Sachith Muthukumarana
PhD Candidate
Sachith is a PhD candidate at the Augmented Human Lab of Auckland Bioengineering Institute in the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He first joined the Augmented Human Lab as a student intern while completing his undergraduate degree. Once he completed his honours degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, he enrolled at the UoA to pursue his PhD in Human-Computer Interaction. Sachith is passionate about HCI, Assistive Augmentation and Haptic Interfaces. Apart from academic interests, he likes sports, food, and travelling.
Projects
Publications
XRtic: A Prototyping Toolkit for XR Applications using Cloth Deformation
Muthukumarana, S., Nassani, A., Park, N., Steimle, J., Billinghurst, B., and Nanayakkara, S.C., XRtic: A Prototyping Toolkit for XR Applications using Cloth Deformation. In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), IEEE, 2022.
ANISMA: A Prototyping Toolkit to Explore Haptic Skin Deformation Applications Using Shape-Memory Alloys
Messerschmidt M.A., Muthukumarana S., Hamdan N.A., Wagner A., Zhang H., Borchers J., and Nanayakkara S.C. 2022. ANISMA: A Prototyping Toolkit to Explore Haptic Skin Deformation Applications Using Shape-Memory Alloys. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. 29, 3, Article 19 (June 2022), 34 pages.
Jammify: Interactive Multi-Sensory System for Digital Art Jamming
Muthukumarana S., Elvitigala D.S., Wu Q., Pai Y.S., Nanayakkara S.C. 2021. Jammify: Interactive Multi-sensory System for Digital Art Jamming. In Human-Computer-Interaction – INTERACT 2021, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 23–41
ClothTiles: A Prototyping Platform to Fabricate Customized Actuators on Clothing using 3D Printing and Shape-Memory Alloys
Muthukumarana, S., Messerschmidt, M.A., Matthies, D.J.C., Steimle, J., Scholl, P.M., and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2021. ClothTiles: A Prototyping Platform to Fabricate Customized Actuators on Clothing using 3D Printing and Shape-Memory Alloys. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’21), May 8–13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan.
Touch me Gently: Recreating the Perception of Touch using a Shape-Memory Alloy Matrix
Muthukumarana, S., Elvitigala, D.S., Cortes, J.P.F., Matthies, D.J. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2020, April. Touch me gently: recreating the perception of touch using a shape-memory alloy matrix. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '20), April 25–30, 2020, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA. ACM.
PhantomTouch: Creating an Extended Reality by the Illusion of Touch using a Shape-Memory Alloy Matrix
Muthukumarana, S., Elvitigala, D.S., Cortes, J.P.F., Matthies, D.J. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2019, November. PhantomTouch: Creating an Extended Reality by the Illusion of Touch using a Shape-Memory Alloy Matrix. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 XR (pp. 29-30). ACM.
CricketCoach: Towards Creating a Better Awareness of Gripping Forces for Cricketers
Muthukumarana, S., Matthies, D.J., Weerasinghe, C., Elvitigala, D.S. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2019, March. CricketCoach: Towards Creating a Better Awareness of Gripping Forces for Cricketers. In Proceedings of the 10th Augmented Human International Conference 2019 (pp. 1-2).
ChewIt. An Intraoral Interface for Discreet Interactions.
Cascón, P.C., Matthies, D.J., Muthukumarana, S. and Nanayakkara, S.C, 2019, May. ChewIt. An Intraoral Interface for Discreet Interactions. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13).
CapMat: A Smart Foot Mat for User Authentication
Matthies, D.J., Elvitigala, D.S., Muthukumarana, S., Huber, J. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2019, March. CapMat: a smart foot mat for user authentication. In Proceedings of the 10th Augmented Human International Conference 2019 (pp. 1-2).
InSight: A Systematic Approach to Create Dynamic Human-Controller-Interactions
Boldu, R., Zhang, H., Cortés, J.P.F., Muthukumarana, S. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2017, March. Insight: a systematic approach to create dynamic human-controller-interactions. In Proceedings of the 8th Augmented Human International Conference (pp. 1-5). Best Short Paper Award!