Harald Reiterer

Prof. Dr. Harald Reiterer is a leading researcher in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Konstanz, where he has served as Professor since 2009. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. (1991) and habilitation (1995) from the University of Vienna, followed by roles including Senior Researcher at Fraunhofer FIT and Associate Professor at Konstanz. He currently holds multiple leadership roles: Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Senator of Section 1, and Consulting Dean.

• Ph.D. in Computer Science (University of Vienna, 1991)
• Venia Legendi (Habilitation) in HCI (University of Vienna, 1995)

His research focuses on:

• Interaction Design for mixed reality environments
• Information Visualization in immersive contexts
• Hybrid User Interfaces combining physical and virtual elements
• 3D Object Manipulation in handheld AR
• Behavioral Analytics through mHealth interventions

Recent work explores:

• Avatar representation in Augmented Reality (2024)
• Node selection efficiency in Virtual Reality (2024)
• Peripheral vision toolkits for Head-Mounted Displays (2023)
• Hybrid interface optimization for Mixed Reality (2023)
• Smartphone AR extensions for Spatial Memory (2023)

Key scientific contributions:

• Landeslehrpreis 2021 for interdisciplinary exhibition design
• Development of Colibri cross-reality toolkit (2023)
• Foundational work on Re-locations for remote collaboration (2022)

He leads numerous projects including:

• SMARTACT (Smart Mobility, 2015-2023)
• SFB TRR 161 (2009-2027) on XR interface measurement
• Blended Library (2011-2015) for future library design