Presented LLM-Think-Alouds at IEEE ISMAR 2026

I attended IEEE ISMAR 2026 in Bari, Italy, and had the pleasure of presenting our IEEE TVCG paper, LLM-Think-Alouds: Multimodal Player Experience Analysis for VR Playtesting.

Presenting our work

Erdem Murat presenting the LLM-Think-Alouds title slide at IEEE ISMAR 2026

About the paper

Our work explores how large language models can support VR playtesting analysis using synchronized gameplay video, think-aloud speech, and tone-related cues to estimate perceived difficulty and emotion over time.

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Thank you to my co-authors

Thank you to Yongqi Zhang, Liuchuan Yu, Siraj Sabah, and Craig (Lap-Fai) Yu for their collaboration on this work!

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Photos from the trip

Presenting the synchronized gameplay, speech, and tone analysis pipeline at ISMAR 2026 — Sharing the multimodal analysis pipeline during the talk.

Attendees gathered outside an illuminated building during the ISMAR trip — An evening gathering during the conference trip.

Boats along the waterfront in Bari at sunset — A view of the Bari waterfront.

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