Paulo Bala is a postdoctoral researcher at Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI), LARSyS, having received a Ph.D. in Digital Media from Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias (FCT) of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Lisboa, Portugal in 2022. I hold a MA. of Entertainment Technology (2015) from Carnegie Mellon University (USA) and University of Madeira (Portugal), and a BSc. (2010) and MSc. (2013) in Informatics Engineering from University of Madeira. I’m a teaching assistant (User Centered Computing; Service Design) at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/UL), Lisboa, Portugal. I have participated as a research member in EU and FCT funded projects and my main areas of expertise are Human-Computer Interaction, Entertainment Technology, and eXtended Reality. My research work has been published in top peer-reviewed venues in Human-Computer Interaction like CHI and ISMAR.

Research Interests: Human Computer Interaction; Virtual Reality; 360º Video; Augmented Reality; Entertainment Technology.


Selected Publications

Towards Critical Heritage in the wild: Analysing Discomfort through Collaborative Autoethnography

Bala, Paulo; Sanches, Pedro; Cesário, Vanessa; Leão, Sarah; Rodrigues, Catarina; Nunes, Nuno Jardim; Nisi, Valentina

Towards Critical Heritage in the wild: Analysing Discomfort through Collaborative Autoethnography Inproceedings Forthcoming

In: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, Hamburg, Germany, Forthcoming.

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Dynamic Field of View Restriction in 360º Video: Aligning Optical Flow and Visual SLAM to Mitigate VIMS

Bala, Paulo; Oakley, Ian; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno

Dynamic Field of View Restriction in 360º Video: Aligning Optical Flow and Visual SLAM to Mitigate VIMS Inproceedings

In: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2021.

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Staying on Track: a Comparative Study on the Use of Optical Flow in 360º Video to Mitigate VIMS

Bala, Paulo; Oakley, Ian; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno

Staying on Track: a Comparative Study on the Use of Optical Flow in 360º Video to Mitigate VIMS Inproceedings

In: ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences, pp. 82–93, 2020.

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"When the Elephant Trumps": A Comparative Study on Spatial Audio for Orientation in 360º Videos

Bala, Paulo; Masu, Raul; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno

"When the Elephant Trumps": A Comparative Study on Spatial Audio for Orientation in 360º Videos Inproceedings

In: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019.

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Visually induced motion sickness in 360 videos: comparing and combining visual optimization techniques.

Bala, Paulo; Dionísio, Dina; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno

Visually induced motion sickness in 360 videos: comparing and combining visual optimization techniques. Inproceedings

In: IEEE International Symposium for Mixed and Augmented Reality 2018, 2018.

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Cue Control: Interactive Sound Spatialization for 360º Videos

Bala, Paulo; Masu, Raul; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno

Cue Control: Interactive Sound Spatialization for 360º Videos Inproceedings

In: International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, pp. 333–337, Springer, Cham, 2018.

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IVRUX: A tool for analyzing immersive narratives in virtual reality

Bala, Paulo; Dionisio, Mara; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno

IVRUX: A tool for analyzing immersive narratives in virtual reality Inproceedings

In: International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, pp. 3–11, Springer, Cham, 2016.

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Selected Projects


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