Mr Joseph O'Hagan
- Research Associate (School of Computing Science)
Biography
I'm a junior research assistant in Extended Reality (XR) and Human Computer Interaction (HCI) in the School of Computing Science. I did my PhD in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Glasgow, under the supervision of Dr Julie R Williamson and Dr Mohamed Khamis.
Research interests
Research groups
- Glasgow Interactive Systems
Publications
2026
Elfleet, Morad, O'Hagan, Joseph, Khamis, Mohamed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200 and Chollet, Mathieu
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9858-6844
(2026)
Immersive AI Companions: Exploring the Design Space of Extended Reality Virtual Companions Through Speculative Design Workshops.
In: ACM Designing Interactive Systems. DIS 2026, Singapore, 13-17 June 2026,
(Accepted for Publication)
Wilson, Graham, Goodge, Thomas, O'Hagan, Joseph and McGill, Mark (2026) What Role(s) Will GenAI Play in Human Memory? Cognitive Theories for the Design of Responsible "Tools For Memory". In: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026), Barcelona, Spain, 13–17 April 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Wilson, Graham, Goodge, Thomas, O'Hagan, Joseph and McGill, Mark (2026) Towards Responsible Memory Augmentation: Surveying the Intended Uses of Everyday Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence for Memory Processes. In: Augmented Humans 2026, Okinawa, Japan, 16-19 Mar 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
2025
Pohlmann, Katharina M.T., Wilson, Graham, Bajorunaite, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8572-2955, McGill, Mark and O'Hagan, Joseph
(2025)
"Everyone Knows You’re Watching P*rn": Reflecting on First-hand User
Accounts on the Use and Public Perception of In-Transit Passenger XR.
In: 24th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2025), Daejeon, South Korea, 8-12 Oct 2025,
pp. 560-570.
ISBN 9798331587611
(doi: 10.1109/ISMAR67309.2025.00066)
Wilson, Graham, Russell, Harvey, O'Hagan, Joseph and McGill, Mark (2025) Big Frog Vibes: Jumping Superhuman Distances Forward, Vertically and Sideways in VR Using Comfortably High Translational Gain. In: IEEE ISMAR 2025, Daejeon, South Korea, 08-12 Oct 2025, pp. 261-271. ISBN 9798331587611 (doi: 10.1109/ISMAR67309.2025.00038)
Weerasinghe, Maheshya, Macdonald, Shaun ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6519-318X, Fiani, Cristina, O'Hagan, Joseph, Chollet, Mathieu
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9858-6844, McGill, Mark and Khamis, Mohamed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200
(2025)
Beyond mute and block: adoption and effectiveness of safety tools in social VR, from ubiquitous harassment to social sculpting.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 31(5),
pp. 3275-3284.
(doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2025.3549860)
(PMID:40067706)
Al-Taie, Ammar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5156-6245, Matviienko, Andrii, O'Hagan, Joseph, Pollick, Frank
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-4622 and Brewster, Stephen Anthony
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9720-3899
(2025)
Around the World in 60 Cyclists: Evaluating Autonomous Vehicle-Cyclist Interfaces Across Cultures.
In: ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025), Yokohama, Japan, 26 Apr - 01 May 2025,
p. 217.
ISBN 9798400713941
(doi: 10.1145/3706598.3713407)
Drago, Diego ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3917-9719, O'Hagan, Joseph, Kawsar, Fahim and Brewster, Stephen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9720-3899
(2025)
Exploring Avatar Seat Allocation Strategies in Social AR.
In: ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025), Yokohama, Japan, 26 Apr - 01 May 2025,
ISBN 9798400713958
(doi: 10.1145/3706599.3719867)
O'Hagan, Joseph, Medeiros, Daniel, Wilson, Graham, McDermid, Robert and McGill, Mark (2025) Improving Ergonomic Viewing of Spatial XR Workspaces Through 2D Rotational Assistance. In: 2025 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Yokohama, Japan, 26 Apr - 01 May 2025, ISBN 9798400713958 (doi: 10.1145/3706599.3719920)
Cho, Hyunsung, Edgar, Drew, Lindlbauer, David and O'Hagan, Joseph (2025) Evaluating Dynamic Delivery of Audio+Visual Message Notifications in XR. In: IEEE VR 2025, Saint-Malo, France, 8-12 March 2025, pp. 277-287. ISBN 9798331536459 (doi: 10.1109/VR59515.2025.00052)
2024
O'Hagan, Joseph, Gugenheimer, Jan, Mathis, Florian, Bonner, Jolie, Jones, Richard and McGill, Mark (2024) A viewpoint on the societal impact of everyday augmented reality, and the need for perceptual human rights. IEEE Security and Privacy, 22(1), pp. 64-68. (doi: 10.1109/MSEC.2023.3333988)
2023
O'Hagan, Joseph, Gugenheimer, Jan, Bonner, Jolie, Mathis, Florian and McGill, Mark (2023) Augmenting People, Places & Media: The Societal Harms Posed by Everyday Augmented Reality, and the Case for Perceptual Human Rights. In: 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2023), Vienna, Austria, 3-6 December 2023, pp. 219-229. ISBN 9798400709210 (doi: 10.1145/3626705.3627782)
O'Hagan, Joseph, Mathis, Florian and McGill, Mark (2023) User Reviews as a Reporting Mechanism for Emergent Issues Within Social VR Communities. In: 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2023), Vienna, Austria, 3-6 December 2023, pp. 230-237. ISBN 9798400709210 (doi: 10.1145/3626705.3627780)
Bonner, Jolie, Mathis, Florian, O'Hagan, Joseph and McGill, Mark (2023) When Filters Escape the Smartphone: Exploring Acceptance and Concerns Regarding Augmented Expression of Social Identity for Everyday AR. In: 29th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2023), Christchurch, New Zealand, 9-11 October 2023, p. 14. ISBN 9798400703287 (doi: 10.1145/3611659.3615707)
O'Hagan, Joseph, Williamson, Julie R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-1393, Mathis, Florian, Khamis, Mohamed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200 and McGill, Mark
(2023)
Re-Evaluating VR User Awareness Needs During Bystander Interactions.
In: 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23), Hamburg, Germany, 23-28 Apr 2023,
p. 876.
ISBN 9781450394215
(doi: 10.1145/3544548.3581018)
2022
O'Hagan, Joseph, Saeghe, Pejman, Gugenheimer, Jan, Medeiros, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1904-6637, Marky, Karola, Khamis, Mohamed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200 and McGill, Mark
(2022)
Privacy-enhancing technology and everyday augmented reality: understanding bystanders' varying needs for awareness and consent.
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 6(4),
177.
(doi: 10.1145/3569501)
Mathis, Florian, O'Hagan, Joseph, Vaniea, Kami and Khamis, Mohamed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200
(2022)
Stay Home! Conducting Remote Usability Evaluations of Novel Real-World Authentication Systems Using Virtual Reality.
In: 2022 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2022), Rome, Italy, 06-10 Jun 2022,
p. 14.
ISBN 9781450397193
(doi: 10.1145/3531073.3531087)
Williamson, Julie R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-1393, O'Hagan, Joseph, Guerra-Gomez, John Alexis, Williamson, John H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8085-7853, Cesar, Pablo and Shamma, David A.
(2022)
Digital Proxemics: Designing Social and Collaborative Interaction in Virtual Environments.
In: CHI '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New Orleans, LA, USA, 29 Apr - 05 May 2022,
p. 423.
ISBN 9781450391573
(doi: 10.1145/3491102.3517594)
2021
O'Hagan, Joseph, Williamson, Julie R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-1393, McGill, Mark and Khamis, Mohamed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200
(2021)
Safety, Power Imbalances, Ethics and Proxy Sex: Surveying In-The-Wild Interactions Between VR Users and Bystanders.
In: 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Bari, Italy, 04-08 Oct 2021,
ISBN 9781728197777
(doi: 10.1109/ISMAR52148.2021.00036)
Bonner, Jolie, O'Hagan, Joseph, Mathis, Florian, Ferguson, Jamie and Khamis, Mohamed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200
(2021)
Using Personal Data to Support Authentication: User Attitudes and Suitability.
In: 20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2021), Leuven, Belgium, 5-8 Dec 2021,
pp. 35-42.
ISBN 9781450386432
(doi: 10.1145/3490632.3490644)
2020
O'Hagan, Joseph, Williamson, Julie R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-1393 and Khamis, Mohamed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200
(2020)
Bystander Interruption of VR Users.
In: 9th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays, New York, NY, USA, 4-5 Jun 2020,
pp. 19-27.
ISBN 9781450379861
(doi: 10.1145/3393712.3395339)
Articles
Weerasinghe, Maheshya, Macdonald, Shaun ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6519-318X, Fiani, Cristina, O'Hagan, Joseph, Chollet, Mathieu
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9858-6844, McGill, Mark and Khamis, Mohamed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200
(2025)
Beyond mute and block: adoption and effectiveness of safety tools in social VR, from ubiquitous harassment to social sculpting.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 31(5),
pp. 3275-3284.
(doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2025.3549860)
(PMID:40067706)
O'Hagan, Joseph, Gugenheimer, Jan, Mathis, Florian, Bonner, Jolie, Jones, Richard and McGill, Mark (2024) A viewpoint on the societal impact of everyday augmented reality, and the need for perceptual human rights. IEEE Security and Privacy, 22(1), pp. 64-68. (doi: 10.1109/MSEC.2023.3333988)
O'Hagan, Joseph, Saeghe, Pejman, Gugenheimer, Jan, Medeiros, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1904-6637, Marky, Karola, Khamis, Mohamed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200 and McGill, Mark
(2022)
Privacy-enhancing technology and everyday augmented reality: understanding bystanders' varying needs for awareness and consent.
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 6(4),
177.
(doi: 10.1145/3569501)
Conference Proceedings
Elfleet, Morad, O'Hagan, Joseph, Khamis, Mohamed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200 and Chollet, Mathieu
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9858-6844
(2026)
Immersive AI Companions: Exploring the Design Space of Extended Reality Virtual Companions Through Speculative Design Workshops.
In: ACM Designing Interactive Systems. DIS 2026, Singapore, 13-17 June 2026,
(Accepted for Publication)
Wilson, Graham, Goodge, Thomas, O'Hagan, Joseph and McGill, Mark (2026) What Role(s) Will GenAI Play in Human Memory? Cognitive Theories for the Design of Responsible "Tools For Memory". In: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026), Barcelona, Spain, 13–17 April 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Wilson, Graham, Goodge, Thomas, O'Hagan, Joseph and McGill, Mark (2026) Towards Responsible Memory Augmentation: Surveying the Intended Uses of Everyday Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence for Memory Processes. In: Augmented Humans 2026, Okinawa, Japan, 16-19 Mar 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Pohlmann, Katharina M.T., Wilson, Graham, Bajorunaite, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8572-2955, McGill, Mark and O'Hagan, Joseph
(2025)
"Everyone Knows You’re Watching P*rn": Reflecting on First-hand User
Accounts on the Use and Public Perception of In-Transit Passenger XR.
In: 24th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2025), Daejeon, South Korea, 8-12 Oct 2025,
pp. 560-570.
ISBN 9798331587611
(doi: 10.1109/ISMAR67309.2025.00066)
Wilson, Graham, Russell, Harvey, O'Hagan, Joseph and McGill, Mark (2025) Big Frog Vibes: Jumping Superhuman Distances Forward, Vertically and Sideways in VR Using Comfortably High Translational Gain. In: IEEE ISMAR 2025, Daejeon, South Korea, 08-12 Oct 2025, pp. 261-271. ISBN 9798331587611 (doi: 10.1109/ISMAR67309.2025.00038)
Al-Taie, Ammar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5156-6245, Matviienko, Andrii, O'Hagan, Joseph, Pollick, Frank
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-4622 and Brewster, Stephen Anthony
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9720-3899
(2025)
Around the World in 60 Cyclists: Evaluating Autonomous Vehicle-Cyclist Interfaces Across Cultures.
In: ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025), Yokohama, Japan, 26 Apr - 01 May 2025,
p. 217.
ISBN 9798400713941
(doi: 10.1145/3706598.3713407)
Drago, Diego ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3917-9719, O'Hagan, Joseph, Kawsar, Fahim and Brewster, Stephen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9720-3899
(2025)
Exploring Avatar Seat Allocation Strategies in Social AR.
In: ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025), Yokohama, Japan, 26 Apr - 01 May 2025,
ISBN 9798400713958
(doi: 10.1145/3706599.3719867)
O'Hagan, Joseph, Medeiros, Daniel, Wilson, Graham, McDermid, Robert and McGill, Mark (2025) Improving Ergonomic Viewing of Spatial XR Workspaces Through 2D Rotational Assistance. In: 2025 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Yokohama, Japan, 26 Apr - 01 May 2025, ISBN 9798400713958 (doi: 10.1145/3706599.3719920)
Cho, Hyunsung, Edgar, Drew, Lindlbauer, David and O'Hagan, Joseph (2025) Evaluating Dynamic Delivery of Audio+Visual Message Notifications in XR. In: IEEE VR 2025, Saint-Malo, France, 8-12 March 2025, pp. 277-287. ISBN 9798331536459 (doi: 10.1109/VR59515.2025.00052)
O'Hagan, Joseph, Gugenheimer, Jan, Bonner, Jolie, Mathis, Florian and McGill, Mark (2023) Augmenting People, Places & Media: The Societal Harms Posed by Everyday Augmented Reality, and the Case for Perceptual Human Rights. In: 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2023), Vienna, Austria, 3-6 December 2023, pp. 219-229. ISBN 9798400709210 (doi: 10.1145/3626705.3627782)
O'Hagan, Joseph, Mathis, Florian and McGill, Mark (2023) User Reviews as a Reporting Mechanism for Emergent Issues Within Social VR Communities. In: 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2023), Vienna, Austria, 3-6 December 2023, pp. 230-237. ISBN 9798400709210 (doi: 10.1145/3626705.3627780)
Bonner, Jolie, Mathis, Florian, O'Hagan, Joseph and McGill, Mark (2023) When Filters Escape the Smartphone: Exploring Acceptance and Concerns Regarding Augmented Expression of Social Identity for Everyday AR. In: 29th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2023), Christchurch, New Zealand, 9-11 October 2023, p. 14. ISBN 9798400703287 (doi: 10.1145/3611659.3615707)
O'Hagan, Joseph, Williamson, Julie R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-1393, Mathis, Florian, Khamis, Mohamed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200 and McGill, Mark
(2023)
Re-Evaluating VR User Awareness Needs During Bystander Interactions.
In: 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23), Hamburg, Germany, 23-28 Apr 2023,
p. 876.
ISBN 9781450394215
(doi: 10.1145/3544548.3581018)
Mathis, Florian, O'Hagan, Joseph, Vaniea, Kami and Khamis, Mohamed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200
(2022)
Stay Home! Conducting Remote Usability Evaluations of Novel Real-World Authentication Systems Using Virtual Reality.
In: 2022 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2022), Rome, Italy, 06-10 Jun 2022,
p. 14.
ISBN 9781450397193
(doi: 10.1145/3531073.3531087)
Williamson, Julie R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-1393, O'Hagan, Joseph, Guerra-Gomez, John Alexis, Williamson, John H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8085-7853, Cesar, Pablo and Shamma, David A.
(2022)
Digital Proxemics: Designing Social and Collaborative Interaction in Virtual Environments.
In: CHI '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New Orleans, LA, USA, 29 Apr - 05 May 2022,
p. 423.
ISBN 9781450391573
(doi: 10.1145/3491102.3517594)
O'Hagan, Joseph, Williamson, Julie R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-1393, McGill, Mark and Khamis, Mohamed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200
(2021)
Safety, Power Imbalances, Ethics and Proxy Sex: Surveying In-The-Wild Interactions Between VR Users and Bystanders.
In: 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Bari, Italy, 04-08 Oct 2021,
ISBN 9781728197777
(doi: 10.1109/ISMAR52148.2021.00036)
Bonner, Jolie, O'Hagan, Joseph, Mathis, Florian, Ferguson, Jamie and Khamis, Mohamed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200
(2021)
Using Personal Data to Support Authentication: User Attitudes and Suitability.
In: 20th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2021), Leuven, Belgium, 5-8 Dec 2021,
pp. 35-42.
ISBN 9781450386432
(doi: 10.1145/3490632.3490644)
O'Hagan, Joseph, Williamson, Julie R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-1393 and Khamis, Mohamed
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-5200
(2020)
Bystander Interruption of VR Users.
In: 9th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays, New York, NY, USA, 4-5 Jun 2020,
pp. 19-27.
ISBN 9781450379861
(doi: 10.1145/3393712.3395339)
Teaching
Courses Taught:
2022/23:
- RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS (M) [COMPSCI5092]
- USER INTERACTION [COMPSCI2031]
- MOBILE HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (H) [COMPSCI4068] [joint teaching]
- MOBILE HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (M) [COMPSCI5015] [joint teaching]
2023/24:
- INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (H) [COMPSCI4025]
- MSC PROJECT FOR COMPUTING SCIENCE [COMPSCI5086]
- RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS (M) [COMPSCI5092]
- HUMAN-CENTRED SECURITY (M) [COMPSCI5060] [joint teaching]
2024/25:
- INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (H) [COMPSCI4025]
- RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS (M) [COMPSCI5092]
- HUMAN-CENTRED SECURITY (M) [COMPSCI5060] [joint teaching]
- * COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS [COMPSCI1006] [joint teaching]
* This was my favourite class to teach