On August 15, 2020, Dr. Ziho Kang’s NSF CAREER project officially began.

The project, titled “Non-text-based smart learning in fully immersive multi-person virtual reality using multimodal analysis of physiological measures,” studies how eye movement characteristics, haptic interactions, and brain activities can be used to support near real-time understanding of learner engagement.

This award became a major foundation for the lab’s work in immersive learning, multimodal analysis, and adaptive support in virtual reality environments.