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 Technology
Multimodal Haptic Technology
Authoring User Experience

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CHI 2026 Participation

Apr 23 2026

Our lab participated in CHI'26 in Barcelona. Kun-woo and Dohui presented papers and our lab participated in workshop.

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A paper accepted to ToH

Apr 16 2026

Our paper VibGrasp: Spatiotemporal Vibration Based Multimodal Haptic Rendering with a Lightweight Exo-Glove for 3D Shape Perception led by Hojeong is accepted to IEEE Transactions on Haptics (ToH).

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Lab Activity (KAIST Strawberry Party)

Apr 3 2026

Lab Gathering at the KAIST Strawberry Party.

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Visit from Google AR & VR

Mar 22 2026

Mar from Google BIRD lab under Google AR & VR visited KAIST and HCI Tech Lab for seminar and potential research collaboration.

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VR 2026 Participation

Mar 22 2026

Our lab participated in VR'26 in Daegu. Soyeong presented TVCG and workshop papers.

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M.S./Ph.D. Openings

Mar 15 2026

We are looking for M.S and Ph.D students for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 semester. Please refer to updated M.S./Ph.D. Openings.

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A paper accepted to ETRA 2026

Mar 15, 2026

Our paper Align-to-Scale: Mode Switching Technique for Unimanual 3D Object Manipulation with Gaze-Hand-Object Alignment in Extended Reality led by Min-yung is accepted to ETRA 2026.

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