Christoph W. Borst

Christoph W. Borst is a professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA, specializing in Virtual Reality (VR) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). His research focuses on enhancing educational VR environments through attention guidance, emotion recognition, and multimodal sensing (EEG, eye-tracking). He collaborates with researchers like Jason Woodworth, Adil Khokhar, and Arun Kulshreshth on projects involving spatial interaction, distraction classification, and pedagogical agents.

His work includes developing time-continuous emotion rating interfaces, gaze-driven attention restoration systems, and VR tools for teaching molecular reactions and geosciences. Key publications address VR classroom monitoring, collaborative dataset exploration, and haptic feedback optimization for precision tasks. Articles highlight applications in rehabilitation, energy education, and simulated welding training.

Research interests span

• VR attention mechanisms
• Emotion detection in immersive environments
• Machine learning for student distraction classification
• Interactive 3D visualization techniques