Upcoming Deadlines

Registration
Early Bird
30 September 2025
Student Design Competition
Decision notification
26 September 2025

Program

This first edition of the SportsHCI conference will host a variety of sessions, among which an interactive session full of demonstrations of SportsHCI systems; presentations of accepted full papers; poster sessions for Late Breaking Works, keynote talks, and other activities including a social event.

The full conference program will be shared here once TAPS processing is complete.


Registration Opens: TBA

Start of Program: November 17th, TBA

End of Program: November 19th, TBA



List of Accepted Papers

(In alphabetical order based on the name of the first authors)

 

Blindfolded in the Air: Towards Understanding the Design of Interactive Aerial Play

Amanda Topaz, Maria Fernanda Montoya, Rakesh Patibanda, Josh Andres and Floyd Mueller


The Design Space of Haptics in Sports - Initial Studies and Research Agenda           

Angelika Mader, Judith Weda, Dees Postma and Jan van Erp


"Can I Annoy you into Modifying your Running Behaviour?": Investigating the Validity of using Drone Noises to Modify Running Motor Behaviour         

Aswin Balasubramaniam, Dennis Reidsma and Dirk Heylen


Experiences - Mapping Experiences to an Interdisciplinary Design Process of a VR Fall Prevention Exergame                

Celina Ciemer, Mary Linke, Axel Braun, Sabiha Ghellal and Nadja Schott

 

Why We Should Care About Inclusivity in SportsHCI     

Daniel Harrison


“You can’t be what you can’t see”: Community-Based Support and Representation in Diverse Cycling Communities on Instagram

Daniel Harrison, Faye Green and John Rooksby


An Investigation into the Influence of Embodied Agents on the Social Presence Between Humans in Virtual Reality Rowing              

Frederique Voskeuil, Armagan Karahanoglu, Dees Postma and Dennis Reidsma


VR Running     

Jonas Landgren, Elliot Kostenius, August Krantz and Jonathan Starke


Mapping the Flow of Information from Continuous Wearables: Insights from Elite Collegiate Athletes in the United States                 

Kevin Childs, Mollie Brewer, Spencer Thomas, Celeste Wilkins, Jennifer A. Nichols, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer and Kevin R. B. Butler


Digital Technologies for Breaking: Trends and Opportunities 

Leonor Portugal da Fonseca, Francisco Nunes and Paula Alexandra Silva


An Investigation into Alternative Ways of Menstrual Cycle Tracking in Professional Sports             

Marta Devesa Cabrera and Armagan Karahanoglu

 

Investigating How Recreational Cyclists Engage with Sport Tracking Technologies to Prepare for Endurance Events                 

Mollie Brewer, Nadia S. J. Morrow, Xuening Peng, Oluwatomisin Obajemu, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer and Juan E. Gilbert


At the Speed of the Heart: Evaluating Physiologically-Adaptive Visualizations for Supporting Engagement in Biking Exergaming in Virtual Reality                

Oliver Hein, Sandra Wackerl, Changkun Ou, Florian Alt and Francesco Chiossi


A Low-Tech Methodology for Understanding User Needs and Preferences for User-Interface Design for Mixed Reality for a Dynamic Motion Context            

Radoslaw Dukalski, Jason Moore, Peter Beek and Frances Brazier

 

Using Shared Decision-Making Approach in Workout Adjustment Guidance: A Case into Running Training Apps         

Sami Auji, Jonatan Samoocha and Armagan Karahanoglu


Into the Rhythm: Experiencing Sound Guidance to Couple Breath with Steps During Running    

Vincent van Rheden, Eric Harbour, Thomas Finkenzeller, Ulf Jensen and Alexander Meschtscherjakov



List of Accepted Late Breaking Works

(In alphabetical order based on the name of the first authors)

 

Know Thyself: Exploring Self-Awareness of Execution Skill in Darts

Joshua Culmer, Matthew Sheppard and Christopher Archibald


Data Driven Design Framework for Adaptive Mixed Reality User Interfaces for Road Cycling and Beyond

Radoslaw Dukalski, Peter Beek and Frances Brazier


Reflections and Ethnographic Insights from Ten Years of Virtual Cycling on Zwift: A Longitudinal, Lived Perspective on Community, Access, and Life Transitions

Daniel Harrison


An HCI Perspective on Knee and Hip Condition Treatment: Interview Study with German Physiotherapists

Pascal Lessel, André Zenner and Felix Kosmalla


Sensor Placement for Jump Classification in Sub-Elite Figure Skating

Tyler Moessing, Michael Jones, Elizabeth Klemm, Mia Caminita, Sarah T. Ridge and Dustin Bruening


Are Coaches Open to AI Tools? An Initial Investigation in Baseball and Softball

Delma Nieves-Rivera, Christopher Archibald and Cindy Bethel


"BoulderPlay": Exploring AR and Vibrotactile Integration for Novel Bouldering Experiences

Nathalie Overdevest, Ayesha Tariq, Gavin Qian, Ellen Welstead-Cloud, Po-Yao'Cosmos' Wang, Florian Daiber, Felix Kosmalla, Florian'Floyd' Mueller and Don Samitha Elvitigala


Falling into Fears: Exploring Virtual Reality as a Fear-Reduction Training Tool for Climbers

Remy Rey, Florian Müller, Francesco Chiossi and Andrii Matviienko


Investigating Gamification Modalities in Running: A Comparison of Auditory and Visual Feedback on User Performance and Experience

Marc Schubhan, Anne Deutschen, Felix Kosmalla, Florian Daiber and Maximilian Altmeyer


Sound-Assisted Climbing: Exploring bouldering performance through auditory guidance

Liyuan Sun, Yue Zheng, Qinchuan Jiang, Xiangyu Shi, Mario Romero and Renan Luigi Martins Guarese


Understanding Training Load Management through Contextual Experience Sampling Method: An Exploratory Study

Ligang Zhou and Tzu-Hui Wu



List of Accepted Demonstrations

(In alphabetical order based on the name of the first authors)

 

Phoneless step- and breath-adherent auditory breathing guidance in running via smart garments

Severin Bernhart, Eric Harbour and Harald Rieser


Into the Zone: Demo of Glancable Ambient LED-Goggles to Assist Runners with Maintaining Heart Rate Zones

Ege Çelikgöğüs, Vincent van Rheden and Alexander Meschtscherjakov


Tuning Into the Run: Exploring Interactive Multi-Stream Sonification in Motion

Charline Martin-Pasi, Vincent van Rheden, Michael Reichmann and Alexander Meschtscherjakov


Movement Sonification Toolkit: Enabling Non-Sound Experts to Create Movement Data Sonification

Michael Reichmann, Vincent van Rheden, Antoni Rayzhekov, Thomas Grah, Oliver Jung and Alexander Meschtscherjakov


GestureSock++: Toe Gestures as Alternative Input Method while Cycling

Vincent van Rheden, Sasindu Abewickrema, Uvindu Kodikara, Ruchira Abeywardhane, Chathura Weerasinghe, Florian'Floyd' Mueller and Don Samitha Elvitigala


MotoGlove: Towards the Estimation of Rider Effort through Pressure Sensitive Gloves

Vincent van Rheden, Sebastian Mayr, Yassine Ahaggach, Martin Tiefengrabner and Alexander Meschtscherjakov


VibRacket: Designing and Experiencing Embodied Vibrotactile Feedback on a Badminton Racket

Nihar Sabnis, Gabriela Vega, Valentin Martinez-Missir and Paul Strohmeier


SoundStep: Sonifying Running for Science, Performance and Pleasure

David Segal and Oskar Lövgren


VibroBits: Visualising Body Centre of Pressure Using Vibrotactile Feedback for Sports Training

Chathura Weerasinghe, Ruchira Abeywardane, Uvindu Kodikara, Sasindu Abewickrema, Nihar Sabnis, Floyd Mueller and Don Samitha Elvitigala