Hayeon Kim
Extended Reality (VR/AR/MR) Β· Human-Grounded AI
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Hayeon Kim

Extended Reality (VR/AR/MR) Β· Human-Grounded AI

XR-AI Lab

About

Portrait of Professor Hayeon Kim
Current Position
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Software Science, Dankook University
Background
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Yonsei University
  • Game Client Programmer, Nexon
Professional Certification
Unreal Authorized Instructor BadgeUnreal Engine Authorized Instructor
Research Focus
  • Extended Reality & Human-grounded AI Exploring how AI senses, adapts, and collaborates within the human experience.
  • I integrate experimental XR and multimodal AI to redefine perception, presence, and coordination in immersive systems.

Research

XR + Interpretive AI

XR + Interpretive AI

Aligning machine perception with human experience by interpreting user gaze, emotion, and intent inside virtual worlds.

XR + Adaptive AI

XR + Adaptive AI

Dynamically adjusting virtual environments based on user states to sustain immersion and comfort in real time.

XR + Collaborative AI

XR + Collaborative AI

Augmenting shared virtual experiences by understanding how users coordinate, recover, and build trust together.

2026

  • #9
    #9Disruption Timing as Information Structure: Collective Recovery in Multi-User Virtual Reality
    Accepted
    BK21 CS Top-Tier Conference
    Hayeon Kim, In-Kwon Lee
    Presented at ACM CHI 2026
  • #8
    #8How Much Is Too Much? Comfort Envelopes for Distortions in Virtual Reality Interaction
    Accepted
    BK21 CS Top-Tier ConferenceJCR Top 6% (Q1) Journal
    Hayeon Kim, In-Kwon Lee
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
    Presented at IEEE VR 2026

2025

  • #7
    #7Social Pseudo-Haptics in Collaborative Virtual Reality: Using Delay to Signal Effort Attribution
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier Conference
    Hayeon Kim
    Presented at ACM VRST 2025
  • #6
    #6PresenceLens: Interpreting Dynamic Presence in Virtual Reality
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier Conference
    Hayeon Kim, In-Kwon Lee
    Presented at IEEE ISMAR 2025
  • #5
    #5PACT: Modeling Coordination Dynamics in Scale-Asymmetric Virtual Reality Collaboration
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier ConferenceJCR Top 6% (Q1) Journal
    Hayeon Kim, In-Kwon Lee
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
    Presented at IEEE ISMAR 2025

2023

  • #4
    #4β€œTo Be or Not to Be Me?”: Exploration of Self-Similar Effects of Avatars on Social Virtual Reality Experiences
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier ConferenceJCR Top 6% (Q1) Journal
    Hayeon Kim, Jinhyung Park, In-Kwon Lee
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
    Presented at IEEE ISMAR 2023
    πŸ† Best Journal Paper β€” Nominated

2022

  • #3
    #3Dynamic Optimal Space Partitioning for Redirected Walking in Multi-User Environment
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier ConferenceJCR Top 3% (Q1) Journal
    Sang-Bin Jeon, Soon-Uk Kwon, June-Young Hwang, Yong-Hun Cho, Hayeon Kim, Jinhyung Park, In-Kwon Lee
    ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
    Presented at ACM SIGGRAPH 2022
  • #2
    #2Studying the Effects of Congruence of Auditory and Visual Stimuli on Virtual Reality Experiences
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier ConferenceJCR Top 6% (Q1) Journal
    Hayeon Kim, In-Kwon Lee
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
    Presented at IEEE VR 2022
    Invited talk at ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2022
    πŸ† Best Journal Paper β€” Nominated

2021

  • #1
    #1Character Detection in Animated Movies Using Multi-Style Adaptation and Visual Attention
    Published
    JCR Top 3% (Q1) Journal
    Hayeon Kim, Eun-Cheol Lee, Yongseok Seo, Dong-Hyuck Im, In-Kwon Lee
    IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TOM)

Academic Service

Conferences

  • IEEE VR
    Reviewer
    2023 β€” Present
  • IEEE ISMAR
    Reviewer
    2022 β€” Present
  • ACM CHI
    Reviewer
    ✨ Special Recognitions for Outstanding Reviews Γ—3 (2026)
    2026 β€” Present
  • ACM VRST
    Reviewer
    2024 β€” Present
  • ACM IUI
    Program Committee (2026)
    2026 β€” Present

Journals

  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics (TVCG)
    Reviewer
    2023 β€” Present
  • IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TOM)
    Reviewer
    2023 β€” Present
  • Scientific Reports
    Reviewer
    2024 β€” Present
  • Virtual Reality
    Reviewer
    2024 β€” Present

Contact

Join Us

RECRUITING

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Open Positions

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