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.
Previously, I was a visiting researcher at the Augmented Perception Lab with Prof. David Lindlbauer at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2023, I received a MS in Design from Stanford University where I was advised by Prof. Sean Follmer.
News
Oct 2025
Gave an invited talk on Multisensory XR at BMW Open Innovation.
Oct 2025
Presented my paper "Sonify Anything: Towards Context-Aware Sonic Interactions in AR" at ISMAR 2025.
Oct 2025
Organized the 1st MCML International Workshop on Multisensory Interactions in XR at IEEE ISMAR 2025.
Jul 2025
Our article on physiological cognitive load in VR surgery training got published in Nature Scientific Reports.
May 2025
Presented my research on "Designing Multimodal Interactions in Medical Augmented Reality" at CHI 2025.
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 class of 2023.
Select Publications
The impact of iOCT on cognitive load in VR vitreoretinal surgery training
Nature Scientific Reports
Art Projects
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.