Welcome to HCI TECH LAB!
Pioneering Embodied and Physical Human–AI Interaction
The Human-Centered Interactive Technologies Lab (HCI Tech Lab) is a multidisciplinary research group at KAIST. Our mission is to empower human potential by bridging the physical and digital worlds through embodied intelligence (Physical AI) and immersive technologies (XR).
- Advanced Sensing Technology
- Multimodal Haptic Technology
- Authoring User Experience
News
Latest news from HCI Tech LabAll News ↗
Publication
Two papers accepted to CHI 2026
Jan 20 2026
Two papers from HCI Tech Lab have been accepted to CHI 2026. Congratulations to Kun-woo Song, Dohui Lee, and Youngrae Kim!
Publication
A paper accepted to IEEE TVCG
Jan 2, 2026
Our paper AquaHaptics: Hand-based Multimodal Haptic Interactions for Immersive Virtual Underwater Experience led by Soyeong Yang is accepted to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG).
Publication
A paper accepted to IEEE TVCG
Dec 7, 2025
Our paper ForceCtrl: Hand-Raycasting with User-Defined Pinch Force for Control-Display Gain Application led by Seo Young (co-advised by Prof. Woontack Woo) and Junghoon is accepted to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG).
PositionClosed
Winter 2026 Undergraduate Research Internship
Nov 7 2025
We are looking for research interns (including URP) for 2025 Winter. Application deadline is Nov 18th. You can find more information here.
Lab Introduction Video
Research
Highlighted & Recent Publications from HCI Tech Lab
Selected Publication
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All Publication ↗ForceCtrl: Hand-Raycasting with User-Defined Pinch Force for Control-Display Gain Application
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
Moving-Press: Pressure-based Moving Phantom Sensation for Immersive VR Hand Interaction
ACM IMWUT (UbiComp/ISWC 2026)
Posture-Informed Muscular Force Learning for Robust Hand Pressure Estimation
NeurIPS 2024