Hi, Evan here.
Interaction with technology fascinates me. As a researcher in AR/VR technologies, I design new ways to interact with the virtual, particularly through novel input devices, feedback techniques, and understanding of context. I'd like us to experience true flow-state when we engage with a system: effortless control, minimal friction, and delightful feedback.
In a past (grad student) life, I investigated new paradigms for designing and debugging electronic systems. Armed with tools like instrumentation and programmable hardware, we can surface the hidden state in a complex system and support more iterative and interactive design practices.
Publications
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TouchFusion: Multimodal Wristband Sensing for Ubiquitous Touch Interactions
Eric Whitmire, Evan Strasnick, Roger Boldu, Raj Sodhi, Nathan Godwin, Shiu Ng, Andre Levi, Amy Karlson, Ran Tan, Josef Faller, Emrah Adamey, Hanchuan Li, Wolf Kienzle, Hrvoje Benko
arXiv, 2026.
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Towards Open-World Gesture Recognition
Junxiao Shen, Matthias De Lange, Xuhai Xu, Ran Tan, Enmin Zhou, Naveen Suda, Maciej Lazarewicz, Per Ola Kristensson, Amy Karlson, Evan Strasnick
ISMAR, 2024.
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Boosting Gesture Recognition with an Automatic Gesture Annotation Framework
Junxiao Shen, Xuhai Xu, Ran Tan, Amy Karlson, Evan Strasnick
FG, 2024.
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Christina Pan, Sahil Yakhmi, Tara Iyer, Evan Strasnick, Amy Zhang, Michael Bernstein
CSCW, 2022.
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Coupling Simulation and Hardware for Interactive Circuit Debugging
Evan Strasnick, Maneesh Agrawala, Sean Follmer
CHI, 2021.
Best Paper
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Pinpoint: A PCB Debugging Pipeline Using Interruptible Routing and Instrumentation
Evan Strasnick, Sean Follmer, Maneesh Agrawala
CHI, 2019.
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Haptic Links: Bimanual Haptics for Virtual Reality Using Variable Stiffness Actuation
Evan Strasnick, Christian Holz, Eyal Ofek, Mike Sinclair, Hrvoje Benko
CHI, 2018.
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Three Haptic Shape-Feedback Controllers for Virtual Reality
Mike Sinclair, Eyal Ofek, Christian Holz, Inrak Choi, Eric Whitmire, Evan Strasnick, Hrvoje Benko
IEEE VR, 2018.
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Scanalog: Interactive Design and Debugging of Analog Circuits with Programmable Hardware
Evan Strasnick, Maneesh Agrawala, Sean Follmer
UIST, 2017.
Details | Full Article | Video | External Site | Source Code
Best Paper Honorable Mention
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shiftIO: Reconfigurable Tactile Elements for Dynamic Affordances and Mobile Interaction
Evan Strasnick, Jackie Yang, Kesler Tanner, Alex Olwal, Sean Follmer
CHI, 2017.
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Best Paper Honorable Mention
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BrushTouch: Exploring an Alternative Tactile Method for Wearable Haptics
Evan Strasnick, Jessica Cauchard, James Landay
CHI, 2017.
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Applications of Switchable Permanent Magnetic Actuators in Shape Change and Tactile Display
Evan Strasnick, Sean Follmer
UIST, 2016.
Other Projects
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Evan Strasnick, Jingyi Li, Crystal Tjoa
2017
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Pianolens: An Augmented Reality Interface For Piano Instruction
Evan Strasnick, Austin Chambers, Liu Jiang, Xiaonan Tong
2016
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Evan Strasnick, Szymon Rusinkiewicz
2014
Best Poster Award
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BlueCane: A Modern Cane Solution for the Visually Impaired Using Shape Change
Evan Strasnick, Joseph Bolling, Jacob Simon, Xin Yang Yak, Rebecca Fiebrink
2014
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