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Research Interests

3D Hand Interaction, Virtual Object Manipulation, XR Interfaces, and Human-Computer Interaction

Skills

• Programming: C#, Python, C++
• XR Development: Unity, OpenXR, Meta XR SDK, Mixed Reality Toolkit
• Devices: Meta Quest 3/Pro/2, Microsoft HoloLens, Magic Leap, Android
• Methods: 3D interaction design, XR prototyping, controlled user studies, statistical analysis
• Design & Graphhics: Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro
• Languages: Korean (Native), English (Proficient)

Education

• Ph.D. in Culture Technology, KAIST, 2026
  • “Finger-Driven Semi-Isomorphic Hand Interaction for Fine-Grained 3D Manipulation”
  • Co-advised by Woontack Woo and Sang Ho Yoon
• M.S. in Culture Technology, KAIST, 2020
  • “Finger Contact in 3D Gesture Interaction to Improve Temporal Input Accuracy in HMD-based Augmented Reality”
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 2014

Work experience

• SpaceTop Research Center, KAIST as a Postdoctoral Researcher, Sep 2026 - Present
  • Managing a national human resource development project on Spatial Computing HCI Technology, spanning cross-lab XR research. (IITP, 2026 - Present)
• Ubiquitous Virtual Reality Lab, KAIST as a Graduate Researcher, Mar 2019 - Aug 2026
  • Led two research projects on virtual object interaction techniques for Real-time XR Interface Technology. (IITP, 2024 - 2026)
  • Developed cross-device interfaces spanning XR headsets and handhelds for WISE AR UI/UX Platform for Smartglasses. (IITP, 2022 - 2023)
  • Implemented hand and avatar interaction components for remote collaboration systems under Human Reconstruction for Telepresent Interaction. (NRF, 2019 - 2020)
• Naru EMS Inc. / SQAnd Inc. as a Research Engineer, Sep 2016 - Feb 2019
  • Designed and demonstrated a HoloLens-based real-time AR visualization of mid-air sound sources rendered by the company’s spatial audio technology. (SQAnd, 2018 - 2019)
  • Ported engineering simulation algorithms to C and implemented the simulator user interfaces. (Naru EMS, 2016 - 2019)

Publications

Papers

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GeoCtrl: Finger-based Geometric Mapping and Speed-Adaptive Gain for In-Hand Object Rotation in AR/VR

Seo Young Oh, Taejun Son, Juyoung Lee, Sang Ho Yoon, and Woontack Woo. (2026). "GeoCtrl: Finger-based Geometric Mapping and Speed-Adaptive Gain for In-Hand Object Rotation in AR/VR." IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR). Under Review.

ForceCtrl: Hand-Raycasting with User-Defined Pinch Force for Control-Display Gain Application

Seo Young Oh, Junghoon Seo, Juyoung Lee, Boram Yoon, Sang Ho Yoon, and Woontack Woo. (2025). "ForceCtrl: Precision Control of Hand-Raycasting with User-Adaptive Force Input." IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2025.3647547

AReading with Smartphones: Understanding the Trade-offs between Enhanced Legibility and Display Switching Costs in Hybrid AR Interfaces

Sunyoung Bang, Hyunjin Lee, Seo Young Oh, Woontack Woo. (2025). "AReading with Smartphones: Understanding the Trade-offs between Enhanced Legibility and Display Switching Costs in Hybrid AR Interfaces." Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713879

Whirling Interface: Hand-based Motion Matching Selection for Small Target on XR Displays

Juyoung Lee, Seo Young Oh, Minju Baeck, Hui Shyong Yeo, Hyung-Il Kim, Thad Starner, and Woontack Woo. (2024). "Whirling Interface: Hand-based Motion Matching Selection for Small Target on XR Displays." 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR62088.2024.00046

Visualizing Hand Force with Wearable Muscle Sensing for Enhanced Mixed Reality Remote Collaboration

Hyung-il Kim, Boram Yoon, Seo Young Oh, and Woontack Woo. (2023). "Visualizing Hand Force with Wearable Muscle Sensing for Enhanced Mixed Reality Remote Collaboration." IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2023.3320210

Effects of Avatar Transparency on Social Presence in Task-centric Mixed Reality Remote Collaboration

Boram Yoon, Jae-eun Shin, Hyung-il Kim, Seo Young Oh, Dooyoung Kim, and Woontack Woo. (2023). "Effects of Avatar Transparency on Social Presence in Task-centric Mixed Reality Remote Collaboration." IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2023.3320258

OmniSense: Exploring Novel Input Sensing and Interaction Techniques on Mobile Device with an Omni-Directional Camera

Hui-Shyong Yeo, Erwin Wu, Daehwa Kim, Juyoung Lee, Hyung-il Kim, Seo Young Oh, Luna Takagi, Woontack Woo, Hideki Koike, and Aaron John Quigley. (2023). "OmniSense: Exploring Novel Input Sensing and Interaction Techniques on Mobile Device with an Omni-Directional Camera." Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580747

Evaluating remote virtual hands models on social presence in hand-based 3d remote collaboration

Boram Yoon, Hyung-il Kim, Seo Young Oh, and Woontack Woo. (2020). "Evaluating remote virtual hands models on social presence in hand-based 3d remote collaboration." 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR50242.2020.00080

Is any room really ok? the effect of room size and furniture on presence, narrative engagement, and usability during a space-adaptive augmented reality game

Jae-eun Shin, Hayun Kim, Callum Parker, Hyung-il Kim, Seo Young Oh, and Woontack Woo. (2019). "Is any room really ok? the effect of room size and furniture on presence, narrative engagement, and usability during a space-adaptive augmented reality game." 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR.2019.00-11

Posters/Demos

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Memo: me, an AR Sticky Note With Priority-Based Color Transition and On-Time Reminder

Eunhwa Song, Minju Baeck, Jihyeon Lee, Seo Young Oh, Dooyoung Kim, Woontack Woo, Jeongmi Lee, and Sang Ho Yoon. (2023). "Memo: me, an AR Sticky Note With Priority-Based Color Transition and On-Time Reminder." 2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW58643.2023.00126

Guide Ring: Bidirectional Finger-worn Haptic Actuator for Rich Haptic Feedback

Zofia Marciniak, Seo Young Oh, and Sang Ho Yoon. (2022). "Guide Ring: Bidirectional Finger-worn Haptic Actuator for Rich Haptic Feedback." Proceedings of the 28th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1145/3562939.3565626

AR-HMD Multitask Viewing System Concept with a Supporting Handheld Viewport for Multiple Spatially-Anchored Workspaces

Seo Young Oh, Boram Yoon, and Woontack Woo. (2022). "AR-HMD Multitask Viewing System Concept with a Supporting Handheld Viewport for Multiple Spatially-Anchored Workspaces." 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct57072.2022.00175

CARDS: Comprehensive AR Docent System

Seung Un Lee, Jiyoung Yun, Dain Kim, Dooyoung Kim, Seo Young Oh, and Sang Ho Yoon. (2022). "CARDS: Comprehensive AR Docent System." 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct57072.2022.00156

Bring store in my room: Ar store authoring system for spatial experience in mobile shopping

Seonji Kim, Hyuckjin Jang, Kyung Taek Oh, Seo Young Oh, Dooyoung Kim, Woontack Woo, Jeongmi Lee, Jaehong Ahn, and Sang Ho Yoon. (2022). "Bring store in my room: Ar store authoring system for spatial experience in mobile shopping." 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct57072.2022.00135

Art Rich: Place Your AR Artwork

Jieon Du, Sohyun Park, Joosun Yum, Zeynep Özge Özdemir, Dooyoung Kim, Seo Young Oh, and Sang Ho Yoon. (2022). "Art Rich: Place Your AR Artwork." 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct57072.2022.00138

Sense of Embodiment Inducement for People with Reduced Lower-body Mobility and Sensations with Partial-Visuomotor Stimulation

Hyuckjin Jang, Taehei Kim, Seo Young Oh, Jeongmi Lee, Sunghee Lee, and Sang Ho Yoon. (2022). "Sense of Embodiment Inducement for People with Reduced Lower-body Mobility and Sensations with Partial-Visuomotor Stimulation." ACM SIGGRAPH 2022 Emerging Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1145/3532721.3535568

Multi-scale mixed reality collaboration for digital twin

Hyung-il Kim, Taehei Kim, Eunhwa Song, Seo Young Oh, Dooyoung Kim, and Woontack Woo. (2021). "Multi-scale mixed reality collaboration for digital twin." 2021 IEEE international symposium on mixed and augmented reality adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct54149.2021.00098

Finger contact in gesture interaction improves time-domain input accuracy in HMD-based augmented reality

Seo Young Oh, Boram Yoon, Hyung-il Kim, and Woontack Woo. (2020). "Finger contact in gesture interaction improves time-domain input accuracy in HMD-based augmented reality." Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3383098

Color sommelier: Interactive color recommendation system based on community-generated color palettes

KyoungHee Son, Seo Young Oh, Yongkwan Kim, Hayan Choi, Seok-Hyung Bae, and Ganguk Hwang. (2015). "Color sommelier: Interactive color recommendation system based on community-generated color palettes." Adjunct Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software \& Technology. https://doi.org/10.1145/2815585.2815736

Honors and Awards

• Best Implementation Award - Student Design Competition, Oct 2022
  • ACM International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI)
• Best Student Volunteer, Oct 2025
  • IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR)

Academic Services

• Teaching Assistant at KAIST: CTP445 Augmented Reality, GCT565 Augmented Humans, GCT700 Culture Technology AR Project, Undergraduate Research Participation Program
• Reviewer: ACM CHI, ACM UIST, ACM CHI Late-Breaking Work, Korea Software Congress
• Event Assistant: IEEE ISMAR 2025, KAIST GSCT Post-Metaverse Forum