ConferenceOctober 9, 2026
VCL members attended ISMAR 2026 in Bari, Italy
VCL members attended the IEEE ISMAR 2026 in Bari, Italy.
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GrantAugust 31, 2026
Jihyeon selected as Ph.D. student Research Encouragement Grant recipients
Jihyeon has been selected as a recipient of the Ph.D. Student Research Encouragement Grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea!
AwardAugust 5, 2026
Hyuckjin won the Best Presentation Award in APMAR'26
Congratulations to Hyuckjin for winning the Best Presentation Award at the 18th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Mixed and Augmented Reality!
GrantMay 27, 2026
Bowon, Yunha, and Daewon's research proposal selected for KIRD R&D Real Challenge Program!
Congratulations! Bowon, Yunha, and Daewon's research proposal was selected for the KIRD R&D Real Challenge Program.
ConferenceApril 11, 2026
VCL members attended CHI 2026 in Barcelona, Spain
VCL members attended the ACM CHI 2026 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Barcelona, Spain.
LabMarch 27, 2026
VCL spring picnic at KAIST
VCL members enjoyed a spring picnic together at KAIST.
ConferenceMarch 24, 2026
VCL members attended IEEE VR 2026 in Daegu, Korea
VCL members attended IEEE VR 2026 in Daegu, Korea.
AwardFebruary 12, 2026
Jeongmi Lee won the Prize for Academic Excellence at KAIST's 55th anniversary
Jeongmi Lee won the Prize for Academic Excellence at the celebration of KAIST's 55th founding anniversary.
AwardJanuary 23, 2026
Hyuckjin won the Outstanding Presentation Award at KSCBP 2026
Congratulations to Hyuckjin for winning the Outstanding Presentation Award at the Korean Society for Cognitive & Biological Psychology Conference 2026.
LabJanuary 9, 2026
VCL welcomed the new year together
VCL members spent a wonderful evening together to welcome the new year. Happy New Year, everyone!
AwardDecember 10, 2025
Jeongmi Lee was awarded the 2025 Outstanding Research Grand Prize
Jeongmi Lee was awarded the 2025 Outstanding Research Grand Prize, College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Science, KAIST.
AwardDecember 10, 2025
Hyuckjin received the 2025 Graduate Student Outstanding Research Prize
Congratulations to Hyuckjin for winning the 2025 Graduate Student Outstanding Research Prize, College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Science, KAIST!
LabNovember 14, 2025
VCL Winter Workshop 2025
VCL winter workshop was held at Seocheon-gun! Everyone enjoyed a mudflat clam-digging activity. It was a fun and memorable experience!
AwardOctober 11, 2025
Two papers won Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award at ISMAR 2025
Two papers from our lab won the Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award at ISMAR 2025! Congratulations to Jihyeon, Jinwook, Jungmin, and Hyuckjin!!
ConferenceOctober 9, 2025
VCL members attended ISMAR 2025 in Daejeon, Korea
VCL members attended ISMAR 2025 in Daejeon, Korea.
GrantAugust 13, 2025
Hyuckjin and Sihyun selected as Ph.D. student Research Encouragement Grant recipients
Hyuckjin and Sihyun have been selected as recipients of the Ph.D. student Research Encouragement Grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea!
Award
AwardMay 1, 2025
Jinwook selected as 2025 Jang Young Sil Fellow Program fellow at KAIST
Jinwook has been selected as a fellow of the 2025 Jang Young Sil Fellow Program at KAIST! He will continue his research as a postdoctoral fellow at the HCI Tech Lab, KAIST.
ConferenceApril 30, 2025
VCL members attended CHI 2025 in Yokohama, Japan
VCL members attended CHI 2025 in Yokohama, Japan.
LabApril 2, 2025
VCL Spring Picnic 2025
VCL spring picnic at KAIST!
ConferenceMarch 10, 2025
VCL members attended IEEE VR 2025 in Saint-Malo, France
VCL members attended IEEE VR 2025 in Saint-Malo, France.
AwardFebruary 14, 2025
Hyunchul won Outstanding Presentation Award at Korean Cognitive & Biological Psychology Conference 2025
Congratulations to Hyunchul for winning the Outstanding Presentation Award at Korean Cognitive & Biological Psychology Conference 2025.
AwardDecember 20, 2024
Eugene received Graduate Student Outstanding Paper KAIST Presidential Award
Congratulations to Eugene for winning the Graduate Student Outstanding Paper KAIST Presidential Award.
LabNovember 8, 2024
VCL Winter Workshop 2024 held at Gongju-si
VCL winter workshop was held at Gongju-si!
AwardOctober 24, 2024
VCL members attended ISMAR 2024 in Seattle; Hyunchul won Best Poster Award
VCL members attended ISMAR 2024 in Seattle, USA, and Hyunchul won the Best Poster Award.
AwardAugust 29, 2024
Jihyeon and Hyemin received Best Performance Award at EEG Workshop
Bowon, Jihyeon, Sihyeon, and Hyemin attended an EEG workshop organized by the Korean Society for EEG and Neurophysiology. Jihyeon and Hyemin received the Best Performance Award.
AwardAugust 27, 2024
Eugene wins Grand Prize at 2024 International Young Woman Scientist Webinar
Congratulations to Eugene for winning the Grand Prize at the 2024 International Young Woman Scientist Webinar!
GrantAugust 12, 2024
Hyemin selected as Ph.D. student Research Encouragement Grant recipient
Hyemin has been selected as a recipient of the Ph.D. student Research Encouragement Grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea!
Award
AwardJuly 23, 2024
Jinwook awarded Kim Young-Han Global Leader Scholarship
Congratulations! Jinwook was awarded the Kim Young-Han Global Leader Scholarship!
AwardMarch 23, 2024
VCL members attended IEEE VR 2024 in Orlando and won Best Paper Award
Sihyun, Jinwook and Professor Lee attended IEEE VR 2024 in Orlando, USA and won the Best Paper Award!
AwardFebruary 22, 2024
Cheeyoung and Sehyeon win final award at AI Ethics Idea Contest
Cheeyoung and Sehyeon won the final award at the Artificial Intelligence Ethics Idea Contest!
ConferenceJanuary 26, 2024
VCL members attended HCI Korea 2023 in Hongchun
VCL members attended HCI Korea 2023 in Hongchun.
AwardJanuary 5, 2024
Cheeyoung wins Excellence Award at AI-based Library Service Idea Contest
Cheeyoung won the Excellence Award at the AI-based Library Service Idea Contest!
Award
AwardDecember 19, 2023
Jeongmi Lee awarded Outstanding Research Prize and Impact Research Prize
Jeongmi Lee was awarded the Outstanding Research Prize and the Impact Research Prize from the College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Science, KAIST.
LabDecember 18, 2023
VCL Year-end Gift Exchange and Gathering
VCL members exchanged gifts and had a warm year-end gathering. Merry Christmas, everyone!
AwardOctober 14, 2023
Seungun and Jinwook's paper nominated for Best Journal Papers at ISMAR 2023
Seungun and Jinwook's paper was nominated for Best Journal Papers at ISMAR 2023!
ConferenceOctober 14, 2023
VCL members attended ISMAR 2023 in Sydney, Australia
VCL members attended ISMAR 2023 in Sydney, Australia.
AwardOctober 2, 2023
Hyuckjin, Ki-dong, Jihyeon, and Sihyun win Grand Prize at KIRD R&D Real Challenge Program
Hyuckjin, Ki-dong, Jihyeon, and Sihyun won the Grand Prize at KIRD R&D Real Challenge Program!
ConferenceAugust 18, 2023
Cheeyoung attended APMAR 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan
Cheeyoung attended Asia-Pacific Workshop on Mixed and Augmented Reality (APMAR) 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan.
LabAugust 4, 2023
VCL Summer Workshop 2023 at Jangtaesan
VCL summer workshop was held at Jangtaesan!
GrantJuly 7, 2023
NRF Research Project on Construction Workers' Hazard Recognition funded for 3 years
"Low-cost Non-verbal Assessments of Construction Workers' Hazard Recognition Abilities" research is supported by National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education for 3 years.
GrantJune 21, 2023
Research proposal selected for KIRD R&D Real Challenge Program
Hyuckjin, Ki-dong, Jihyeon, and Sihyun's research proposal was selected for KIRD R&D Real Challenge Program and funded 21M Won for 6 months.
LabMay 28, 2023
VCL Spring Picnic 2023 at KAIST
VCL spring picnic at KAIST!
AwardMay 26, 2023
Jeongmi Lee awarded Hyung-Gyu Lim LINKGENESYS Best-Teacher Award
Jeongmi Lee was awarded the Hyung-Gyu Lim LINKGENESYS Best-Teacher Award (Excellence Prize) on the 2023 KAIST Education Innovation Day from KAIST.
ConferenceFebruary 26, 2023
Sihyun, Jihyun, and Cheeyoung attended TEI 2023 in Warsaw, Poland
Sihyun, Jihyun, and Cheeyoung attended TEI 2023 in Warsaw, Poland.
ConferenceFebruary 25, 2023
Bowon attended IEEE VR 2023 and presented poster in Shanghai, China
Bowon attended IEEE VR 2023 and presented a poster in Shanghai, China.
Award
AwardFebruary 17, 2023
Hyunchul Kim received Outstanding Presentation Award at Korean Cognitive & Biological Psychology Conference
Hyunchul Kim (Ph.D. candidate) received the Outstanding Presentation Award from the Annual Conference'23 of the Korean Society for Cognitive & Biological Psychology.
LabDecember 9, 2022
VCL Winter Workshop 2022 at KAIST
VCL winter workshop at KAIST!
Award
AwardDecember 1, 2022
Jeongmi Lee awarded Impact Research Prize from KAIST
Jeongmi Lee was awarded the Impact Research Prize from the College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Science, KAIST.
AwardNovember 7, 2022
Jinwook and Hyunyoung received Audience Choice Award at CHI PLAY 2022
Jinwook Kim and Hyunyoung Jang received the Audience Choice Award at CHI PLAY 2022 for 'Seung-ee and Kkaebi: A VR-Mobile Cross Platform Game based on Co-Presence for a Balanced Immersive Experience'.
ConferenceAugust 8, 2022
Hyuckjin attended SIGGRAPH 2022 in Vancouver, Canada
Hyuckjin attended SIGGRAPH 2022 and demonstrated a demo in Vancouver, Canada.
GrantApril 1, 2022
Three grant proposals selected for KAIST High Risk High Return Project
Three grant proposals by Eugene Hwang, Seungun Lee, and Hyuckjin Jang were selected for the KAIST High Risk High Return Project! They are going to conduct the proposed study from April 2022 to December 2022.
Award
AwardFebruary 28, 2022
Jeongmi Lee awarded Outstanding Lecture Prize at KAIST 51st anniversary
Jeongmi Lee was awarded the Outstanding Lecture Prize from KAIST at the celebration of the 51st anniversary of founding.
GrantDecember 31, 2021
Open XR Platform Development project funded by NST for 6 years
"Development of Open XR platform for high immersive collaboration" is supported by National Research Council of Science and Technology (NST) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) for 6 years.
Award
AwardAugust 31, 2021
Eugene Hwang received Outstanding Presentation Award
Eugene Hwang received Outstanding Presentation Award from Annual Conference'21 of Korean Society for Cognitive & Biological Psychology.
LabJune 8, 2021
Seungun Lee participates in Game&Art: Auguries of Fantasy exhibition
Seungun Lee participates in the 'Game&Art: Auguries of Fantasy' as a team member of SOS. The exhibition will be open until September 5th, 2021 at Daejeon Museum of Art Creative Center.
AwardJune 2, 2021
Jinwook Kim selected as ZER01NE Creator
Jinwook Kim was selected as ZER01NE Creator with Seonghyeon Kim and Dooyoung Kim (CT3K). Their work will be presented at ZER01NE Day.
GrantJune 1, 2021
NRF Research Project on EEG and Eye-tracking in VR funded for 2 years
"Research on combining EEG and eye-tracking data for accurate inference of the user cognitive state in VR" research project is funded by the National Research Foundation for 2 years.
GrantJune 1, 2021
Research proposal selected for KIRD R&D Real Challenge Program
Hyunyoung Jang, Karam Eum (Games and Life Lab), and Youngjun Choi (Music and Audio Computing Lab)'s research proposal was selected for KIRD R&D Real Challenge Program and funded 21M Won for 6 months.
AwardMarch 17, 2021
Jinwook Kim awarded 2021 NCSOFT scholarship
Jinwook Kim was awarded the 2021 NCSOFT scholarship.
LabFebruary 28, 2021
Jinwook and Eugene graduated with MS degree
Jinwook & Eugene graduated with a MS degree! Congratulations!! Both of them are getting into the GSCT Ph.D program.
GrantJune 1, 2020
Research proposal selected for KIRD R&D Real Challenge Program
Jinwook, Eugene, and Dooyoung (UVR LAB)'s research proposal was selected for KIRD R&D Real Challenge Program and funded 18M Won for 6 months.
ConferenceDecember 11, 2019
Jinwook and Eugene attended AIVR 2019 in San Diego, USA
Jinwook and Eugene attended AIVR 2019 in San Diego, USA.
ConferenceJuly 28, 2019
Jinwook and Eugene attended SIGGRAPH 2019 in Los Angeles, USA
Jinwook and Eugene attended SIGGRAPH 2019 in Los Angeles, USA.
GrantMarch 17, 2019
Eugene's research proposal selected for KAIST High Risk High Return Project
Eugene's research proposal 'Attention Guidance Technique in Static/Dynamic Contexts using Visual Subliminal Cues' was selected for the KAIST High Risk High Return Project.