KAIST · HCI Tech Lab

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).

Our research focuses on:
Advanced Sensing TechnologyMultimodal Haptic TechnologyAuthoring User Experience
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Latest news from HCI Tech Lab

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KHC 2026 Participation
Aug 11 2026
Our lab participated in the 4th Korea Haptics Conference. HyungIl, Dongkyu, Soyeong, and KunWoo presented their works.
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BrainLink X-Lab Day
Aug 9 2026
Our lab successfully held BrainLink X-Lab Day on "Omnimodal AI-XR Convergence for Future Intelligent Spaces: Cognition, Empathy, and Augmented Interaction".
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Google-KAIST Research Meetup Participation
Jul 13 2026
Our lab participated in Google-KAIST Meetup (AI for People & Society). Youjin and Youngrae presented their works.
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Visit from Hyundai Motor Company
Jul 2 2026
Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) Research Team visited HCI Tech Lab for potential research collaboration.
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Visit from Georgia Tech
Jul 1 2026
Prof. Thad Starner visited Graduate School of Metaverse and HCI Tech Lab.
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Lab Move
Jun 30 2026
Our lab moved to a new space.
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Publication
Two papers accepted to UIST 2026
Jun 29 2026
Two papers from HCI Tech Lab and collaborators have been accepted to UIST 2026. Congratulations to Jina and Rachel(Jungmin)!
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KCC 2026 Participation
Jun 25 2026
Our lab participated in KCC'26 in Jeju. Our lab had a workshop on Multimodal Haptic Interface.
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Selected work

Research

Highlighted & Recent Publications from HCI Tech Lab

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ACM CHI 2025

HapticGen: Generative Text-to-Vibration Model for Streamlining Haptic Design

Youjin Sung*, Kevin John*, Hasti Seifi**, Sang Ho Yoon**

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GazeTune: Facilitating Precise Gaze-Driven Interactions with Cascaded Touch Input
ACM UIST 2026
DOBI: Dynamic Opportunistic Body Input via Spare Joint Recruitment for Hands-Free XR
ACM UIST 2026
VibGrasp: Spatiotemporal Vibration Based Multimodal Haptic Rendering with a Lightweight Exo-Glove for 3D Shape Perception
IEEE Transactions on Haptics (TOH)
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Align-to-Scale: Mode Switching Technique for Unimanual 3D Object Manipulation with Gaze-Hand-Object Alignment in Extended Reality
Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (ETRA26)
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Inside the lab

Lab Introduction Video