I design and build what shapes how we feel, express, and imagine.

Shanghai, China · shot by Rainey Jin
Zhuoyue is a PhD researcher in Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Supported by full scholarships from Trinity–Henry Barlow and the Cambridge Trust, his research explores interaction design in mixed reality that deepens connections between humans, the physical world, and digital experiences.
Zhuoyue holds a Master's degree in Education from Harvard University and an Honours Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a focus on Artificial Intelligence from the University of Toronto. He has previously worked at the MIT Media Lab, IBM, Stanford University, and the University of Pennsylvania. He brings a multidisciplinary approach to his work, balancing roles as a researcher, designer, engineer, educator, and artist.
Full Papers
CHI '26

Unbounded: Object-Boundary Interactions in Mixed Reality
Zhuoyue Lyu, Per Ola Kristensso
CHI '26

Objestures: Everyday Objects Meet Mid-Air Gestures for Expressive Interaction
Zhuoyue Lyu, Per Ola Kristensson
ISMAR '22

Touching The Droid: Understanding and Improving Touch Precision With Mobile Devices in Virtual Reality
Fengyuan Zhu, Zhuoyue Lyu, Mauricio Sousa, Tovi Grossman
[Paper]
AAAI '22
EAAI

Introducing Variational Autoencoders to High School Students
Zhuoyue Lyu, Safinah Ali, Cynthia Breazeal.
[Paper] [Website]
AAAI/ACM SIGAI New and Future AI Educator Award ★
Short Papers
CHI '25
Video
showcases

Clo(o)k: Human-Time Interactions Through a Clock That “Looks”
Zhuoyue Lyu
UIST '22
Posters

HomeView: Automatically Building Smart Home Digital Twins With Augmented Reality Headsets
Zhuoyue Lyu, Jackie Yang, Monica Lam, James Landay
[Paper]
AIVR ’21
Demos

AIive: Interactive Visualization and Sonification of Neural Networks in Virtual Reality
Zhuoyue Lyu, Jiannan Li, Bryan Wang
Work
2023
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
Student Researcher
University of Pennsylvania
Teaching Assistant
2021
Stanford University
Research Intern
MIT Media Lab
Research Intern
2020 - 21
Gap year
IBM
Software Engineer
2019
University of Toronto
Teaching Assistant
Research Assistant
Education
2023 - 27
University of Cambridge | PhD
2022 - 23
Harvard University | EdM
MIT (Cross-registration)
2017 - 22
University of Toronto | Honours BSc
University of Pennsylvania (Visiting student)