Visual Computing Aarhus (VCA) | Aarhus University

Visual Computing Research at Aarhus University

Visual Computing Aarhus (VCA) is a research group in the Human-Centered Computing Section at the Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University. Led by Associate Professor Stefanie Zollmann, our work lies at the intersection of computer graphics, computer vision, human-computer interaction (HCI), and visualization.

We investigate how visual computing can connect real and virtual environments and support human perception, interaction, and understanding. Our research includes eXtended Reality (XR), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), situated visualization, immersive rendering, view synthesis, and methods for creating spatial and immersive content.

🔬 Research Focus

Our current research spans several areas of visual computing:

Situated Visualization and Augmented Reality We develop methods for presenting digital information and visualizations directly in their real-world spatial context.
XR for Sports, Media, Training, and Instruction We investigate augmented and virtual reality for sports spectating, immersive coaching, training, and situated instruction.
Immersive Rendering and View Synthesis We explore neural rendering, Gaussian splatting, panoramic reconstruction, novel-view synthesis, and view-dependent rendering for interactive XR.
Computer Vision for Spatial Computing We study camera-based localization, tracking, reconstruction, and scene understanding for augmented and mixed reality systems.

📄 Selected Recent Publications

Selected recent publications related to the group's research. For a broader publication list, see Stefanie Zollmann's publication page and Aarhus University Pure.

2026

AR Widgets: Exploring Placement Strategies for Persistent Widgets for Augmented Reality

Zollmann, S., Langlotz, T., Wagner, D., Manakhov, P., & Lo, W. H.

MobileHCI 2026, Swansea, UK.

VR Panorama Inpainting: A Feasibility Study of High-Resolution View Synthesis for Virtual Reality

Eagan, L., Nguyen, N., Chen, A. V., Zhu, T., Johnson, S. M., Dumpa, P. R., Geil, B. J., Ventura, J., & Zollmann, S.

2026 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and eXtended and Virtual Reality (AIxVR), pp. 137–146.

2025

VAIR: Visual Analytics for Injury Risk Exploration in Sports

Lee, C., Gong, U., Lin, T., Zollmann, S., Epsley, S., Petway, A., & Pfister, H.

2025 IEEE 16th Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare (VAHC).

Mobile Eye-perspective Rendering: Alignment of Image-based Vision Augmentations for Optical See-through Head-mounted Displays

Emsenhuber, G., Smirnov, M., Langlotz, T., Kalkofen, D., Zollmann, S., & Tatzgern, M.

2025 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct).

Semantics-Controlled Gaussian Splatting for Outdoor Scene Reconstruction and Rendering in Virtual Reality

Schieber, H., Young, J., Langlotz, T., Zollmann, S., & Roth, D.

2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR).

Augmented Reality for Supporting Accessible Sports Spectating and Training

Zollmann, S., Gong, U., & Langlotz, T.

Third Workshop on Building an Inclusive and Accessible Metaverse for All, ACM CHI 2025, Yokohama, Japan.

2024

Train Me: Exploring Mobile Sports Capture and Replay for Immersive Sports Coaching

Sani, M. R., Zollmann, S., & Langlotz, T.

Adjunct Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI).

3D Pano Inpainting: Building a VR Environment from a Single Input Panorama

Ajisa, S., Du, E., Nguyen, N., Zollmann, S., & Ventura, J.

IEEE VR 2024 Adjunct Proceedings.

Hybrid XRSpectator: A Hybrid Tabletop XR Sports Spectating Experience

Lo, W. H., Gul, S., Langlotz, T., Regenbrecht, H., & Zollmann, S.

2024 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW).