Daniel Mendes

Daniel Mendes is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal, and a researcher at INESC TEC. He received his Ph.D. (2018), MSc (2011), and BSc (2008) degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. His main interest areas are Human-Computer Interaction, 3D User Interfaces, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Multimodal Interfaces, and Touch/Gesture-based Interactions. He has been involved in several national research projects funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). He co-authored over 60 papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, conferences, and meetings. He is a member of ACM, IEEE, Eurographics, and the Portuguese Group for Computer Graphics.

Domains

Human-Centered Computing and Information Science Computer Science and Engineering

Projects

VRTrainingIndustry

The VRTrainingIndustry project, developed by INESC TEC in collaboration with VESTAS, represents a significant advancement in the field of engineering training support technologies. This innovative authoring approach allows trainers, without the need for continuous software engineering or multimedia technical support, to develop and adjust technical training activities. Using 3D models of wind turbines, trainers can directly demonstrate on them, immersed in 3D, the actions that trainees must perform, alongside technical sheets and other reference materials. The project incorporates a virtual choreography technology created by INESC TEC, which enables the recording and comparison of these actions independently of the technical characteristics of the used 3D visualization platform, enhancing the adaptation of knowledge and rules defined on the current platform to new platforms that may emerge.

Virtual EnvironmentS for optimization and training in InduStry 4.0

BLUE-X

BLUE ENERGY OFFSHORE INSTALLATION ACCELERATOR

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Publications

Exploring Pseudo-Haptics for Object Compliance in Virtual Reality

Lousada, C;Mendes, D;Rodrigues, R;

2023

International Conference on Graphics and Interaction, ICGI 2023, Tomar, Portugal, November 2-3, 2023

TouchRay: Towards Low-effort Object Selection at Any Distance in DeskVR

Monteiro, J;Mendes, D;Rodrigues, R;

2023

2023 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MIXED AND AUGMENTED REALITY, ISMAR

SIT6: Indirect touch-based object manipulation for DeskVR

Almeida, D;Mendes, D;Rodrigues, R;

2023

COMPUTERS & GRAPHICS-UK

CIDER: Collaborative Interior Design in Extended Reality

Pintani, D;Caputo, A;Mendes, D;Giachetti, A;

2023

Proceedings of the 15th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter, CHItaly 2023, Torino, Italy, September 20-22, 2023

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Centres

Human-Centered Computing and Information Science

The Centre for Human-Centered Computing and Information Science (HumanISE) brings together engineers, scientists, and designers with expertise in Human-Centred Computing (HCC), Computer Science (CS), and Information Science (IS). Interdisciplinarity, one of the Centre’s defining features, fosters the development of software systems, methods, and tools designed to empower individuals and their communities. The excellence and impact of HumanISE’s research, innovation, and consultancy activities allow addressing increasingly complex, volatile, heterogeneous, ambiguous, and uncertain challenges, while ensuring compliance with legal, ethical, and organisational standards and frameworks. Value transfer is achieved through close collaboration with academia and industry partners. HumanISE’s core research areas include Human-Computer Interaction; Computer Graphics and Interactive Digital Media; Information Management and Information Systems; Software Engineering; and Large-Scale and Special-Purpose Computing Systems, Languages, and Tools; as well as Computing for Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems. HumanISE also explores innovation domains like Earth, Ocean and Space Sciences; Personalised Health Research; Geospatial Information Systems Engineering; and Applied Information Systems and Computing.