Senior Researcher (PhD) | Global Shaper

• A Senior Researcher (PhD) with a vision to connect people beyond space and time through the development of next-generation immersive XR platforms. Key qualifications include:

  • Research Excellence: Demonstrated a strong research record with over 25 publications in top-tier SCI(E) journals and conferences, filing and issuing seven patents. This work is highlighted by receiving the Two Best Paper Awards (Top 1%) at IEEE ISMAR 2025, the Best Conference Paper Award at IEEE ISMAR 2024 (1st Prize), and Honorable Mention Award at ACM CHI 2021.

  • Research Leadership: Serving as Co-PI on a $3M national R&D project ('Meta-Object') and as the System Integration Manager for a $6M national platform ('OpenXR').  I founded the XRMemory Workshop at IEEE VR 2025 and ISMAR 2025, and I am currently serving as the Lead Guest Editor for a special issue on XRMemory for the Springer Virtual Reality Journal. 

  • Service & Global Collaboration: Serving as organizing committee in premier AR/VR conference IEEE ISMAR, chair/organize multiple international symposiums in AR/VR/AI/Metaverse, and IPC for premier conferences like ISMAR, VR, and VRST. Leading international collaborations between KAIST and NYU to enable the Meta-Museum.

  • Technical Expertise: Highly skilled in Spatial AI, HCI, 3D Interaction, AR/VR system prototyping (HoloLens2, Quest3, etc.), with a focus on space-adaptive augmentation, optimization algorithm, visual perception, locomotion, XRMemory, and human-subject experiments.

• [11/03/2025] 🎉 Appointed as the Lead Guest Editor for the special issue "XRMemory" of the Springer Virtual Reality Journal!

• [10/08/2025] 🍻Organize So-Maek (Soju + Beer) social event as the ISMAR Social Event Chair

• [08/30/2025] 🎉 Successfully Held 2nd Jibang (Local City) Forum as a Global Shaper in Daejeon!

• [07/24/2025] 🎉 Two TVCG journal papers accepted! - My first authored paper received 6 out of 6 from all reviewers 😄

• [07/21/2025] 📘 IEEE CG&A journal (SCIE) paper published! - Coined the concept of a Meta-Object

• [07/11/2025] 📙 Approval of Preliminary Work Item (PWI) in the 2025 ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 international standardization meeting!

• [06/20/2025] 🎉 Successfully Held 3rd KAIST-NYU Joint ISMAX Symposium about MetaMuseum in NYC!

• [06/08/2025] 🗽 Visiting research @NYU FRL with Ken Perlin! [Link]

• [04/01/2025] ✨ Serving a role as an Assistant to the General Chairs and Social Event Chair of IEEE ISMAR 2025!

• [03/09/2025] 🎉 1st XRMemory Workshop @IEEE VR 2025 as a principal organizer! - Coined the concept of an XRMemory

• [01/13/2025] 📺 KBS News, From "No-Fun City" to "New-Fun Daejeon" through Metaverse [Link]

• [10/23/2024] 🏆 Best Conference Paper Award @IEEE ISMAR 2024!

Contact: dooyoung.kim@kaist.ac.kr | dooyoung.kim@nyu.edu