A Senior Researcher and leader with a vision to connect people beyond space and time through the development of next-generation immersive platforms. Key qualifications include:
Research Excellence: Demonstrated a strong research record with over 30 publications in top-tier SCI(E) journals and conferences, in addition to multiple patents. This work is highlighted by receiving the Best Conference Paper Award at IEEE ISMAR 2024.
Proven 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').
Global Collaboration & Community Impact: Leading international collaborations with NYU's Future Reality Lab (Prof. Ken Perlin) and serving in multiple chair roles for premier conferences like IEEE ISMAR 2025.
Technical Expertise: Highly skilled in Spatial AI and system prototyping with Unity, HoloLens 2, and Quest 3, with a focus on designing and executing quantitative human-subject experiments.
[07/21/2025] 📘IEEE CG&A Journal (SCIE) Paper Published! - Coined the concept of a Meta-Object
[06/20/2025] 🎉 Successfully Held 3rd KAIST-NYU Joint ISMAX Symposium about MetaMuseum in NYC!
[06/08/2025] 🗽 Visiting Research @NYU with Ken Perlin (NYU FRL)! - Received a NYU postdoctoral grant
[03/09/2025] 🎉 1st XRMemory Workshop @IEEE VR 2025 as a principal organizer! - Coined the concept of an XRMemory
[07/24/2025] 🎉 Two TVCG Journal Papers Accepted! - My first authored paper received 6 out of 6 from all reviewers 😄
[07/11/2025] 📙 A New Work Item for ISO Standardization Approved! - About spatio-temporal MAR experience representation
[06/02/2025] 🎉 2nd XRMemory Workshop Proposal @IEEE ISMAR 2025 Accepted!
[04/01/2025] ✨ Serving a role as a Social Chair, Assistant to the General Chair of IEEE ISMAR 2025!
[10/23/2024] 🏆 Best Conference Paper Award @IEEE ISMAR 2024!
Meta-Object: Real-time XR Interface Technology for Environmental Adaption
04/2024 ~ Ongoing | Role: Co-PI, $3M for 3 years
MetaMuseum: The Post-Metaverse Museum Experience Across Space and Time
10/2023 ~ Ongoing | Role: Project Leader
OpenXR: Development of Untact Realistic OpenXR Platform Technology
12/2021 ~ Ongoing | Role: MR Collaboration Platform Leader, $6M for 6 years.
Holobot: XR Social Interface Robot with Holographic Avatar for Tele-presence System
04/2022 ~ 12/2022 | Role: Co-PI, VR Telepresence System Development, Human-Robot Interaction Development
Automatic SONATA: A Mobility Experience of Arousing Daily Life into Artistic Moments by Tearing down the Boundary Between Reality and Virtuality
04/2021 ~ 12/2021 | Role: Co-PI, Real Vehicle Display System Design, Scenery Transfer System Design
Viewpoint-Tolerant Depth Perception for Shared Extended Space Experience on Wall-Sized Display
Dooyoung Kim, Jinseok Hong, Heejeong Ko, and Woontack Woo
2025 IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (in press)
Meta-Objects: Interactive and Multisensory Virtual Objects Learned from the Real World for Use in Augmented Reality
Dooyoung Kim, Taewook Ha, Jinseok Hong, Seonji Kim, Selin Choi, Heejeong Ko, and Woontack Woo
2025 IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
🏆 Spatial Affordance-aware Interactable Subspace Allocation for Mixed Reality Telepresence
Dooyoung Kim, Seonji Kim, Selin Choi, and Woontack Woo
2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) - Best Conference Paper Award
Edge-centric space rescaling with redirected walking for dissimilar physical-virtual space registration
Dooyoung Kim and Woontack Woo
2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR)
🏅The effects of spatial configuration on relative translation gain thresholds in redirected walking
Dooyoung Kim, Seonji Kim, Jae-eun Shin, Boram Yon, Jinwook Kim, Jeongmi Lee, and Woontack Woo
2023 Springer Virtual Reality - Best Presentation Award in 2022 APMAR
Effects of virtual room size and objects on relative translation gain thresholds in redirected walking
Dooyoung Kim, Jinwook Kim, Jae-eun Shin, Boram Yon, Jeongmi Lee, and Woontack Woo
2022 IEEE conference on virtual reality and 3D user interfaces (VR)
Adjusting relative translation gains according to space size in redirected walking for mixed reality mutual space generation
Dooyoung Kim, Jae-eun Shin, Jeongmi Lee, and Woontack Woo
2021 IEEE conference on virtual reality and 3D user interfaces (VR)