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.
Publications
2025
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)
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)
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
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