About Me

👨‍🎓 I’m a software developer at Amazon Canada. I completed my Ph.D. at University of Waterloo supervised by Prof. Jian Zhao, Prof. Keiko Katsuragawa, and the late Prof. Edward Lank. Before that, I earned my Master degree at University of Waterloo supervised by the late Prof. Edward Lank. I was an undergraduate student at Zhejiang University.
👋 I enjoy creating new interaction techniques to solve real world problems. My research interests lie in VR & AR Interaction and Mobile Interaction.
📸 I’m also a street photographer. I observe and capture the decisive moments and give them interesting names. Please check my pics here.
🎵 Music is also a very important part of my life. I enjoy all kinds of music, especially classical and jazz. Currently, I’m learning the violin and Chinese bamboo flute.
Contact: futian (dot) zhang [at] uwaterloo (dot) ca
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Publications

• Concert: Elementary VR Interactions Augmented By Bimanual Input

  Futian Zhang (Ph.D. Thesis)

• Fly the Moon to Me: Bimanual 3D Locomotion in Virtual Reality By Manipulating the Position of the Destination Object

  Futian Zhang, Jiawen Stefanie Zhu, Edward Lank , Keiko Katsuragawa, Jian Zhao (GI 2025)

• Drum Menu: Bimanual Controller Command Access Techniques in Virtual Reality

  Futian Zhang, Paul Kokhanov, Edward Lank , Keiko Katsuragawa, Jian Zhao (GI 2025)

• Conductor: Intersection-based bimanual pointing in augmented and virtual reality

  Futian Zhang, Keiko Katsuragawa, Edward Lank (ISS 2022)

• Analyzing Midair Object Pointing Mappings for Smart Display Input

  Futian Zhang, Sachi Mizobuchi, Wei Zhou, Edward Lank (ISS 2021)

• Leveraging CD Gain for Precise Barehand Video Timeline Browsing on Smart Displays

  Futian Zhang, Sachi Mizobuchi, Wei Zhou, Taslim Arefin Khan, Wei Li, Edward Lank (INTERACT 2021)
  Paper

• Automation Accuracy Is Good, but High Controllability May Be Better

  Quentin Roy, Futian Zhang, Daniel Vogel (CHI 2019)
  BEST PAPER HONORABLE MENTION
  Paper

Research Experiences

• Huawei Noah’s Ark Lab (July 2020 - May 2021)

  • Working with Dr. Sachi Mizobuchi.

  • Working on Midair gesture projects for smart Tvs.

  • Two papers were published.

• University of Waterloo (July 2018 - Sept 2018)

  • Supervised by Prof. Daniel Vogel and Dr. Quentin Roy.

  • Design and develop the experiment platform.

  • Finish a paper about human preference under different accuracy of AI algorithm and different controllability of a system.

  • Accepted to CHI 2019.

• Tsinghua University (July 2017 - Sept 2017)

  • Supervised by Prof. Chun Yu and Dr. Xin Yi.

  • Design and develop the experiment platform and analyse the experiment data.

  • Finish a paper about Text Input on physical keyboard.

  • Submitted to CHI 2018.