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

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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.

News

  • 01/2026: Three full papers accepted at CHI '26 (two as first author, one as co-author).

Full Papers

CHI '26

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Unbounded: Object-Boundary Interactions in Mixed Reality

Zhuoyue Lyu, Per Ola Kristensso

[Paper] [Video]

CHI '26

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Objestures: Everyday Objects Meet Mid-Air Gestures for Expressive Interaction

Zhuoyue Lyu, Per Ola Kristensson

[Paper] [Video]

ISMAR '22

Touching The Droid: Understanding and Improving Touch Precision With Mobile Devices in Virtual Reality

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

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

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

[Paper] [Video]

Best Video Showcase Award ★

UIST '22
Posters

HomeView: Automatically Building Smart Home Digital Twins With Augmented Reality Headsets

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

AIive: Interactive Visualization and Sonification of Neural Networks in Virtual Reality

Zhuoyue Lyu, Jiannan Li, Bryan Wang

[Paper] [Talk]

Best Presentation Award 

Service

Organizing Committee

Program Committee

Reviewer

CHI '26 ✧

CHI '25 ★

UIST '24 ★

CHI '24 ★✧

EAAI '24

EAAI '23

MobileHCI '22

IDC '22

✧ Special recognition for outstanding review

★ Recognition for highly useful review  

Student Volunteer

UIST '22

CHI '22

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)

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