✦ Alison

Designer · Researcher · Educator · Gamer 📍 Hong Kong · New York

Hi, I'm 雨橦 (Yǔ Tóng), also known as Alison. I study adaptive XR systems within Human Computer Interaction, with a focus on embodied and multimodal interaction and AI. My work explores how immersive environments and tangible interfaces can sense and respond to human rhythm, action, and context, shaping cognition, communication, and emotional experience.

I am currently a phd student @ PloyU(HK), working with HCI and novel interface.

I enjoy building hands on prototypes as a way of exploring playful and embodied interaction, often using learning contexts to study cognitive and emotional development.

Recently

Sep 2026 Co-first author paper K-Advisor accepted to ICWL 2026 🎉
Aug 2026 Officially joined Hong Kong PolyU as a PhD researcher in CS-HCI 🌟
Jun 2026 I3D extended abstract is now available in the ACM Digital Library
May 2026 Graduated from Columbia University 🎓
May 2026 Presented posterI3D at I3D 2026 in San Francisco 🎉
May 2026 ClimbitClimbit was on display at Anthropic's Code with Claude event in SF — such a full-circle moment 🤍
Archive
Apr 2026 Climbit selected to be featured at Anthropic's upcoming Code with Claude event 👀
Apr 2026 Poster accepted to I3D 2026I3D 🎉 — see you in San Francisco in May!
Mar 2026 Our tab manager Chrome extension TabitTabit is now live on the Chrome Web Store — try me 🙌!!!
Mar 2026 Won Bambu Labs PrizeBambu at HARD MODE: Hardware × AI Hackathon hosted by MIT Media Lab. ClimbitClimbit, our climbing game with a custom ball controller, was featured in Anthropic's Instagram — including a photo of me and our ballIGpost 🧗📸
Jan 2026 Attended Reality HackRH — first dive into MR development 🤩