NCBDS conference

Paper “Designing the Future of Retail: Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration in Industrial Design and Architecture Design” published at the 40th National Conference on Begining Design Students Conference proceedings.  North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC. 2025. Yong-Gyun Ghim, Ming Tang, University of Cincinnati   Abstract The significance of design’s cross-disciplinary nature has increased alongside technological advancements as emerging technologies […]

AI and Emerging Technology Symposium

Ming Tang and Mikhail Nikolaenko presented “AI-Powered Digital Humans for Enhanced Interaction in Extended Reality” at the AI and Emerging Technology Symposium, University of Cincinnati. The day-long event explored topics around AI and robotic process automation; smart campus innovation; and extended reality, virtual reality, and augmented reality. More on UC News. AI-Powered Talking Avatars for Enhanced Interaction in […]

P&G VISM

Project VISM (Virtual Interactive Simulation for Material customization) Interactive Visualization with User-Controlled, Procedural-Based, and Physical-Based Material Customization. PI. Ming Tang. P&G Team: Kim Jackson, Andrew Fite, Fei Wang, Allison Roman UC Team: Ming Tang, Aayush Kumar, Yuki Hirota Sponsor: P&G. 12/01/2024 – 5/31/2025 Amount: $28,350    

Emotional Architecture in the Digital Age

Emotional Architecture in the Digital Age: Generative AI and Virtual Environments for Human-Centric Design ARCH 7036-04/ARCH5051-04.Elective Theory Seminar, SAID, DAAP, Spring 2024 Classtime: Monday. 10 am -12:50 pm.  Classroom: 4425-E, CGC Lab, DAAP building.  Faculty: Ming Tang, Professor in Architecture and Interior Design, DAAP. Director of  Extended Reality Lab. XR-Lab Gen-AI with Stable Diffusion, by Ming […]

UHP seminar 2025

ARCH 3051 Spring 2025 UHP. Extended Reality (XR) Technologies for Real-World Problem Solving Call for UC Honors Students. Ming Tang. Director, Extended Reality Lab. XR-Lab Professor, Institute for Research in Sensing (IRiS); Industry 4.0 & 5.0 Institute (I45I) School of Architecture and Interior Design, College of Design Architecture Art and Planning, University of Cincinnati Class […]

Artistic Intelligence with AI: Gallery show at Blink

I’m excited to be part of a group of UC DAAP faculty and student works exhibited at the 2024 Cincinnati Blink. The theme of the exhibition is “Artistic Intelligence with AI.” Thanks to the support from Midwestcon, DisruptionNow, DAAP, and 1819 Innovation Hub. October 18-20. Cincinnati. OH.

GRO

 Virtual Reality Training on Issues of Youth Firearm Possession. PI. Tang. 8/5/2024-8/4/2025.   Funded by the God.Restoring.Order (GRO) Community, this research project will develop two VR scenarios that simulate environments designed to educate youth on applying critical skills in risky situations. Team: Ming Tang, XR-Lab, Aaron Mallory, GRO. XR-Lab students: Aayush Kumar, Mario Bermejo, Jonny Peng, […]

Redefining Space in the Age of Spatial Computing

ARCH 4001. Fall. 2024 Redefining Space in the Age of Spatial Computing  Ming Tang Professor, Registered Architect, NCARB, LEED AP, Director of Extended Reality Lab. UC Digital Futures. Leadership committee, Institute for Research in Sensing (IRiS); School of Architecture and Interior Design, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati In the age […]

paper on XR conference

Two papers were presented and published at the 2024 International Conference on eXtended Reality. XR Salento 2024. Tang, Ming, Mikhail Nikolaenko, Evv Boerwinkle, Samuel Obafisoye, Aayush Kumar, Mohsen Rezayat, Sven Lehmann, and Tamara Lorenz. “Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Traditional Training vs. Immersive Training: A Case Study of Building Safety & Emergency Training.” Paper presented at the […]

GenAI+AR Siemens

Automatic Scene Creation for Augmented Reality Work Instructions Using Generative AI. Siemens. PI. Ming Tang. co-PI: Tianyu Jiang. $25,000. UC. 4/1/2024-12/31/2024 Students: Aayush Kumar, Mikhail Nikolaenko, Dylan Hutson. Sponsor: Siemens through UC MME Industry 4.0/5.0 Institute Investigate integration of LLM Gen-AI with Hololens-based training. 

Poster in AHFE conference

Nancy Daraiseh, Aaron Vaughn, Ming Tang, Mikhail Nikolaenko, Madeline Aeschbury, Alycia Bachtel, Camryn Backman, Chunyan Liu, Maurizio Macaluso . Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Behavioral Staff Training for Interacting with Aggressive Psychiatric Patients. Poster. The 15th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2024). Nice, France, July 24-27, 2024. Objective: To conduct a pilot […]