy, and accountability.
Application domains
Healthcare, rehabilitation, education, accessibility, cultural heritage, industrial training, workplace support, and collaborative XR.
Key dates
Important deadlines
All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (AoE). The workshop paper deadlines follow the ACM IUI 2027 workshop schedule and may be refined once the submission system is activated.
Nov 9, 2026Workshop paper submission deadline
Dec 7, 2026Author notification
Dec 21, 2026Camera-ready deadline
Call for papers
Who should submit?
We invite researchers, designers, engineers, and practitioners interested in intelligent immersive interfaces, embodied AI, mixed identities, digital human representations, and responsible human-AI interaction in XR.
Submissions may include empirical studies, conceptual frameworks, position papers, design methods, prototypes, system descriptions, evaluation approaches, and domain-specific applications. Authors are encouraged to submit work that opens discussion, identifies challenges, or proposes new ways to connect interaction design with technology-mediated representation.
Submission information
Submission and review
Paper format
Authors should prepare a Regular or Short paper. Regular papers are at least 10 "standard" pages and short papers at least 5 pages (5-9 "standard" pages without references).
Review process
All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the workshop program committee. Acceptance will be based on relevance, quality, originality, clarity, and potential to stimulate discussion.
Proceedings
Accepted workshop papers are expected to be included in the joint IUI 2027 workshop proceedings published at CEUR-WS.org
Submission link
The submission portal will be announced here as soon as the IUI 2027 workshop track is available.
Submission link TBAPlanned outcomes
A shared research agenda for intelligent immersive representations
The workshop aims to produce a preliminary integrated framework that connects the continuum of technology-mediated human representation with the interaction and evaluation dimensions of intelligent XR interfaces. Concrete outputs will include a workshop summary, a structured map of design and evaluation dimensions, and a prioritized research roadmap supporting follow-up collaborations and joint publications.
Organizers
Organizing committee
Jan Henry Belz
University of Ulm
jan.belz@uni-ulm.deGiuseppe Caggianese
National Research Council of Italy, CNR-ICAR
giuseppe.caggianese@cnr.itMarta Mondellini
CNR-STIIMA
marta.mondellini@cnr.itNicola Capece
University of Basilicata
nicola.capece@unibas.itMario Covarrubias
Politecnico di Milano
mario.covarrubias@polimi.itMark McGill
University of Glasgow
mmcgill@gmail.comClara Sayffaerth
LMU Munich
clara.sayffaerth@ifi.lmu.deJohanna Kuch
University of Augsburg
johanna.kuch@uni-a.deJonas Keppel
University of Duisburg-Essen
jonas.keppel@uni-due.deAlischa Leona Förster
htw saar
alischa.foerster@htwsaar.deQing Li
University of Technology Sydney
Qing.Li-6@student.uts.edu.auFlorian Müller
TU Darmstadt
florian.mueller@tu-darmstadt.deKatie Seaborn
University of Cambridge
katie.seaborn@cst.cam.ac.ukMaximilian Altmeyer
Saarland University of Applied Sciences
maximilian.altmeyer@htwsaar.deProgram committee
Tentative program committee
TBD
Contact
Questions?
For questions about the workshop scope, submissions, or participation, please contact the workshop organizers.