{"id":9006,"date":"2025-10-29T02:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T02:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cilab.iiitd.edu.in\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=9006"},"modified":"2026-03-24T05:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T05:01:13","slug":"mohd-zubair","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/cilab.iiitd.edu.in\/index.php\/team_member\/mohd-zubair\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohd Zubair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hey! I&#8217;m Zubair, a PhD researcher at IIIT Delhi working at the intersection of Extended Reality (XR) and design. My work lives in that exciting space where physical and virtual worlds overlap, and I&#8217;m constantly asking:&nbsp;<em>how can we make experiences in XR feel more natural, intuitive, and human?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My research focuses on Tangible XR \u2014 combining Tangible User Interfaces (TUI) with XR technologies to create hybrid interactions that feel both functional and immersive. 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