Laura Schütz

Laura Schütz

I am a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Technical University of Munich with Prof. Nassir Navab at the CAMP chair. My research in Human-Computer Interaction focuses on multisensory interactions in augmented reality. I am specifically interested in audiovisual perception and sonic interaction design for healthcare applications. I have published work at ACM CHI, IEEE ISMAR, IEEE TVCG, and MICCAI.

Currently, I am a visiting student at the Augmented Perception Lab with Prof. David Lindlbauer at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. I previously received a MS in Design from Stanford University where I was advised by Prof. Sean Follmer.

News

June 2025
Our workshop MIX - Multisensory Interactions in XR got accepted at ISMAR 2025. Join us in Daejeon, South Korea, on Oct 8!
May 2025
Presented my research on "Designing Multimodal Interactions in Medical Augmented Reality" at the CHI 2025 Doctoral Consortium.
Apr 2025
Stanford d.school shared an article about my work on using sound in surgery.
Apr 2025
Started my visiting research at the Augmented Perception Lab at Carnegie Mellon University.
Oct 2024
Our paper "A Framework for Multimodal Medical Image Interaction" was presented at ISMAR 2024 and published in IEEE TVCG Journal.
May 2024
Presented our paper on "Interactive Shape Sonification for Tumor Localization" at CHI 2024.
Jun 2023
Received the Stanford MS Design Project Award for the best master's project in the graduating class of 2023.

Publications

Art

Empathy AI - Escape from the Turing Trap

A human-AI interaction based on emotions and colors rather than words.

K-TILE - Feature-based AI Audio Mosaic Tool

An audio mosaic of bird songs that visualizes and sonifies the AI model's parameter k, a measure of similarity retrieval.

Microbial Ecologies

A physical and virtual reality exhibition piece on the human gut microbiome inviting the visitor to transcend the limitations of our human senses and envision other simultaneous realities.

Particle Paint

An expressive tool for contemplation - creating ephemeral drawings using sound

Solar Sequencer

An audio sequencer that lets you discover the soundscape of space.

Drawing with Sound

This audio visualizer conveys waveform and time domain of a given audio input in real-time.