News
 A paper accepted to IMWUT (UbiComp 2026)
  A paper accepted to IMWUT (UbiComp 2026)Oct 27 2025
Our paper Moving-Press: Pressure-based Moving Phantom Sensation for Immersive VR Hand Interaction led by Dongkyu, Kyungjin and Rachel is accepted to Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT).
 Lab Activity (Fall Barbeque)
  Lab Activity (Fall Barbeque)Oct 24 2025
Lab Gathering for Fall Barbeque.

 UbiComp 2025 Participation
  UbiComp 2025 ParticipationOct 16 2025



 Best Paper Award for ISMAR 2025
  Best Paper Award for ISMAR 2025Oct 13 2025
Our paper Visuo-Tactile Feedback with Hand Outline Styles for Modulating Affective Roughness Perception led by Minju wins Best Paper Award (<1%) for ISMAR 2025!'


 ISMAR 2025 Participation
  ISMAR 2025 ParticipationOct 13 2025




 Visit from Aarhus University
  Visit from Aarhus UniversityOct 10 2025



 Visit from MIT & FH Technikum Wien
  Visit from MIT & FH Technikum WienOct 10 2025


 Visit from Google XR team
  Visit from Google XR teamOct 2 2025
Ruofei and Xun from Google XR team visited HCI Tech Lab for potential research collaboration.


 UIST 2025 Participation
  UIST 2025 ParticipationSep 29 2025




 Student Fellowship
  Student FellowshipAug 28 2025
Dongkyu & Kyungeun are selected for 'PhD Student Research Grant' from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
 Student Fellowship
  Student FellowshipAug 20 2025
Kyungeun is selected for 'Research Grant for U.S. Visiting Women Researchers' from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
 KCCV 2025 Participation
  KCCV 2025 ParticipationAug 1 2025


 Visit from Beihang, Tsinghua, SUS Tech
  Visit from Beihang, Tsinghua, SUS TechJuly 15 2025



 WHC 2025 Participation
  WHC 2025 ParticipationJuly 8 2025



 KCC 2025 Participation
  KCC 2025 ParticipationJuly 1 2025

 Lab Activity (Sports Day)
  Lab Activity (Sports Day)Jun 18 2025
Lab Gathering with Sports Activity.



 Research Collaboration (ETRI)
  Research Collaboration (ETRI)Jun 5 2025


 CHI 2025 Participation
  CHI 2025 ParticipationMay 1 2025
Our lab participated in CHI'25 in Yokohama. Jina, Kyungeun, Youjin & Hyunyoung presented their papers with 2 Honorable Mention Awards!



 CHI 2025 Workshop
  CHI 2025 WorkshopApr 28 2025
We had a successful 1st XR-PHY workshop at CHI'25. Thanks Jina & Soyeong for volunteering as assistants. 

 HCI Tech Lab members and papers at CHI 2025
  HCI Tech Lab members and papers at CHI 2025Apr 28 2025
4 full papers and 1 workshop got accepted to CHI 2025.
 Summer 2025 Undergraduate Research Internship
  Summer 2025 Undergraduate Research InternshipApr 27 2025
We are looking for research interns (including URP) for 2025 Summer. Application deadline is May 7th.
 A paper accepted to WHC 2025
  A paper accepted to WHC 2025Apr 18 2025
Our paper 3D Shape Perception through Spatiotemporal Vibrotactile Patterns with Kinesthetic Feedback led by Hojeong and Eun Ho is accepted to IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC).
 A paper accepted to IMWUT (UbiComp 2025)
  A paper accepted to IMWUT (UbiComp 2025)Apr 3 2025
Our paper UltraBoard: Always-Available Wearable Ultrasonic Mid-air Haptic Interface for Responsive and Robust VR Inputs led by Changhyeon and Yubin is accepted to Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT).
 New Research Project
  New Research ProjectApr 1 2025
Generative Haptics and Fine Response Inference for Flexible Tactile Interfaces supported by Institute for Information & communication Technology Planning & evaluation (IITP) for 4 years.
 Lab Activity (KAIST Strawberry Party)
  Lab Activity (KAIST Strawberry Party)Mar 31 2025
Lab Gathering at the KAIST Strawberry Party.

 Two Honorable Mention Award for CHI 2025
  Two Honorable Mention Award for CHI 2025Mar 28 2025
Our papers ChoreoCraft: In-situ Crafting of Choreography in Virtual Reality through Creativity Support Tool led by Kyungeun & Hyunyoung and T2IRay: Design of Thumb-to-Index based Indirect Pointing for Continuous and Robust AR/VR Input led by Jina win Honorable Mention Award for CHI 2025!'
 New Lab Logo
  New Lab LogoFeb 20 2025
Our lab got a new logo designed by Changheyon Park! Thanks all members for the feedback!
 2025 Graduation
  2025 GraduationFeb 14 2025
Hyung Il, Soyeong, Dongkyu, Min-yung, Junghoon, Kyungeun, Kyungjin, and Nicha graudated. Congrats!



 KSC 2024 Outstanding Paper Presentation Award
  KSC 2024 Outstanding Paper Presentation AwardFeb 3 2025
Kun-woo, Youngrae, and Kyoungwhan received KSC 2024 Outstanding Paper Presentation Award!


 A paper accepted to IEEE TVCG
  A paper accepted to IEEE TVCGJan 26 2025
Our paper Neck Goes VRrr: Reducing Rotation-Induced Virtual Reality Sickness through Neck Muscle Vibrations led by Kun-Woo is accepted to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG).
 Four papers accepted to CHI 2025
  Four papers accepted to CHI 2025Jan 17 2025
Four papers from HCI Tech Lab and collaborators have been accepted to CHI 2025. Congratulations to Hyunyoung Han, Kyungeun Jung, Jina Kim, and Youjin Sung!
 Interns
  InternsJan 1 2025
Welcome our winter interns Rachel Jungmin Kim, Eun Ho Kim, and Hyunwook Jung!
 KSC 2024 Participation
  KSC 2024 ParticipationDec 20 2024
Out lab participated in KSC 2024. Dongkyu and Kun-Woo presented papers.



 Student Research Prize
  Student Research PrizeDec 16 2024
Hojeong received the College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Science Research Prize for 2024!

 NeurIPS 2024 Participation
  NeurIPS 2024 ParticipationDec 10 2024
Our lab participated in NeurIPS 2024 held in Vancouver. Kyungjin, Junghoon, Hanseok presented a paper!


 Lab Activity (Community Service)
  Lab Activity (Community Service)Nov 22 2024
Our lab participated in community service.


 Winter 2025 Undergraduate Research Internship
  Winter 2025 Undergraduate Research InternshipNov 12 2024
We are looking for research interns (including 1 URP) for 2024 Winter. Application deadline is Nov 24th.
 ISMAR 2024 Participation
  ISMAR 2024 ParticipationOct 21 2024
Our lab participated in ISMAR 2024 held in Bellevue. HyungIl presented a paper!


 UbiComp/ISWC 2024 Participation
  UbiComp/ISWC 2024 ParticipationOct 9 2024
Our lab participated in UbiComp/ISWC 2024 held in Melbourne. Youjin & Hojeong presented their papers!



 A paper accepted to NeurIPS 2024
  A paper accepted to NeurIPS 2024Sep 26 2024
Our paper Posture-Informed Muscular Force Learning for Robust Hand Pressure Estimation led by Kyungjin and Junghoon is accepted to NeurIPS2024.
 Graduate Students
  Graduate StudentsAug 26 2024
Welcome our new Ph.D. students Kyungeun Jung, Kyungjin Seo and MS student Dohui Lee!
 KHC 2024 Participation
  KHC 2024 ParticipationAug 21 2024
Our lab participated in the 2nd Korea Haptics Conference. Our lab received the Poster Presentation Award (Kyungjin, Junghoon, Hanseok)! Check here for more detail.
 A paper accepted to IMWUT (UbiComp 2024)
  A paper accepted to IMWUT (UbiComp 2024)Aug 10 2024
Our paper EStatiG: Wearable Haptic Feedback with Multi-Phalanx Electrostatic Brake for Enhanced Object Perception in VR led by Nicha and Hojeong is accepted to Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT).
 A paper accepted to ISMAR 2024
  A paper accepted to ISMAR 2024Aug 10 2024
Our paper ThermicVib: Enabling Dynamic Thermal Sensation with Multimodal Haptic Glove for Thermal-Responsive Interaction led by Hyung Il is accepted to IEEE ISMAR2024.
 KCC 2024 Participation
  KCC 2024 ParticipationJul 1 2024
Our lab participated in KCC 2024. Hanseok received Outstanding Paper Award.


 Kyungjin, Kyungeun, and Nicha successfully defended their M.S. Theses
  Kyungjin, Kyungeun, and Nicha successfully defended their M.S. ThesesJun 11 2024
Kyungjin Seo, Kyungeun Jung, Nicha Vanichvoranun successfully defended their M.S. Theses. Congrats! Kyungjin and Kyungeun will continue as Ph.D. students in HCI Tech Lab.
 CHI 2024 Participation
  CHI 2024 ParticipationMay 16 2024
Our lab participated in CHI'24 in Hawaii. Our lab demo received Popular Choice Winner!


 Summer 2024 Undergraduate Research Internship
  Summer 2024 Undergraduate Research InternshipMay 6 2024
We are looking for research interns (including URP) for 2024 Summer. Application deadline is May 20th.
  Student Fellowship
Apr 15 2024
Kunwoo & Hyunyoung are selected for 'Master's Student Research Grant' from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
  Venture Research Program
Apr 1 2024
Youjin's Venture Research Proposal on 'Generative Haptic for VR Experience Design' was selected.
 VR 2024 Participation
  VR 2024 ParticipationMar 18 2024
Our lab participated in IEEE Virtual Reality 2024.


 Graduate Students
  Graduate StudentsMar 1 2024
Welcome our new Ph.D. student Jina Kim and MS students Hanseok Jeong, Yubin Lee, Changhyeon Park, and Kyoungwhan Mheen!
 Graduation
  GraduationFeb 16 2024
Jina & Youjin graduated. Congrats!
 HCI Korea 2024 Participation
  HCI Korea 2024 ParticipationFeb 1 2024
Our lab participated in HCI Korea 2024.

 Visit from Hyundai Motor Company
  Visit from Hyundai Motor CompanyJan 26 2024
Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) Research Team visited HCI Tech Lab for potential research collaboration.

 Jina successfully defended her M.S. Thesis
  Jina successfully defended her M.S. ThesisDec 5 2023
Jina Kim successfully defended her M.S. Thesis. Congrats! Jina will continue as a Ph.D. student in HCI Tech Lab.
 KHC 2023 Participation
  KHC 2023 ParticipationNov 25 2023
 Our lab participated in the 1st Korea Haptics Conference. Our lab received the Best Paper Award (Hyung IL), Best Demo Award (Kyungeun), Young Researcher Award (Prof. Yoon) and many other awards (Dongkyu, Hyunyoung, Soyeong, Youjin)! Check here for more detail.
 Winter 2024 Undergraduate Research Internship
  Winter 2024 Undergraduate Research InternshipNov 17 2023
We are looking for research interns (including 1 URP) for 2024 Winter. Application deadline is Nov 24th.
 UIST 2023 Participation
  UIST 2023 ParticipationNov 1 2023
Our lab participated in ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) in San Francisco. Kyungeun received People's Choice Demo Award!

 ISMAR 2023 Participation
  ISMAR 2023 ParticipationOct 20 2023
Our lab participated in IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality held in Sydney.
 A paper accepted to IMWUT (UbiComp 2024)
  A paper accepted to IMWUT (UbiComp 2024)Oct 15 2023
Our paper "HapticPilot: Authoring In-situ Hand Posture-Adaptive Vibrotactile Feedback for Virtual Reality" led by Youjin is accepted to Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT).
 SUI 2023 Participation
  SUI 2023 ParticipationOct 13 2023
Our lab participated in ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction Conference held in Sydney. Jina presented a paper!


 A paper accepted to Virtual Reality (Springer VR)
  A paper accepted to Virtual Reality (Springer VR)Oct 9 2023
Our paper "HapMotion: Motion-to-Tactile Framework with Wearable Haptic Devices for Immersive VR Performance Experience" led by Kyungeun is accepted to Virtual Reality (Springer).
  📣 HCI Tech lab in the MERRIC News Letter
Sep 6 2023
HCI Tech Lab has been featured on Merric (Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research Information Center) news letter.
 Graduate Students
  Graduate StudentsSep 1 2023
Welcome our new Ph.D. student Youjin Sung and MS students Hyunyoung Han, Kun-Woo Song, Hojeong Lee, Fangqing Li, and Hyung Wook Yi!
 A paper accepted to SUI 2023
  A paper accepted to SUI 2023Aug 25 2023
Our paper "VibAware: Context-Aware Tap and Swipe Gestures Using Bio-Acoustic Sensing" led by Jina is accepted to SUI2023.
 A demo accepted to UIST 2023
  A demo accepted to UIST 2023Aug 25 2023
Our demo "Mo2Hap: Rendering performer’s Motion Flow to Upper-body Vibrotactile Haptic Feedback for VR performance" will be presented at UIST 2023.
 Research Collaboration
  Research CollaborationAug 24 2023
ETRI & 1Million visited HCI Tech Lab for research collaboration.
 Research Collaboration on Press Release
  Research Collaboration on Press ReleaseJul 19 2023
KAIST CT, 1Million, and EBS sign a Dance Education Technology Development Agreement (Press Release).

 WHC 2023 Participation
  WHC 2023 ParticipationJul 10 2023
Our lab participated in IEEE World Haptics Conference held in Delft for oral presentation & demo!
 Research Collaboration
  Research CollaborationJul 7 2023
HCI Tech Lab participated summer workshop with Korea University & KETI on '4D Content Generation and Copyright Protection with Artificial Intelligence'.


 Recruiting Graduate Students
  Recruiting Graduate StudentsJun 14 2023
We have positions for M.S. & Ph.D for Spring 2024 (Graduate School of Culture Technology & Metaverse Program). Please check Open Positions.
 Youjin successfully defended her M.S. Thesis
  Youjin successfully defended her M.S. ThesisJun 13 2023
Youjin Sung successfully defended her M.S. Thesis. Congrats! Youjin will continue as a Ph.D. student in HCI Tech Lab.
 New Research Project
  New Research ProjectJun 1 2023
New research project on 'Real-time virtual convergence-based performing arts education platform technology' collaborated with ETRI, 1Million, and EBS.
 New Research Project
  New Research ProjectJun 1 2023
New research project on 'In-camera based interactive digital VFX content production pipeline technology' collaborated with KETI, DexterStudios, Studio EON, and Metalocat.
 Summer 2023 Undergraduate Research Internship
  Summer 2023 Undergraduate Research InternshipMay 10 2023
We are looking for research interns for 2023 Summer. Application deadline is May 17th.
 VR 2023 Participation
  VR 2023 ParticipationMar 25 2023
Jina, Kyungeun, Nicha participated in IEEE VR conference held in Shanghai to present posters!



  Venture Research Program
Mar 20 2023
Jina & Min-yung's Venture Research Proposal on 'Interaction improvement using sensing technology' was selected!
 New Research Project
  New Research ProjectMar 17 2023
Outstanding Young Scientist Grants (NRF) on 'A wearable multimodal sensing framework for adaptive interaction in extended reality' selected.
 Recruiting Graduate Students
  Recruiting Graduate StudentsMar 10 2023
We have positions for M.S. & Ph.D for Spring 2023. Please register for information session for Graduate School of Culture Technology.
 Graduate Students & Intern
  Graduate Students & InternMar 6 2023
Welcome our new Ph.D. student Seo Young Oh (Co-advising), and spring intern Hyunyoung Han!
 Graduate Students
  Graduate StudentsFeb 27 2023
Welcome our new MS students Dong Kyu, Min-yung, Hyung Il, Soyeong, and Junghoon!
 Graduation
  GraduationFeb 17 2023
Minjae successfully defended his M.S. Thesis & graduated.

  HCI Korea 2023
Feb 3 2023
Our lab participated in HCI Korea 2023!

  HaptX Training!
Jan 20 2023
Our team had HaptX Gloves tutorial training provided by HaptX HQ.
 Winter Research Kickoff Meeting
  Winter Research Kickoff MeetingJan 9 2023
Welcome our new winter interns (Dongkyu, Hyung Il, Soyeong, Min-yung, Kun-woo).

 Winter 2023 Undergraduate Research Internship
  Winter 2023 Undergraduate Research InternshipDec 7 2022
We are looking for research interns for 2023 Winter. Internship Application deadline is Dec 19th.
 VRST Best In-Person Poster/Demo Award
  VRST Best In-Person Poster/Demo AwardDec 1 2022
Our Exploring Vibration Intensity Map Of Hand Postures poster wins the Best In-Person Poster/Demo Award Voted by Attendees at VRST 2022!


 Recruiting Graduate Students
  Recruiting Graduate StudentsSep 15 2022
We have positions for M.S. & Ph.D for Spring 2023. Please check Open Positions & KAIST Metaverse program.
 VRST 2022 Posters
  VRST 2022 PostersSep 7 2022
Youjin's work on vibration intensity map based on hand posture in collaboration with Technische Universität Dresden & Zofia's work (URP) on finger-worn haptic actuator will be presented at VRST2022.
 Graduate Students
  Graduate StudentsAug 29 2022
Welcome our new MS students Kyungjin and Kyungeun!
 SIGGRAPH 2022 Emerging Technologies
  SIGGRAPH 2022 Emerging TechnologiesJul 4 2022
Our SIGGRAPH 2022 Emerging Technologies paper Sense of Embodiment Inducement for People With Reduced Lower-body Mobility and Sensations With Partial-visuomotor Stimulation in collaboration with LAVA Lab & Visual Cognition Lab is highlighted on SIGGRAPH Blog!
 ECCV 2022
  ECCV 2022Jul 4 2022
Sound-Guided Semantic Video Generation in collaboration with Computer Vision Lab is accepted to ECCV2022!
 Summer Interns
  Summer InternsJune 24 2022
Welcome summer interns Dong Kyu, Min-yung, and Jungmin.

 New Research Projects
  New Research ProjectsJune 1 2022
Research projects supported by Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) & National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF).
 Undergraduate Research Internship
  Undergraduate Research InternshipMay 2022
We are looking for research interns for 2022 Summer.
  Lab Meeting & Lunch Gathering
Apr 29 2022
Kicked off regular research meeting!


 Graduate Student
  Graduate StudentMar 2 2022
Welcome our new MS student Youjin!
 CVPR 2022
  CVPR 2022Mar 2 2022
Sound-Guided Semantic Image Manipulation in collaboration with Computer Vision Lab is accepted to CVPR2022!
 Winter Interns
  Winter InternsJan 17 2022
Welcome KAIST undergraduate interns Nicha, Yoonseo, and Haebin.
  First Lab Meeting
Jan 13 2022
First Lab Meeting including Graduate Students & Undergraduate Interns.

  Lab Opening!
Jan 3 2022
Officially opened the lab area. Work-in-progress setting up the lab with members.
  URP Individual Research Selected
Dec 21 2021
Individual Research Proposal by Zofia has been accepted. This is exploratory research to enable Novel Haptic Interface.
 Graduate Students
  Graduate StudentsDec 13 2021
Welcome our new MS student Minjae and Interns Zofia and Kyungeun.
 New Research Project
  New Research ProjectDec 1 2021
Development of Open XR platform for high immersive collaboration supported by National Research Council of Science and Technology (NST) for 6 years.
 Graduate Student
  Graduate StudentNov 4 2021
Welcome our new MS student Jina!
  Lab Website Open!
Sep 27 2021
Beta version website is open. The website will be actively updated.






