Ryan Ghamandi

Ryan is a Computer Science PhD Candidate in the ISUE Lab. His research interests are in XR and HCI with a focus on Mixed Reality Collaboration; the use of the mixed reality spectrum to help people (especially for individuals at a distance) realize common goals. Ryan received his Master's in Computer Science from UCF in 2022.

Publications

Williamson, B., Powell, P., Ghamandi, R., Belga, J., LaViola, J., Chawla, N., McMahan, R., Middleton, M., Kluck, M., and McKendrick, R. "Using Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence for Complex Task Guidance in a UH-60 Environment", Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2025, 14 pages, December 2025.
Belga, J., Ghamandi, R., Chawla, N., McKendrick, R., McMahan, R., and LaViola, J. "An Investigation of Look Cues and Pick Cues for Guidance in Dense Operating Environments", Proceedings of the 69th Human Factors and Ergonomic Society International Annual Meeting (HFES 2025), 7 pages, October 2025.
Hmaiti, Y., Maslych, M., Ghasemaghaei, A., Ghamandi, R., and LaViola, J. "Visual Perceptual Confidence: Exploring Discrepancies Between Self-reported and Actual Distance Perception In Virtual Reality", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 30(11):7245-7254, November 2024.
Ghamandi, R., Kattoju, RK., Hmaiti, Y., Maslych, M., Taranta, E., McMahan, R., and LaViola, J. "Unlocking Understanding: An Investigation of Multimodal Communication in Virtual Reality Collaboration", Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '24), Article 602, 16 pages, May 2024.
Ghamandi, R., Hmaiti, Y., Nguyen, T., Ghasemaghaei, A., Kattoju, RK., Taranta, E., and LaViola, J. "What And How Together: A Taxonomy On 30 Years Of Collaborative Human-Centered XR Tasks", Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, 322-335, October 2023.
Kattoju, RK., Ghamandi, R., Taranta, E., and LaViola, J. "Automatic Improper Loading Posture Detection and Correction Utilizing Electrical Muscle Stimulation", Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23), Article 319, 18 pages, April 2023.
Maslych, M., Hmaiti, Y., Ghamandi, R., Leber, P., Kattoju, RK., Belga, J., and LaViola, J. "Toward Intuitive Acquisition of Occluded VR Objects Through an Interactive Disocclusion Mini-map", Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR '23), 460-470, March 2023.
Belga, J., Do, T., Ghamandi, R., McMahan, R., and LaViola, J. "Carousel: Improving the Accuracy of Virtual Reality Assessments for Inspection Training Tasks", Proceedings of the 28th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST ‘22), Article 1, 10 pages, November 2022.
Kattoju, RK., Taranta, E., Ghamandi, R., and LaViola, J. "Automatic Asymmetric Weight Distribution Detection and Correction Utilizing Electrical Muscle Stimulation", Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2022 (GI '22), 13 pages, May 2022.
Taranta, E., Maslych, M., Ghamandi, R., and LaViola, J. "The Voight-Kampff Machine for Automatic Custom Gesture Rejection Threshold Selection", Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '22), Article 556, 15 pages, May 2022.