
Florian Müller
Urban Interaction
HCI4AI
AR/VR Enthusiast
Statistics Nerd
I am an Assistant Professor for Mobile Human-Computer Interaction at TU Darmstadt where I lead the Urban Interaction Lab. My research follows the vision of seamless mobile interaction in and with the physical world, where digital information, AI agents, and physical environments merge into a unified eXtended Reality. Towards this vision, I explore novel interaction techniques for mobile XR and collaboration with AI systems. My approach is informed by a deep understanding of body-centric, tangible and haptic interfaces, as well as strong technical expertise, aiming to make the interaction more efficient and accurate but also more enjoyable and fun.

Latest Publications
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If It's Safe, Don't Ask: Decreasing Frustration through User Involvement for Risky Robot Behaviors
HRI Proceedings of the 21st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '26), 2026

Anticipation Without Acceleration: Benefits of Shared Gaze in Collocated Augmented Reality Collaboration
CHI Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026

BroomBroom! Evaluation of Leaning and Controller-based Locomotion for Flying in Virtual Reality
VRST Proceedings of the 2025 31st ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, 2025

Manipulating Stiffness Perception of Compliant Objects While Pinching in Virtual Reality
VRST Proceedings of the 2025 31st ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, 2025

Falling into Fears: Exploring Virtual Reality as a Fear-Reduction Training Tool for Climbers
Proceedings of the First Annual Conference on Human-Computer Interaction and Sports, 2025