Publications

R You, Y Zhou, W Zheng, Y Zuo, MD Barrera Machuca, X Tong. 2023.
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 7 (CHI PLAY), 289-318

Zhou, Z., Shen, B., Zimmer, F., Xia, C., & Tong, X. (2023).
In Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (pp. 56-63).

H Ye, R You, K Lou, Y Wen, X Yi, X Tong. 2023.
2023 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo Workshops (ICMEW)

Rongxuan Mu, Yuhe Nie, Kent Cao, Ruoxin You, Yinzong Wei & Xin Tong (2023).
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction.

Tang, X., Chang, X., Chen, N., Ni, Y., LC, R., & Tong, X. (2023).
CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. April 2023. No.: 50, 1–24.

Cao, J., He, Q., Wang, Z., LC, R., & Tong, X. (2023).
CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Article 511, 1–18.

Fu, K., Chen, Y., Cao, J., Tong, X., & LC, Ray. (2023).
CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 2023. No.: 385, 1–19.

Zhou, K. Z., Cao, J., Yuan, X., Weissglass, D. E., Kilhoffer, Z., Sanfilippo, M. R., & Tong, X. (2023).
arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.08121.

X Tang, Y Sun, B Zhang, Z Liu, RAY LC, Z Lu, X Tong. 2022.
In Proceedings of the 25th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Companion (CSCW '22). Accepted, in press.

Huang, Y Wang, T Xiao, R Bei, Y Zhao, Z Lu, X Tong (2022).
Extended Abstracts of the 2022 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Ye H., Zhang, C., Xu, H., LC, R.,Tong X,. (2022).
2022 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW), 142-146

X Tong, Y Li, J Li, R Bei, L Zhang(2022).
AIES '22: Proceedings of the 2022 AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society

X Tong, Y Li, J Li, R Bei, L Zhang(2022).
AIES '22: Proceedings of the 2022 AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society

Junkai Man, Ruitian Wu, Chenglin Zhang, Xin Tong (2022).
arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.06692

Yufan Zhang, Zichao Chen, Luyao Zhang, Xin Tong (2022).
arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.12922

Rongqi Bei, Yixuan Li, Xin Tong(2021). Whack-a-Ball: An Exergame Exploring the Use of a Ball Interface for Facilitating Physical Activities. Extended Abstracts of the 2021 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play.

Xiang Li, Xiaohang Tang, Xin Tong, Rakesh Patibanda, Floyd Mueller, Hai-Ning Liang. (2021) Myopic Bike and Say Hi: Games for Empathizing with The Myopic. Extended Abstracts of the 2021 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play.

Xin Tong (2021). Bodily resonance: Exploring the effects of virtual embodiment on pain modulation and the fostering of empathy toward pain sufferers. Communication, Art & Technology: School of Interactive Arts and Technology

Tong X., Neustaedter, C., Fracchia, D., Gromala, D. (2021) Animal Crossing and Its Players’ Stories and Secrets: Social Communications and Collaborations. Proc. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems and Play 2021 (CHI Play) . Accepted, In Press.

Tong X., Gromala, D., and Wei K. (2020) Exploring the Effect of Virtual Embodiment on Pain Reduction in Healthy Subjects and Complex Regional Syndrome Pain Patients in Virtual Reality. Scientific Reports, Submitted. (impact factor: 4.011).

Tong X., Diao H., Zeng, S., Gromala, D., and Wei, K. (2020) “Follow me, and let’s see the sea!” ­– A Long-term Field Study to Promote Social Communications for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders through Online Collaborative Tasks in Minecraft, JMIR Serious Games, Submitted. (impact factor: 3.351)

Tong X., Wang X., Fan, B., Gromala, D., Williamson, O., and Wei K., (2020) “I Dreamed of My Hands and Arms Moving Again”: A Case Series Investigating the Effect of Immersive Virtual Reality on Phantom Limb Pain Alleviation. Frontiers in Neurology, 11, p.876. DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00876 (impact factor: 3.552)

Tong X., Gromala, D., Kieai P., and Shaw C., Designing a Virtual Reality Game for Promoting Empathy Toward Patients With Chronic Pain: Feasibility and Usability Study, JMIR Serious Games 2020;8(3):e17354, doi: 10.2196/17354, PMID: 32763883 (impact factor: 3.351)..

Gromala D., Tong, X., Wong C., Kieai P., Demonstrations of AS IF, LumaPath and VMW in Pain studies lab for visitors from UnitedHealth Group demo, Jan 2020

Tong X., “Predicting patients’ EDA arousal patterns in VR for automatic real-time environmental adaptation using Machine Learning models”, 2020.

Tong X., “Sense of Embodiment and Pain in VR”. Virtual Reality environments in Unity3D (with Leap Motion and HTC VIVE platform) that used to examine the correlation between different embodied visual and movement conditions and pain reduction, 2019-2020.

Tong, X., Gromala, D., & Machuca, F. (2019) LumaPath: An Immersive Virtual Reality Game for Encouraging Physical Activity for Senior Arthritis Patients. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 384-397. Springer, Cham.

Tong X., Yang, S., Wei K., “Ponzo Illusion in VR”, different conditions that have different visual scales to evaluate the Ponzo Illusion visual effect in VR, 2018-2019.

Tong X., Jin, W., Ulas, S., “AS IF”, a digital game for fostering empathy towards patients. Version 1.0 with Microsoft Kinect in 2016, and version 2.0 with HTC VIVE in 2019.

Muchacha F., Tong X., Feng N., and Park S., LumaPath VR game to facilitate physical activity of arthritis patients, developed in Unity3D with HTC VIVE VR platform.

Gromala, D., Tong, X., Shaw, C., & Jin, W. (2018). Immersive virtual reality as a non-pharmacological analgesic for pain management: Pain distraction and pain self-modulation. In Virtual and Augmented Reality: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, pp. 1176-1199. IGI Global.

Tong, X., Gromala, D., & Machuca, F. (2019) LumaPath: An Immersive Virtual Reality Game for Encouraging Physical Activity for Senior Arthritis Patients. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 384-397. Springer, Cham.

Ng, J., Lo, H., Tong, X., Gromala, D., & Jin, W. (2018) Farmooo, a Virtual Reality Farm Simulation Game Designed for Cancer Pediatric Patients to Distract their Pain during Chemotherapy Treatment. Electronic Imaging, 2018(3), pp. 432-1-432-4(4).

Gromala D., Tong, X., Muchuca, F., Feng, N. “LumaPath: Immersive Virtual Reality (VR) to Help Motivate Range of Motion in Arthritis Patients,” Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Richmond, BC, 13 March 2018.

Gromala, D., Shaw, C., Tong, X., Muchuca, F., Feng, N., “Will VR Be the Next Opioid? Or can it help with the opioid crisis?” Vancouver Club, Mar 2018.

Tong X., Gupta, A., Gromala, D., Shaw C., Neustaedter, C., and Choo, A. (2017) Utilizing Gamification Approaches in Pervasive Health: How Can We Motivate Physical Activity Effectively? EAI-Endorsed Transactions on Pervasive Health and Technology, vol. 3, issue 11, e3. (Scopus-indexed)

Tong, X., Ulas, S., Jin, W., Gromala, D., & Shaw, C. (2017) The design and evaluation of a body-sensing video game to foster empathy towards chronic pain patients. Proceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, pp. 244-250.

Amin, A. M., Tong, X., Gromala, D., & Shaw, C. D. (2017). Cardboard Mobile Virtual Reality as an Approach for Pain Distraction in Clinical Settings: Comparison, Exploration and Evaluation with Oculus Rift. Proc. of CHI, pp. 2345-2351.

Jin, W., Gromala, D., Neustaedter, C., & Tong, X. (2017) A Collaborative Visualization Tool to Support Doctors’ Shared Decision-Making on Antibiotic Prescription. ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), pp. 211-214.

Tong, X., Gupta, A., Lo, H., Choo, A., Gromala, D., & Shaw, C. D. (2017) Chasing Lovely Monsters in the Wild, Exploring Players’ Motivation and Play Patterns of Pokémon Go: Go, Gone or Go Away?. CSCW, pp. 327-330.

Tong, X., Pekcetin, S., Gromala, D., & Machuca, F. (2017) Exploring body gestures as a natural user interface for flying in a virtual reality game with kinect. Electronic Imaging, The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, 2017(3), 60-63.

Gupta, A., Tong, X., Shaw, C., Li, L., & Feehan, L. (2017) FitViz: A personal informatics tool for self-management of rheumatoid arthritis. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 232-240. Springer, Cham.

Gromala D., Tong, X. Pekcetin S., Machuca F., Jin W., “Move More, Sit Less” Immersive VR demonstration for BC Ministry. SFU SIAT, Surrey, BC, 1 December 2017.

Gromala, D., Shaw, C., Tong, X., Lab demo and discussion of immersive VR for use by palliative care patients with Dr. Michael Downing, BC’s palliative care pioneer at the University of Victoria. 26 October 2017.

Tong X., SFU SIAT Spotlight, Exploring VR for the health sector, May, 2017.

Tong, X., Gromala, D., Gupta, D., & Squire, P. (2016). Usability Comparisons of Head-Mounted vs. Stereoscopic Desktop Displays in a Virtual Reality Environment with Pain Patients. Presented In MMVR conference & Journal of Studies in Health Technology Information, 220: pp. 424-431. (impact factor: 0.44)

Amin, A., Gromala, D., Tong, X., & Shaw, C. (2016). Immersion in cardboard VR compared to a traditional head-mounted display. International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, pp. 269-276. Springer, Cham.

Tong, X., Gromala, D., Shaw, C. D., & Choo, A. (2016). A field study: evaluating gamification approaches for promoting physical activity with motivational models of behavior changes. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 417-424. Springer, Cham.

Jin, W., Ulas, S., & Tong, X. (2016). AS IF: A Game as an Empathy Tool for Experiencing the Activity Limitations of Chronic Pain Patients. Proc. of CHI, pp. 172-175.

Gromala, D., Tong, X., Shaw, C., Amin, A., Ulas, S., & Ramsay, G. (2016) Mobius floe: an immersive virtual reality game for pain distraction. Electronic Imaging, 2016(4), 1-5.

Tong, X., Gromala, D., Shaw, C. D., & Neustaedter, C. (2016) Examining the Efficiency of Gamification Incentives for Encouraging Physical Activity–Social Collaborations or Interactive Mobile Games. PervasiveHealth2016, pp. 1-10.