Michael Rietzler, PhD

Michael Rietzler studied media informatics at Ulm University. He obtained his master degree in 2015. Since february 2015 he is an active and thorough researcher of the research group human computer interaction.

In July 2019, Michael Rietzler has successfully obtained a PhD degree of Ulm University. His thesis has the title: Physical and Virtual Worlds: Towards Interaction in Distinct Realities.

Research interests

  • Virtual Reality
  • Gesture-based Interaction
  • Depth camera-Systems/Tracking

Teaching

  • Researchtrends in Mediainformatics (RTMI) (Winter 15/16,  16/17)
  • Projekt Mensch-Computer-Interaktion (15/16)
  • User Interface Softwaretechnologie (SS 16)

Projects

FusionKit

FusionKit is a software suite developed in the course of the the research group's participation in the INTERACT project. It aims to be a low-cost tracking system based on multiple Kinect time-of-flight cameras, which enables markerless body tracking as well as marker-based object tracking for a broad range of HCI and tracking scenarios. The toolkit is to be released as fully open source software and can be used and modified by industry, researchers and other groups interested in an easy-to-setup, affordable tracking solution.

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INTERACT

In order to be competitive in a global scale, European factories should be operated by a highly skilled workforce supported by advanced automation and IT tools.  INTERACT aims to utilize workers’  knowledge on executing manual assembly tasks and include it in the digital tools used to support design, verification, validation, modification and continuous improvement of human-centred, flexible assembly workplaces.

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Scientific Activities

  • Reviewer für
  • CHI'17, '18
  • IEEE VR'17
  • ISWC'16
  • PerDis'16
  • GI'18

Publications

2017

7.
M. Rietzler, K. Plaumann, T. Kränzle, M. Erath, A. Stahl and E. Rukzio, "VaiR3: Simulating 3D Airflows in Virtual Reality", In Proc. of CHI 2017 (SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems), May 2017. https://youtu.be/aqRJX0D7EBk.
DOI:10.1145/3025453.3026009
File:/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/mitarbeiterbereiche/rietzler/VaiR.pdf
6.
J. Brich, M. Walch, M. Rietzler, M. Weber and F. Schaub, "Exploring End User Programming Needs In Home Automation", Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Special Issue on End User Development for the Internet of Things, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 11:1--11:35, 2017.
DOI:10.1145/3057858
5.
M. Otto, P. Agethen, F. Geiselhart, M. Rietzler, F. Gaisbauer and E. Rukzio, "Presenting a Holistic Framework for Scalable, Marker-less Motion Capturing: Skeletal Tracking Performance Analysis, Sensor Fusion Algorithms and Usage in Automotive Industry", Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting, vol. 13, no. 3, 2017. http://www.jvrb.org/past-issues/13.2016/4481.
DOI:10.20385/1860-2037/13.2016.3
File:pdfhttps://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Rukzio/2016/1320163.pdf

2016

4.
F. Geiselhart, M. Rietzler and E. Rukzio, "EyeVR - Low Cost VR Eye Interaction ", In Adj. Proc. (Demo) of Ubicomp 2016 (ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing), Sep. 2016.
DOI:10.1145/2968219.2971384
File:pdfhttps://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Rukzio/2016/EyeVRUbicompDemo2016.pdf
3.
M. Rietzler, F. Geiselhart, J. Thomas and E. Rukzio, "FusionKit: A Generic Toolkit for Skeleton, Marker and Rigid-Body Tracking", In Proc. of EICS 2016 (8th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems), Jun. 2016. https://youtu.be/ZQoDrKShPfk.
DOI:10.1145/2933242.2933263
Weblink:https://www.uni-ulm.de/index.php?id=85220
File:pdfhttps://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Rukzio/2016/FusionKit.pdf

2013

2.
M. Rietzler, J. Greim, M. Walch, F. Schaub, B. Wiedersheim and M. Weber, "homeBLOX: Introducing Process driven Home Automation" in Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Adjunct Publication, New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2013, pp. 801--808.
DOI:10.1145/2494091.2497321
ISBN:978-1-4503-2215-7
File:pdfhttp://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Weber/2013-homeSys-homeBLOX.pdf
1.
M. Walch, M. Rietzler, J. Greim, F. Schaub, B. Wiedersheim and M. Weber, "homeBLOX: Making Home Automation Usable" in Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Adjunct Publication, New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2013, pp. 295--298.
DOI:10.1145/2494091.2494182
ISBN:978-1-4503-2215-7
File:pdfhttp://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Weber/2013-UbiComp-adjunct-homeBLOX.pdf
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