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BioTerrarium: Embedding Physiological Environments

A glass ecosystem in Unity whose fog, vegetation, and light respond in real time to a player's heart rate and heart rate variability from an Apple Watch. Tested with 24 participants. Submitted to ACM SIGGRAPH 2026, revised, and not accepted.

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Reading a Remote Teammate's Body

Extends the same ambient reciprocity behind BioTerrarium into remote collaboration, asking whether a teammate's physiological state can be felt without turning it into a chart. Submitted to ACM, in revision, resubmitting in 2027.

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Eye-Tracking Locomotion in VR

A study using a person's own gaze as the locomotion input in virtual reality, aimed at making architectural and landscape walkthroughs feel like looking around a real place. Submitted to CAADRIA 2024.

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Creating Immersive Virtual Landscapes

Master's research into depth perception and environmental legibility inside head-mounted virtual landscapes, the foundation for how every spatial environment since, including BioTerrarium, has been built. Published at eCAADe 2023.

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ROMAN JAHANDIDEH رمان جهاندیده

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Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) · Computational Design · UX Research · Game Design

Vancouver, BC · Open to Research Collaboration

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Career Journey

A visual timeline of my academic, artistic, and technical path.

Introduction

Researcher working across architecture, landscape design, and computational systems: human-AI co-design, performance-informed design, and embodied interaction. Holds a Master's in Landscape Architecture Design (Istanbul Technical University), with VR research on depth perception and environmental legibility in head-mounted displays, published at eCAADe and submitted to CAADRIA. Architectural project work spans generative, algorithm-driven form and performance-integrated design, including passive-cooling facades and stormwater and carbon-management strategies. Current work at Simon Fraser University builds interactive systems that respond to physiological signals in real time, methodology now extending into a paper in preparation on AI in architectural design.