Rajkumar Darbar

About Me

Hello 👋 I am actively seeking full-time AR/VR Software Engineer or Interaction Prototyper roles. I was previously a postdoctoral researcher at CNRS Paris, collaborating with Marc Baaden on virtual-reality–based interactive molecular visualization. I obtained my PhD from Inria at the University of Bordeaux under the supervision of Martin Hachet, following an MS (by Research) from IIT Kharagpur and a B.Tech from West Bengal University of Technology. My research focuses on Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), especially the design and evaluation of novel input and interaction techniques. A detailed overview of my background and experience is available in my résumé.

Thesis

• PhD Thesis

  Extending Interaction Space in Augmented Reality:
  Contributions in Optical-See-Through and Projection-Based Augmented Environments

  Université de Bordeaux · INRIA · 2021
• Master Thesis

  Interactions with Smartphones and Smartwatches:
  Context-Awareness, Text Entry Interfaces, and Input Beyond Touch

  IIT Kharagpur · 2016

Selected Publications

GazeMolVR: Sharing Eye-Gaze Cues in a Collaborative VR Environment for Molecular Visualization

Rajkumar Darbar, Hubert Santuz, Antoine Taly, Marc Baaden

International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM), 2024

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OnArmQWERTY: An Empirical Evaluation of On-Arm Tap Typing for AR HMDs

Rajkumar Darbar, Xuning Hu, Xinan Yan, Yushi Wei, Hai-Ning Liang, Wenge Xu, Sayan Sarcar

ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI), 2024

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HoloCMDS: Investigating Around Field of View Glanceable Commands Selection in AR-HMDs

Rajkumar Darbar, Arnaud Prouzeau, Martin Hachet

IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), 2022

PDF Video | Best Poster Award Nominee

Exploring Smartphone-enabled Text Selection in AR-HMD

Rajkumar Darbar, Arnaud Prouzeau, Joan Odicio-Vilchez, Thibault Lainé, Martin Hachet

Graphics Interface Conference (GI), 2021

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DroneSAR: Extending Physical Spaces in Spatial Augmented Reality using Projection on a Drone

Rajkumar Darbar, Joan Sol Roo, Thibault Lainé, Martin Hachet

ACM International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM), 2019

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PressTact: Side Pressure-Based Input for Smartwatch Interaction

Rajkumar Darbar, Prasanta Kr. Sen, Debasis Samanta

ACM CHI Extended Abstracts (CHI EA), 2016

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Using Hall Effect Sensors for 3D Space Text Entry on Smartwatches

Rajkumar Darbar, Prasanta Kr. Sen, Punyashlok Dash, Debasis Samanta

International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (IHCI), 2015

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SurfaceSense: Smartphone Can Recognize Where It Is Kept

Rajkumar Darbar, Debasis Samanta

Indian Conference on Human Computer Interaction (IndiaHCI), 2015

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Technical Report

RingIoT: A Smart Ring Controlling Things in Physical Spaces

Rajkumar Darbar, Mainak Choudhury, Vikalp Mullick

Internship Report, Samsung R&D Institute, June 2016 – Jan 2017

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Computer Graphics Projects

Interactive Bézier Curve Editor

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Lighting and Shadow Mapping

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Deferred Rendering

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Simple GPU Ray Tracer

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Monte Carlo GPU Path Tracer

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Octree, KD-Tree, and BVH

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Broad-Phase Collision Detection

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Narrow-Phase Collision Detection

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Cloth Physics Simulation

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