Highlight publications
Di Luca, M, Seifi, H, Egan, S & Gonzalez-Franco, M 2021, Locomotion vault: the extra mile in analyzing VR locomotion techniques. in CHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 128, CHI: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), CHI '21: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Virtual, Online, Japan, 8/05/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445319
Di Luca, M & Rhodes, D 2016, 'Optimal perceived timing: integrating sensory information with dynamically updated expectations', Scientific Reports, vol. 6, 28563. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28563
Di Luca, M, Ernst, MO & Backus, BT 2010, 'Learning to use an invisible visual signal for perception', Current Biology, vol. 20, no. 20, pp. 1860-1863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.09.047
Di Luca, M, Machulla, T-K & Ernst, MO 2009, 'Recalibration of multisensory simultaneity: cross-modal transfer coincides with a change in perceptual latency', Journal of Vision, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 7.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1167/9.12.7
Sun, H-C, Welchman, AE, Chang, DHF & Di Luca, M 2016, 'Look but don't touch: Visual cues to surface structure drive somatosensory cortex', NeuroImage, vol. 128, pp. 353-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.12.054
Recent publications
Article
Abdlkarim, D, Di Luca, M, Aves, P, Maaroufi, M, Yeo, SH, Miall, RC, Holland, P & Galea, JM 2024, 'A methodological framework to assess the accuracy of virtual reality hand-tracking systems: A case study with the Meta Quest 2', Behavior Research Methods, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 1052-1063. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-022-02051-8
Adkins, A, Normoyle, A, Lin, L, Sun, Y, Ye, Y, Di Luca, M & Joerg, S 2023, 'How important are detailed hand motions for communication for a virtual character through the lens of charades?', ACM Transactions on Graphics. https://doi.org/10.1145/3578575
Cataldo, A, Di Luca, M, Deroy, O & Hayward, V 2023, 'Touching with the eyes: oculomotor self-touch induces illusory body ownership', iScience, vol. 26, no. 3, 106180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106180
Deflorio, D, Di Luca, M & Wing, AM 2022, 'Skin properties and afferent density in the deterioration of tactile spatial acuity with age', The Journal of Physiology, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP283174
Conference contribution
Bhatia, A, Mughrabi, MH, Abdlkarim, D, Di Luca, M, Franco, MG, Ahuja, K & Seifi, H 2025, TEXT: Text Entry for XR Trove: Collecting and Analyzing Techniques for Text Input in XR. in CHI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2025 CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Yokohama, Japan, 26/04/25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713382
Tremonte de Carvalho, H, Li, M, Di Luca, M & Wing, A 2024, A Kalman Filter model for synchronization in musical ensembles. in Proceedings of the 25th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR). 1 edn, Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR), pp. 618-624, International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, San Francisco, California, United States, 10/11/24. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14877411
Gonzalez-Franco, M, Abdlkarim, D, Bhatia, A, Macgregor, S, Fotso-Puepi, JA, Gonzalez, EJ, Seifi, H, Di Luca, M & Ahuja, K 2024, Hovering Over the Key to Text Input in XR. in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Emerging Metaverse (ISEMV). Emerging Metaverse (ISEMV), IEEE International Symposium on, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 13-16, 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Emerging Metaverse, Bellevue, Washington, United States, 21/10/24. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEMV63338.2024.00017
Ortenzi, V, Filipovica, M, Abdlkarim, D, Pardi, T, Takahashi, C, Wing, A, Di Luca, M & Kuchenbecker, KJ 2022, Robot, pass me the tool: handle visibility facilitates task-oriented handovers. in HRI '22: Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ACM/IEEE, pp. 256–264, HRI '22, 7/03/22. https://doi.org/10.5555/3523760.3523797
Editorial
Pacchierotti, C, Chinello, F, Koumaditis, K, Luca, MD, Ofek, E & Georgiou, O 2024, 'Guest Editorial Haptics in the Metaverse: Haptic Feedback for Virtual, Augmented, Mixed, and eXtended Realities', IEEE Transactions on Haptics, vol. 17, no. 2, 10566110, pp. 122-128. https://doi.org/10.1109/TOH.2024.3369192
Letter
Sarac, M, Huh, TM, Choi, H, Cutkosky, M, Di Luca, M & Okamura, AM 2022, 'Perceived intensities of normal and shear skin stimuli using a wearable haptic bracelet', IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 6099-6106. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2021.3140132
Preprint
Tomczak, M, Li, MS, Bradbury, A, Elliott, M, Stables, R, Witek, M, Goodman, T, Abdlkarim, D, Luca, MD, Wing, A & Hockman, J 2022 'Annotation of soft onsets in string ensemble recordings' arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2211.08848
Sarac, M, Okamura, AM & Luca, MD 2022 'Effects of haptic feedback on the wrist during virtual manipulation' arXiv. <https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.05830>
Sarac, M, Luca, MD & Okamura, AM 2022 'Perception of mechanical properties via wrist haptics: effects of feedback congruence' arXiv. <https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.05550>
Review article
Deflorio, D, Di Luca, M & Wing, A 2022, 'Skin and mechanoreceptor contribution to tactile input for perception: a review of simulation models', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 16, 862344. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.862344
Web publication/site
Bhatia, A, Mughrabi, MH, Abdlkarim, D, Di Luca, M, Gonzalez-Franco, M, Ahuja, K & Seifi, H, TEXT: Text Entry for XR Trove, 2025, Web publication/site.
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