Situated Reality Lab at HKU
HKU Centennial Campus
Situated Reality Lab / HKU

Technology, situated in life.

Every situation is inseparable from lived experience. | 一切景語皆情語

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About us

Situated Reality Lab (SiR) is an interdisciplinary research group in the Department of Data and Systems Engineering at The University of Hong Kong. We bring together HCI, AI and XR to create situated, embodied and deployable technologies that extend human capability in everyday life.

The SiR Lab is led by Prof. Xiang Li.

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Life at SiR.

Participants at the first EverydayXR workshop at ACM UbiComp 2026 in Shanghai
EverydayXR 2026 · Workshop recap

A wonderful first EverydayXR.

The first EverydayXR workshop at ACM UbiComp ’26 in Shanghai has successfully concluded. Thank you to all participants, speakers and organisers for the inspiring discussions on XR in everyday situations. We look forward to seeing you at future events!

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Research framework

Three ways to situate intelligence.

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Our approach

Research that belongs in the real world.

We combine XR, sensing, intelligent systems and human-centred engineering. Our unit of design is the whole situation: person, place, activity and intent.

How we work

From insight to impact.

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01Understand the situation
02Prototype situated intelligence
03Test in the real world
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Curious, rigorous and humane.

We value technical depth, creative risk, respectful collaboration and research that meaningfully improves how people perceive, act and connect.

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