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
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Lab Activity
Jan 26 2026
Lab Winter Retreat
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).
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Lab Gathering
Dec 23 2025
End-of-Year Lab Gathering
Lab Introduction Video
Research
Highlighted & Recent Publications from HCI Tech Lab
Selected Publication
All Publication ↗Recent Publication
All Publication ↗T2IRay: Design of Thumb-to-Index based Indirect Pointing for Continuous and Robust AR/VR Input
CHI2025
AWARD: Honorable Mention AwardChoreoCraft: In-situ Crafting of Choreography in Virtual Reality through Creativity Support Tool
CHI2025
Posture-Informed Muscular Force Learning for Robust Hand Pressure Estimation
NeurIPS 2024
EStatiG: Wearable Haptic Feedback with Multi-Phalanx Electrostatic Brake for Enhanced Object Perception in VR
ACM IMWUT (UbiComp2024)