Modulating Perceived Affordances in Augmented Reality Through Object Physicality and Thermal Appearance
Yutaro Tanaka, Juri Yoneyama, Nathalie Le Bigot, Guillaume Moreau, Gilles Coppin, Etienne Peillard
January, 2026
Abstract
This study investigates how the physicality and thermal appearance of virtual objects influence perceived affordances in AR. By varying object properties and thermal visual cues, it examines how material appearance changes what actions users feel an object affords.
Publication
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Yutaro Tanaka
PhD Student
IMT Atlantique
Lab-STICC

Juri Yoneyama
PhD Student
IMT Atlantique

Nathalie Le Bigot
Associate Professor in Cognitive Psychology
Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO)
Lab-STICC

Guillaume Moreau
Dean for Research and Innovation of IMT Atlantique
IMT Atlantique
Lab-STICC

Gilles Coppin
Professor
IMT Atlantique
Lab-STICC

Associate Professor
IMT Atlantique
LS2N
CNRS IRL CROSSING
My research focuses on perception and embodied interaction in Virtual and Augmented Reality, including augmented affordances, body perception, and human-system cooperation in immersive environments.