Virtual Control Interface: Discover and Control IoT Devices Intuitively Through AR Glasses with Multi-model Interactions

The number of smart home devices will increase exponentially. The current Internet of Things (IoT) control interfaces on smartphones are spatially separated from the devices they operate, making them less intuitive and progressively more complicated. We developed VCI, a Virtual Reality (VR) simulation for HCI researchers to explore multimodal interactions with IoT in a future smart home setting using virtual control interfaces projected on emulated AR glasses.