Hayeon Kim
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[ Sogang University · Art & Technology ]

Experiential Reality Group

Extended Reality (XR) · Human-Centered AI · Game Technology

Hayeon KimAssistant Professor
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[ About ]

Portrait of Professor Hayeon Kim
Current Position
  • Assistant Professor of Art & Technology, Sogang University
Education & Experience
  • Assistant Professor of Software, Dankook University
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Yonsei University
  • Game Client Programmer, Nexon
Professional Certification
Unreal Authorized Instructor BadgeUnreal Engine Authorized Instructor
Research Vision
  • Extended Reality (XR): When does a virtual moment feel real? Studying how presence is formed, broken, and recovered.
  • Human-Centered AI: Intelligent systems that read and align with human experience in real time.
  • Game Technology: Games as laboratory and muse, powered by real-time 3D and neural rendering.

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.

XR + Constructive AI

XR + Constructive AI

Constructing coherent, responsive virtual worlds with AI-driven real-time 3D scene representation and neural rendering.

  • #112026
    #11 · 2026ReAlign: Closed-Loop Support for Continuous Virtual Reality Tasks
    Accepted
    BK21 CS Top-Tier ConferenceSCI Journal (Top 6%, Q1)
    Hayeon Kim, In-Kwon Lee
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
    IEEE ISMAR 2026
  • #102026
    #10 · 2026From Asymmetric Guidance to Shared Evidence: Governing the Visibility of Spatial Cues in Multi-User Virtual Reality
    Accepted
    BK21 CS Top-Tier ConferenceSCI Journal (Top 6%, Q1)
    Hayeon Kim, In-Kwon Lee
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
    IEEE ISMAR 2026
  • #92026
    #9 · 2026The Timing of Breaks for Resilience: Collective Recovery in Multi-User Virtual Reality
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier Conference
    Hayeon Kim, In-Kwon Lee
    Presented at ACM CHI 2026
  • #82026
    #8 · 2026How Much Is Too Much? Comfort Envelopes for Distortions in Virtual Reality Interaction
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier ConferenceSCI Journal (Top 6%, Q1)
    Hayeon Kim, In-Kwon Lee
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
    Presented at IEEE VR 2026
    🏆 Best Paper Award (Winner)
  • #72025
    #7 · 2025Social 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
  • #62025
    #6 · 2025PresenceLens: Interpreting Dynamic Presence in Virtual Reality
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier Conference
    Hayeon Kim, In-Kwon Lee
    Presented at IEEE ISMAR 2025
  • #52025
    #5 · 2025PACT: Modeling Coordination Dynamics in Scale-Asymmetric Virtual Reality Collaboration
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier ConferenceSCI Journal (Top 6%, Q1)
    Hayeon Kim, In-Kwon Lee
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
    Presented at IEEE ISMAR 2025
  • #42023
    #4 · 2023“To Be or Not to Be Me?”: Exploration of Self-Similar Effects of Avatars on Social Virtual Reality Experiences
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier ConferenceSCI Journal (Top 6%, Q1)
    Hayeon Kim, Jinhyung Park, In-Kwon Lee
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
    Presented at IEEE ISMAR 2023
    🏅 Best Paper Award (Nominee)
  • #32022
    #3 · 2022Dynamic Optimal Space Partitioning for Redirected Walking in Multi-User Environment
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier ConferenceSCI Journal (Top 3%, Q1)
    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
  • #22022
    #2 · 2022Studying the Effects of Congruence of Auditory and Visual Stimuli on Virtual Reality Experiences
    Published
    BK21 CS Top-Tier ConferenceSCI Journal (Top 6%, Q1)
    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
    🏅 Best Paper Award (Nominee)
  • #12021
    #1 · 2021Character Detection in Animated Movies Using Multi-Style Adaptation and Visual Attention
    Published
    SCI Journal (Top 3%, Q1)
    Hayeon Kim, Eun-Cheol Lee, Yongseok Seo, Dong-Hyuck Im, In-Kwon Lee
    IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM)

[ Conferences ]

IEEE VRReviewer2023 — Present
IEEE ISMARReviewer2022 — Present
ACM CHIReviewer2026 — Present🏅 Special Recognitions for Outstanding Reviews ×3 (2026)
ACM VRSTReviewer2024 — Present
ACM IUIReviewer2026 — Present
ACM SIGGRAPH AsiaReviewer2026 — Present

[ Journals ]

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)Journal Reviewer2023 — Present
IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM)Journal Reviewer2023 — Present
Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio)Journal Reviewer2024 — Present
Virtual Reality (Springer)Journal Reviewer2024 — Present

[ Community ]

ACM SIGGRAPH Seoul ChapterSecretary2025 — Present

2026.09서강대학교 아트&테크놀로지학과에 부임하며 Experiential Reality Group을 열었습니다!
2026.08NRF 기본연구B “AI 동반 XR 경험을 위한 폐쇄형 순환 적응형 매개 시스템” (연구기간 2026-2029)이 선정되었습니다.
2026.07논문 2편이 IEEE ISMAR 2026 TVCG 저널 트랙에 채택되었습니다.
2026.03IEEE VR 2026에서 Best Paper Award를 수상했습니다.
2026.02논문 1편이 ACM CHI 2026에 채택되었습니다.
2026.01논문 1편이 IEEE VR 2026 TVCG 저널 트랙에 채택되었습니다.

Experiential Reality Group (ERG)은 몰입 경험이 어떻게 작동하는지, 그리고 어떻게 더 잘 작동하게 만들 수 있는지를 연구합니다. XR 프레즌스와 지각에 대한 실증 연구부터 실시간 3D와 뉴럴 렌더링까지, 게임을 연구 플랫폼 삼아 생생하고 편안하게 공유되는 경험을 만듭니다.

[ Open Positions ]

박사과정 (Ph.D. Student)
석사과정 (Master's Student)
학부 연구생 (Undergraduate Intern) | 3학년 이상
qoocrab@sogang.ac.kr
서강대학교 하비에르관 (X관) X312

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