Ph.D. @UVR Lab, Culture and Technology Dept. (AR/VR), KAIST
03/2021 ~ 02/2024
Thesis: "Space-Adaptive Mutual Space Generation for Mixed Reality Remote Collaboration"
Advisor: Woontack Woo
Master @UVR Lab, Culture and Technology Dept. (AR/VR), KAIST
03/2019 ~ 02/2021
Thesis: "Adjusting relative translation gains according to space size in redirected walking for mixed reality mutual space generation"
Advisor: Woontack Woo
Visiting Research @Imagine Lab, ENPC ParisTech 12/2019 ~ 02/2020
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., KAIST
03/2014 ~ 02/2019
Exchange Student @Tsinghua University 09/2016 ~ 12/2016
Senior Researcher
03/2024 ~ Present | Daejeon, KR
KAIST KI-ITC Augmented Reality Research Center
NYU-KAIST Postdoc Collaboration Grant
01/2025 ~ Present | New York, US (Hybrid)
New York University
Global Shaper
01/2023 ~ Present | Daejeon, KR
World Economic Forum
Research Assistant
05/2022 ~ 03/2023 | Daejeon, KR
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)
ZER10NE Creator & Alumni
04/2021 ~ 11/2022 | Seoul, KR (Hybrid)
Hyundai Motors Group
Investment Manager Internship
03/2018 ~ 06/2022 | Daejeon, KR
Bluepoint Partners (Accelerator)
🏆 Kim, D., Hong, J., Ko, H., & Woo, W. (2025). Viewpoint-Tolerant Depth Perception for Shared Extended Space Experience on Wall-Sized Display. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. IEEE. (Best Paper Award @ISMAR2025 - Top 1%)
🏆 Baeck, M., Shin, Y., Kim, D., Lee, H., Sang, H., & Woo, W. (2025). Visuo-Tactile Feedback with Hand Outline Styles for Modulating Affective Roughness Perception. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. IEEE. (Best Paper Award @ISMAR2025 - Top 1%)
Kim, D., & Woo, W. (2025). Spatio-Temporal Mixed and Augmented Reality Experience Description for Interactive Playback. 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct). IEEE.
Kim, S., Kim, D., Son, T., & Woo, W. (2025). SceneCrafter: User-guided Editable 3D Scene Generation from a Single Image in Mixed Reality. 2025 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Adjunct (UIST-Adjunct). ACM.
Kim, D., Ha, T., Hong, J., Kim, S., Choi, S., Ko, H., & Woo, W. (2025). Meta-Objects: Interactive and Multisensory Virtual Objects Learned From the Real World for Use in Augmented Reality. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 45(3), 134-143.
Kim, D., Kim, K., Silva, C. T., Sun, Q., Turakhia, D., Wang, Z., ... & Woo, W. (2025, March). An Overview of the 1st International Workshop on Spatial Memory in XR: The Future of Memory Capture and Replay Through XR and AI (XRMemory). In 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (pp. 1132-1133). IEEE.
Ha, T., Choi, S., Kim, S., Kim, D., & Woo, W. (2025, March). Human-Scene Interaction Data Generation with Virtual Environment using User-Centric Scene Graph. In 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (pp. 1422-1423). IEEE.
🏆 Kim, D., Kim, S., Choi, S., & Woo, W. (2024, October). Spatial Affordance-aware Interactable Subspace Allocation for Mixed Reality Telepresence. In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) (pp. 1256-1265). IEEE.
(Best Conference Paper Award - 1st Prize)
Kim, S., Kim, D., Shin, J. E., & Woo, W. (2024, March). Object cluster registration of dissimilar rooms using geometric spatial affordance graph to generate shared virtual spaces. In 2024 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) (pp. 796-805). IEEE.
Kim, D., & Woo, W. (2023, October). Edge-centric space rescaling with redirected walking for dissimilar physical-virtual space registration. In 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) (pp. 829-838). IEEE.
🏅 Kim, D., Kim, S., Shin, J. E., Yoon, B., Kim, J., Lee, J., & Woo, W. (2023). The effects of spatial configuration on relative translation gain thresholds in redirected walking. Virtual Reality, 27(2), 1233-1250 (Best Presentation Award @APMAR2022)
Kim, J., Jang, H., Kim, D., & Lee, J. (2023). Exploration of the virtual reality teleportation methods using hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and EEG. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 39(20), 4112-4125.
Yoon, B., Shin, J. E., Kim, H. I., Oh, S. Y., Kim, D., & Woo, W. (2023). Effects of avatar transparency on social presence in task-centric mixed reality remote collaboration. IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics, 29(11), 4578-4588.
Kim, D. (2023, March). Mutual space generation with redirected walking for asymmetric remote collaboration. In 2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (pp. 985-986). IEEE.
Kim, J., Kim, D., Kim, B., Kim, H., & Lee, J. (2023, March). Holobot: Hologram based extended reality telepresence robot. In Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 60-64).
Shin, J. E., Yoon, B., Kim, D., Kim, H. I., & Woo, W. (2022, October). The effects of device and spatial layout on social presence during a dynamic remote collaboration task in mixed reality. In 2022 IEEE international symposium on mixed and augmented reality (ISMAR) (pp. 394-403). IEEE.
Kim, D., Kim, H. I., & Woo, W. (2022, October). Mutual space generation with relative translation gains in redirected walking for asymmetric remote collaboration. In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) (pp. 674-677). IEEE.
Shin, J. E., Yoon, B., Kim, D., & Woo, W. (2022). The effects of spatial complexity on narrative experience in space-adaptive ar storytelling. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 29(12), 5137-5148.
Du, J., Park, S., Yum, J., Özdemir, Z. Ö., Kim, D., Oh, S. Y., & Yoon, S. H. (2022, October). Art Rich: Place Your AR Artwork. In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) (pp. 667-670). IEEE.
Kim, S., Jang, H., Oh, K. T., Oh, S. Y., Kim, D., Woo, W., ... & Yoon, S. H. (2022, October). Bring store in my room: AR store authoring system for spatial experience in mobile shopping. In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) (pp. 654-656). IEEE.
Lee, S. U., Yun, J., Kim, D., Kim, D., Oh, S. Y., & Yoon, S. H. (2022, October). CARDS: Comprehensive AR Docent System. In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) (pp. 739-743). IEEE.
Kim, D., Kim, J., Shin, J. E., Yoon, B., Lee, J., & Woo, W. (2022, March). Effects of Virtual Room Size and Objects on Relative Translation Gain Thresholds in Redirected Walking. In 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) (pp. 379-388). IEEE.
Kim, H. I., Kim, T., Song, E., Oh, S. Y., Kim, D., & Woo, W. (2021, October). Multi-scale mixed reality collaboration for digital twin. In 2021 IEEE international symposium on mixed and augmented reality adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) (pp. 435-436). IEEE.
Kim, D., Shin, J. E., Lee, J., & Woo, W. (2021, March). Adjusting relative translation gains according to space size in redirected walking for mixed reality mutual space generation. In 2021 IEEE Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) (pp. 653-660). IEEE.
🏅 Shin, J. E., Yoon, B., Kim, D., & Woo, W. (2021, May). A user-oriented approach to space-adaptive augmentation: The effects of spatial affordance on narrative experience in an augmented reality detective game. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13). (Honorable Mention Award @CHI2021)
(KR/US) Virtual Reality Space Adjusting Method with Relative Translation Gain in Redirected Walking and the System Thereof. Issued.
(KR/US) Edge-centric Space Rescaling Method for Dissimilar Space Registration and the System Thereof. Filed
(KR/PCT) Method and System for Generating Remote Collaboration Mutual Space. Issued/Filed.
(KR) Method of Operating Mixed Reality Telepresence System and Mixed Reality Telepresence System. Filed.
(KR) Spatial Extension Using Human Stereoscopic Perception with a Large Wall Display. Filed.
(KR) Object Cluster Registration of Dissimilar Rooms Using Geometric Spatial Affordance Graph to Generate Shared Virtual Spaces. Filed.
[Standardization] Spatio-Temporal Mixed and Augmented Reality Experience Description (MAR-ED) for Adaptive Playback, Approval of Preliminary Work Item (PWI) in the 2025 ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 International Standardization Meeting.
2025 IEEE ISMAR Two Best Paper Awards (Top 1%)
2025 NYU-KAIST Postdoc Collaboration Grant
2024 IEEE ISMAR Best Conference Paper Award (1st Prize)
2023 KAIST Start-up Scholarship
KAIST Alumni Academic Scholarship Foundation
2022 Asia-Pacific Workshop on Mixed and Augmented Reality (APMAR) Best Presentation Award (1st Prize)
2022 NCSOFT PhD Scholarship
NCSOFT (Korea Game Development Company)
2022 KAIST Global Leadership Awards - Challenge sector
2021 ACM CHI Conference Honorable Mention Award
International Conference/Symposium Chairing & Organizing
2025 IEEE ISMAR, Assistant to General Chair, Social Event Chair, International Program Committee, XRMemory'25 Workshop Primary Organizer, XRWorks'25 Workshop Organizer
2025 IEEE VR - XRMemory Workshop Primary Organizer, International Program Committee
2025 3rd International Symposium on Meta-X (ISMAX) - Principal Organizer & Program Chair
2025 HCI Korea Conference, KAIST-ETRI MetaMuseum Workshop Chair
2024 ACM VRST, International Program Committee
2024 Korea Computer Congress (KCC), Poster Chair (CG & Interaction Session) & Metaverse+AI+XR Workshop Chair
2024 Korea Software Congress (KSC), Poster Chair (CG/HCI/AI/Metaverse/AR/VR)
2024 2nd International Symposium on Meta-X (ISMAX) - Organizer & Web Chair
2023 1st KAIST-NYU Joint Workshop on MetaMuseum (ISMAX) - Organizer & Student Chair
Invited Talks & Presentations
2024 Korea Computer Congress (KCC), Top-Conference Session
2024 University of Minnesota (Prof. Victoria Interrante), Redirected Walking & Spatial Computing
2023 Korea Computer Congress (KCC), Top-Conference Session
2023 Korea Software Congress (KSC), Top-Conference Session
2023 HCI Korea Conference, Metaverse Research and Development Session
2022 ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Conference, OpenXR BoF Session
2022 Asia-Pacific Workshop on Mixed and Augmented Reality (APMAR), Pitch-Your-Work Session
International Program Committee & Peer-Review
IEEE ISMAR - 2025 (IPC), 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
IEEE VR - 2026 (IPC), 2025 (IPC), 2024, 2023, 2022
ACM VRST - 2025 (IPC), 2024 (IPC)
ACM CHI - 2025, 2024, 2023
IEEE TVCG - 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Springer VR - 2023
ACM CSCW - 2024
IEEE/ACM HRI - 2023
KAIST Class Teaching Assitance
KAIST Graduate School of Culture Technology / Graduate School of Metaverse 03/2022 - 12/2024
2024 ARP700: Augmented Reality project mentoring, Lecture about Media Wall & Extended Reality
2024 MV600: Augmented Reality project mentoring, Lecture about MR telepresence
2023 CTP445: Augmented Reality basic knowledge, hosting discussion sessions, programming with Python - SLAM with OpenCV
2022 GCT555: Unity basic teaching for graduate school students, prototyping with Hololens2 - MRTK with Unity
2022 CTP445: Unity basic teaching for graduate school students, prototyping with a smartphone - ARCore with Unity
Multi-User Game Development with Unity
KAIST Center for Gifted Education 03/2022 - 12/2022
Online Unity course teaching for middle school students - Networking game development with Unity
KAIST Undergraduate Research Program
Teaching an undergraduate student from the KAIST School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Publication: Minwoo Song, Dooyoung Kim, Woontack Woo. Visual Implementation Factors for Realistic Furniture in Virtual Reality, 2021 KSC
VR Prototyping Mentoring
Arko Museum 10/2021
Four-week VR prototyping course with VR HMDs (Oculus Quest 2) for media artists.
Python Coach
NAVER 07/2021 - 08/2021
Boostcourse PY4E python coach, Basic python course