AIT – Expertise in User Experience, HCI and XR Technologies

AIT, the Austrian Institute of Technology, specifically the Center for Technology Experience deal with fundamental questions on the Interaction between people and technology. Based on interdisciplinary principles, it investigates qualities, forms of interaction and new methods and tools. User experience research, experience-driven innovation, and new modalities of interaction have evolved into prominent and required building blocks for future innovative and successful technologies, applications, and services.

Key areas of expertise include:

• User Experience Research & Experience-Driven Innovation
  Development of user-centered and successful technologies, applications, and services.

• User-Centered Design & Customer Experience
  Application of methods such as personas, design thinking workshops, and customer journeys to systematically design user and customer experiences.

• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) & Extended Reality (XR)
  Research and development of adaptive, multimodal, and trustworthy interfaces for safety-critical and industrial applications.

• Future Interface Design
  Design of next-generation interfaces for domains such as emergency response, healthcare, mobility, industry, and defence.

• XR-Based Training and Assistance Systems
  Design and evaluation of XR solutions for challenging environments including public safety, emergency medicine, and advanced manufacturing.

• Smart Manufacturing & Autonomous Systems
  Digital transformation of industrial environments through intelligent, user-centered systems.

• Interaction Design, Visual Design & Media Production
  Development of interactive, visual, and hybrid worlds with a focus on state-of-the-art communication and media design.

• Creative Direction & XR Experience Design
  Concept, design, and production of large-scale international XR applications and immersive experiences.

We are happy to join a consortium with our extensive experiences in interaction between people and technologies.