Kagan Taylor
About Me
I am a PhD student at Lancaster University, with a focus on Human Computer Interaction. My research explores how we can use eye gaze and subtle finger movements to create interactions in XR that are expressive, efficient, and useful, while remaining learnable and socially accepted.
Activity
2026 LMU HCI Winter School, Söllerhaus
IEEE VR Poster: Towards the Fusion of Gaze and Micro-Gestures, St.Malo, 2025
Research & Ideas
Divided Attention On-the-Go: How to Stay Focussed while Moving
We can't work as effectively when walking as when we're sat at our desks, and we still won't be able to once AR glasses are lighter, and mobile input better developed. Part of the problem is that our attention is divided between walking and our virtual tasks. Future systems therefore need to be designed to subtly support us as we walk to improve our focus on-the-go.
Towards the Future of Gaze and Micro-Gestures
Gaze and hand-based micro-gestures have been widely studied individually, each offering unique advantages as input modalities, but their combination remains under-explored. In this work, we integrate gaze with thumb-to-finger micro-gestures, discussing their complementary strengths to enable expressive and efficient interactions.