Hi, my name is Nathan. I am a PhD student at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. I am advised by Chris Harrison and am a member of the Future Interfaces Group.

My research interests involve designing the next generation of interactive hardware technologies to address existing limitations in performance, capability, and usability. New interfaces should not just fix the shortcomings reported by users of current ones but also enable previously impossible and delightful forms of interaction. Application domains I touch upon include context-aware computing, AR/VR, and smart environments.


research



EverRing: Powering Highly-Capable Ring Devices with Headset RF Energy
N. DeVrio
C. Harrison
To appear at UbiComp/ISWC '25: Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers.
EclipseTouch: Touch Segmentation on Ad Hoc Surfaces using Worn Infrared Shadow Casting
*V. Mollyn
*N. DeVrio
C. Harrison
To appear at UIST '25: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Contextra: Detecting Object Grasps With Low-Power Cameras and Sensor Fusion On the Wrist
N. DeVrio
R. Boldu
E. Whitmire
W. Kienzle
To appear at MobileHCI '25: In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction
N. DeVrio
C. Harrison
CHI '25: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Popular Choice Best Demo Award Honorable Mention
*N. DeVrio
*V. Mollyn
C. Harrison
UIST '23: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
N. DeVrio
C. Harrison
UIST '22: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
K. Ahuja
V. Shen
C. Fang
N. Riopelle
A. Kong
C. Harrison
CHI '22: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
V. Varga
G. Vakulya
B. Buergisser
N. Riopelle
F. Zund
R. Sumner
T. Gross
A. Sample
TEI '21: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction