The Interactive Media Lab Dresden (Chair of Multimedia Technology) at the Institute of Software and Multimedia Technology of the Faculty of Computer Science at TU Dresden was established in April 2012 and is led by Prof. Raimund Dachselt.
The Interactive Media Lab at the Technische Universität Dresden is conducting research primarily in the field of modern Human-Computer Interaction and interactive Information Visualization. Our main focus are natural user interfaces, in particular the development of interaction techniques and data visualization approaches using various interaction modalities (multitouch, pen, gaze, tangibles, gestures) and their combination. Typical research setups are multi-display and Mixed Reality environments as well as wearables for augmenting humans. We apply our basic research results to several application domains, like biology, medicine and cyber-physical systems, and develop domain-specific solutions.
We are pleased to present exciting topics and results of our research and teaching activities. At Research you can find information about the Publications, Research Projects as well as our Partners. In the section Teaching we provide information about current Courses and Thesis Topics of the chair.
This week, on April 21, 2026, we had the pleasure of hosting Pavel Manakhov, PhD, from the School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, for a one-day visit to the Interactive Media Lab Dresden. During his stay, we presented a selection of our current demos and exchanged ideas on current research topics.
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This year’s edition of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, widely regarded as the leading venue in Human-Computer Interaction, was held in Barcelona, Spain from April 13 to 17, 2026. Under the theme “Creant el demà junts” (“Creating Tomorrow Together”), the conference brought together researchers, designers, and practitioners from around the world. Six members from the IML team (Raimund Dachselt, Mats Ole Ellenberg, Julian Baader Katja Krug, Susmita Khadse, Weizhou Luo) attended the conference, contributing two full papers, one submission to the Student Mentoring Program, and four workshop submissions.
Raimund Dachselt and Katja Krug co-organized the workshop “Beyond Fatigue: Building an Ergonomic Future for XR” as part of the first AlpCHI conference, which took place in March 2026 in Ascona, Switzerland. Katja Krug also attended the conference in person.
This week, we happily welcomed Prof. Eva Hornecker from the Human-Computer Interaction group at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar at the Interactive Media Lab.
The 18th annual ACM SIGGRAPH conference on Motion, Interaction and Games (MIG 2025) took place at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, from December 3rd to 5th. Julián Méndez attended the event to present our invited article on “Immersive Data-Driven Storytelling: Scoping an Emerging Field Through the Lenses of Research, Journalism, and Games”.
Talks of renowned researchers and people from the industry about human computer interaction, visualization, and visual computing.
