Visual Storytelling in Everyday Ubiquity:
Human-AI Co-Creation, Wearable Media, and Plural Futures


📅October 11/12, 2026 | 🕘Half-Day Workshop (3 hours) | 🙋In Person | 📍Shanghai, China



Session 1: Welcome & Icebreaker


09:00 - 09:10


  • Introduction of organizers and participants
  • Workshop goals and overview



Session 2: Paper Presentations


09:10 - 10:40


  • Accepted papers (10 min talk + Q&A each)
  • Topics include, but are not limited to:
    • Visual methods for communicating invisible, ambient, and body-worn technologies
    • Human-AI collaborative workflows for rapid visual prototyping of ubiquitous technologies
    • Sketch-based techniques and visual grammars for early-stage UbiComp concept development and wearable interface representation
    • Speculative design approaches for imagining plural technological futures across diverse communities
    • Feminist, postcolonial, and disability justice approaches to visual representation in ubiquitous computing
    • Cross-cultural perspectives on wearable technology narratives
    • Ethical considerations in AI-generated imagery and algorithmic bias in UbiComp/ISWC visualization


Coffee Break




Session 3: Hands-On Creation

11:00 - 11:40

  • Introduction to gap-and-fill methodology
  • Create visual narratives about wearable media in everyday Shanghai contexts
  • Use provided templates, drawing tools, or AI-assisted generation



Session 4: Gallery Critique & Closing


11:40 - 12:00

  • Display and discuss created works
  • Reflection on visual methods for ubiquitous computing
  • Closing remarks