Yijun Q.
Profile

I'm a 4th year PhD candidate

HCI Researcher and UX Designer

My PhD research leverage sensory technology and design accessible, immersive games to promote health and wellness. My work published on ACM CHI, IEEE CoG, Brain Science and Frontier of VR , spans interdisciplinary areas from Cognitive Science, Movement Science, to Human-Computer Interaction. I currently based in Boston, and I work with Dr. Leanne Chukoskie, an neuroscientist and Dr. Miso Kim, a HCI research who focus on patient-centered design.

My Research

Virtual Biking Research

VR Exergame and 2nd Language Acquisition on Learning and Cognition

Yijun Qian, Anna Schwartz, Ara Jung, Yichi Zhang, Uri Seitz, Gabrielle Wilds, Miso Kim, Arthur F Kramer, Leanne Chukoskie

CHI 24, and Brain Science →
VR Mental Health Tool

VR Role Play Assessment Tool for Mental Health

Yijun Qian, Luoying Lin, Yaning Li, Zhimeng Wang, Meng Li, Xin Tong, RAY LC

Frontier of Virtual Reality →
Motion Interface Gaming

Beyond Controller: Bodily Motion Interface for RPG Gaming

Coming soon

Submitting to CHI 26 →

Projects

Hospital Alert Project

Hospital Alert - App Launching in 2 months

Medical emergency alert service

2025
VR Rehabilitation Project

FlexFun: GAI + VR Rehab Game Platform

Using GAI to customize game rehablitation exercise for PT patients (conceptual demo)

2024