Dr. Pratheep Paranthaman
Active

Current Research Activities

Virtual Reality

VR

Interaction design and user experience research within fully virtual environments.

Games User Research

GUR

Understanding player experience, workload, and affective response through playtesting and physiological data.

Mixed Reality

MR

Prototyping single- and multi-modal interactions for MR games using headsets like the Microsoft HoloLens 2.

Augmented Reality

AR

Applied AR experiences and learning applications, including collaborations with external partners.

Brain-Computer Interface

EEG

Using EEG to assess players' affective states and cognitive workload across different gaming platforms.

Game Artificial Intelligence

AI

AI techniques applied to game systems and design, including approaches for player behavior modeling.

Archive

Past Research Activities

Serious Games for Green and Safe Driving

Social serious games and gamification methods to encourage safer, more sustainable driving behavior, developed under the EU-FP7 TEAM project.

Passive Serious Game Logic for Improving Driver Performance

Game logic layered onto real driving tasks to improve performance without requiring active player attention.

Field Test Videos of Serious Games Applications

On-road and simulator field testing of serious-game-based driver training tools across multiple EU sites.

Human-Robot Interaction

Multimodal (speech + vision) interaction system built on the NAO Torso Humanoid robot for the M.S. dissertation.

Real-Time Games for Instantaneous Evaluation of Driver Performance

Five game typologies designed to give drivers immediate, real-time feedback on driving performance.

Serious Games for Public Transport Optimization

Gamified flexible transportation service concepts to improve on-demand public transport systems.