XR4CE 2026
Workshop on XR for Challenging Environments 2026

Table of Contents

• Preface i–ii
  Raimund Schatz , Helmut Schrom-Feiertag , Guglielmo Papagni , Frank Steinicke , Lea Skorin-Kapov , Mark Billinghurst , Leif Oppermann , Georg Aumayr ,

Emergency Response, Disaster Management & Military

• Designing Memorable XR Under Stress: An Empirically Grounded Criterion for Long-Term Memory Binding 1–5
  Alvaro Pastor , Pierre Bourdin-Kreitz
  Virtual Reality; Episodic Memory; Binding; Face-Name; Face-Context; Emotion
• Calibrated Trust and Resilience in Many-to-Many AI-Integrated XR Collaboration for Disaster Response 6–11
  Mohammad Javadian Farzaneh , Selim Balcisoy
  Extended Reality (XR); AI Agents; Many-to-Many Collaboration; Disaster Management; Decision-Making
• From Additive Dashboards to Subtractive XR: Workload-Adaptive AI Assistance for NG911 Dispatch 12–17
  Reagan West , Jihyun Kim , Junho Park
  Next-Generation 911; Dispatch; Subtractive XR-AI; Adaptive XR-AI
• Listening Between the Lines: Exploration of Augmented Reality Supported Radio Communication for Challenging Environments 18–24
  Oliver Hein , Dominik O. W. Hirschberg , Florian Alt , Philipp A. Rauschnabel
  Speech Recognition; Adaptive Augmented Reality; Radio Communication; Performance; Context
• From Explainable AI to Human-Centered System Reliability: Quantifying and Visualizing Calibrated Trust in Mission-Critical XR 25–30
  Matthew Wilchek , Kurt Luther , Feras A. Batarseh
  Embodied Explainable AI; Trust Calibration; Mission-Critical Systems; Mixed Reality; Human-in-the-Loop AI; Shared Perception
• Human-Agent Trust Mediation: Augmented Context Understanding as a Method to Dynamically Calibrate Machine-Reliance in Emergency Response 31–35
  Rodrigo Gutierrez-Maquilon , Georg Regal , Manfred Tscheligi
  Extended Reality; Conversational AI; Spatial Language Models; Situational Awareness; Spatial Reasoning; Trust
• From Hazard Features to Resilient Systems: Bridging Neuroscience and Design in XR-AI for Challenging Environments 36–42
  Jazmin Collins , Poppy McLeod , Stephen B. Gilbert , Michael C. Dorneich , Angelique Taylor , Andrea Stevenson Won , Derek Spangler , Nina Lauharatanahirun
  Virtual Reality; Hazards; Teamwork; Simulation; Fear; Behavior
• From Pilot to Infrastructure: Embedding XR as a Training Layer for Emergency Service Organisations 43–47
  Leon Pietschmann , Fritz Pickhardt
  Emergency Services; Case Study; VR; XR; Immersive; Training; Effectiveness; Flood Protection; HCI
• From Training to Incident Response: Resilient XR and Digital Twin Support in Firefighting 48–53
  Mirko Sužnjević , Katarina Mišura , Sara Srebot , Lea Skorin-Kapov , Maja Matijašević
  Extended Reality (XR); Firefighter Training; Digital Twin (DT); Operational Support
• Direct Communication between Drone Operators and Field Responders through Augmented Reality 54–59
  Ioannis Safranoglou , Marcel Ebel , Alexios Stavroulakis , Iris Grassler , Katerina Mania
  Augmented Reality; Drone Operators; First Responders

Industry, Critical Infrastructure & Special Environments

• When Simulation Meets Physiology: Adaptive Resilience for Mission-Critical XR in Fast-Jet Training 60–65
  Julia Schorlemmer , Alia Saad , Sebastian Möller , Jan-Niklas Voigt-Antons ,
  XR Training; Mission-Critical XR; Fast-Jet Aviation; Physiology-Aware Adaptation; Adaptive Resilience
• AI-Augmented Human Decision-Making in Secure Space Operations 66–71
  Sadman Saif , Fatemeh Sarshartehrani , Muhammad Zeeshan Karamat , Yahia Tawfik , Bo Ji , Brendan David-John , Christiana Chamon
  Augmented Reality; Cognitive State; Large Language Model; Machine Learning
• XR Training in Challenging Environments: The Wind Turbines Case 72–76
  Alia Saad , Jan-Niklas Voigt-Antons
  Extended Reality; Training; Challenging Environments; Wind Turbines; Digital Twins
• XR for Complex Datacenter Environments: Why XR Needs AAS and AI-Driven Interaction to Support Operators in Next-Generation Datacenters 77–82
  Stephan Waltermann , Andre Borrmann , Michel Munzert , Frank Feinbube , Bosen Zhou
  Extended Reality (XR); Asset Administration Shell (AAS); Datacenter; Challenging Environments
• Beyond Mistakes: Opportunities and Challenges of XR for Staff in Prison and Probation Settings 83–89
  John McAlaney , Mark Springett , Pejman Saeghe
  Recidivism; XR; Prisons; Skills Development
• I Trust You Body: Using Augmented Avatars in Challenging Environments 90–95
  Clara Sayffaerth
  Extended Reality; Avatars; Guidance; Social Interaction; Challenging Environments
• Human-Robot Collaboration Design Space for Critical Large-Scale Infrastructures 96–101
  Xinyu Chen , Ke Li , Raimund Kammering , Wim Leemans , Frank Steinicke
  Human-Robot Collaboration; Mixed Reality; Shared Autonomy; Multi-Modal Interaction; Challenging Environment

Medicine and Healthcare

• Perceptual Scaffolding for Medical Triage in Mission-Critical XR: Design Materials for Multi-Agent AI 102–107
  Jihyun Kim , Leah Tellier , Kara Sealock , Junho Park
  Perceptual Scaffolding; Emergency Triage; XR Interface Design; Multi-Agent AI; Human-AI Interaction
• XR in the Operating Room: Participatory Identification of Resilient Use Cases for Surgical Instrument Logistics 108–111
  Florian Buchholz
  Extended Reality; Operating Room; Participatory Design; Challenging Environments; Healthcare; Surgical Instrument Logistics
• XRTC: Immersive Telepresence for First Aid and Emergency Scenarios 112–117
  Pablo Perez , Ignacio Benito , Ester Gonzalez-Sosa , Marta Orduna , Alvaro Villegas
  Extended Reality (XR); Immersive Communication; Remote Assistance; Emergency Response
• Learning to Lead Under Stress: Designing AI Guidance for In-Hospital Resuscitation Team Leader Training in XR 118–123
  Myungjun Lee , Hyeongil Nam , Jazeb Zafar , Jennifer Davidson , Yiqun Lin , Adam Cheng , Kangsoo Kim
  Extended Reality; AI Guidance; Resuscitation Team Leadership; Medical Education; Trust; Perception
• HandovAR: Towards AR and AI Support for ICU Nurse Handover 124–129
  Mengxing Li , Phoebe Zhang , Jiazhou Liu , Agnes Haryanto , Kadek Ananta Satriadi , Trung Nguyen , Deval Mehta , Zerina Lokmic-Tomkins , Tim Dwyer
  Information Exchange; Augmented Reality; Artificial Intelligence; Nursing Handover; ICU Department; Cognitive Load; Human-Centred Computing