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M. Akhtar

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#human-computer interacti... Preprint Sep 2026

Beyond Technological Solutionism: Rethinking XR in Healthcare

This research challenges the HCI community to confront its role in perpetuating healthcare inequities, demands a fundamental rethinking and proposes a new framework for healthcare innovation that prioritizes human relationships over technical capability, systemic change over feature sets, and actual care delivery over...

M. Akhtar, Cecilia Landa-Avila, Shital Desai et al. · 0 citations

#human-computer interacti... Preprint Aug 2026

Between Algorithm (AI) and Intuition (Human): Preserving Designer Agency in AI-Assisted Sensemaking of Qualitative UX Data

It is argued that AI sensemaking tools risk flattening the rich data patterns, amplifying contradictory textures of user feedback into sterile categories thereby transforming design research from an interpretive craft into a mechanical sorting exercise (rigid and formal).

M. Akhtar · 0 citations