Immersive Design Group

Publications

2026

ExtenString: Enhancing String-Based Interaction with Virtual Screens through Remapping

Han Shi, Hanzhong Luo, Xuesong Zhang, Qianyuan Zou, HyeonBeom Yi, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of UIST 2026.

MagicPen: Enabling Dynamic Physical Scaffolding through Haptic Feedback for 3D Content Creation in VR with a Variable-length Stylus

Zhicheng Wang, Tianze Xie, Yilong Lin, Xuesong Zhang, Daniele Giunchi, Eyal Ofek, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of UIST 2026.

SwapSense: Reusable Vision-Based Contact Force Sensing Across Swappable Passive Haptic Modules

Minha Jeon, Yeseo Park, Inhyuk Song, Yilong Lin, Seungwoo Je, Seungjae Oh

In Proceedings of UIST 2026.

GroundedReach: Enabling Body-grounded Haptic Experience in Virtual Reality with an Elbow Wearable Haptic Device

Yilong Lin, Tianze Xie, Yuxin Ma, Daniele Giunchi, Mike J. Sinclair, Seungwoo Je, Eyal Ofek

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (IEEE ISMAR 2026), 2026, SCIE.

The Effect of Building Typology and Visual Complexity on Stress Levels through Amplitude Spectrum Analysis

Mirna Zordan, Petrus Jacobus Hermanus Maree, Zixian Lei, Tianze Xie, Seungwoo Je

Building Research & Information, 2026, SCIE

Hold the Line: Restoring Artistic Expression in VR for People with Parkinson’s

Qianyuan Zou, Zhuang Chang, Zezheng Guan, Zirui Xiao, Huidong Bai, Mark Billinghurst, Xueliang Li, Seungwoo Je

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2026, SCIE.

ZOMA: Integrating Gen-AI in Hybrid Crafts to Promote Cultural Heritage Transmission

Baihui Chen, Yujie Li, Kezhuo Wang, Wanlin Zhang, Seungwoo Je, Xueliang Li

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2026, SCIE.

SoundWeAR: Co-Designing AR Sound Cues to Support Outdoor Awareness for DHH Individuals

Anna Surovkova*, Tianze Xie*, Xinan Yang, Seungwoo Je (*Co-first)

In Proceedings of CHI 2026.

TingleTouch: Touch Guidance through Electrical Stimulation in Resistance Training

Dong-Uk Kim, Hye-Young Jo, Hankyung Kim, Ryo Suzuki, Seungwoo Je, Yoonji Kim

In Proceedings of CHI 2026.

Beyond Words: Measuring User Experience through Speech Analysis in Voice User Interfaces

Yong Ma, Xuesong Zhang, Xuedong Zhang, Natalia Bartłomiejczyk, Seungwoo Je, Adrian Holzer, Morten Fjeld, Andreas Martin Butz

In Proceedings of CHI 2026.

ASafePlace: User-Led Personalization of VR Relaxation via an Art Therapy Activity

Chuyang Zhang, Bin Yu, Yuchao Wang, Mansi Yuan, Wanqi Wang, Seungwoo Je, Pengcheng An

In Proceedings of CHI 2026.

GazeZoom: Exploration of Gaze-Assisted Multimodal Techniques for Panning and Zooming

Yilong Lin, Mingyu Han, Weitao Jiang, Seungwoo Je, Ian Oakley

In Proceedings of CHI 2026.

"Similar-Self" vs. "Alt-Self": How Avatar Customization Impacts Trust Formation in Social VR and Its Transfer to Face-to-Face between Unacquainted Individuals

Sirui Wang*, Weitao Jiang*, Xuesong Zhang, Guo Freeman, Seungwoo Je (*Co-first)

In Proceedings of CHI 2026.

Augmented Body Parts: Bridging VR Embodiment and Wearable Robotics

HyeonBeom Yi, Myung Jin (MJ) Kim, Seungwoo Je, Seungjae Oh, Shuto Takashita, Hongyu Zhou, Marie Muehlhaus, Eyal Ofek, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of CHI 2026 Workshops.

2025

"Do we need opaque walls?": Exploring Collaboration Space Design Using Transparency Attributes on the Room Walls in Virtual Reality

Tianze Xie, Yuxin Ma, Joongi Shin, Pengcheng An, Seungwoo Je

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, SCIE.

Next Labs: What Could an Ideal Design Research Lab Be?

Tek-Jin Nam, Clement Zheng, Seungwoo Je, Amy Winters, Hyeong-Jeong Suk, Chang Hee Lee

In Proceedings of IASDR 2025 Panels.

PinCity: Multiplayer AR system with Shape-Changing Displays for Dynamic Urban Design

Tianze Xie, Hanzhong Luo, Zhicheng Wang, Zezheng Guan, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 E-Tech.

Designing Hand and Forearm Gestures to Control Virtual Forearm for User-Initiated Forearm Deformation

Yilong Lin, Han Shi, Weitao Jiang, Xuesong Zhang, Hye-Young Jo, Yoonji Kim, Seungwoo Je

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (IEEE ISMAR 2025), 2025, SCIE.

HaptiCeiling: An Encountered-Type Overhead Haptic Interface in Virtual Reality

Kaihan Wang, Han Shi, Junyu Chen, Xuesong Zhang, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of ISMAR 2025.

Hearing Material: Using Auditory Feedback to Induce Illusions of Material Perception in Virtual Reality

Bocheng Zhong, Seungwoo Je, Marcel Zaes Sagesser

In Proceedings of IEEE ISMAR 2025 Poster.

Extendlibur: Dynamic Haptic Retargeting for Length-Mismatched Proxies in Co-Located VR

Junyu Chen, Qianyuan Zou, Yingjie Chang, Seungjae Oh, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of UIST 2025.

HapticWings: Enhancing the Experience of Extra Wing Motions in Virtual Reality through Dynamic 2D Weight Shifting

Yingjie Chang, Junyu Chen, Yilong Lin, Xuesong Zhang, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of DIS 2025. Best paper award

ReachPad: Interacting with Multiple Virtual Screens using a Single Physical Pad through Haptic Retargeting

Han Shi, Hanzhong Luo, HyeonBeom Yi, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of CHI 2025.

DobbyEar: Inducing Body Illusion of Ear Deformation with Haptic Retargeting

Han Shi, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of CHI 2025.

VRCaptions: Design Captions for DHH Users in Multiplayer Communication in VR

Tianze Xie*, Xuesong Zhang*, Feiyu Huang, Di Liu, Pengcheng An, Seungwoo Je (*Co-first)

In Proceedings of CHI 2025.

Fire-Works: An Interactive System Based on Breathing Patterns to Support Social Interactions Among the Oldest Old Living in Long-Term Care Facilities

Xi Zhang, Jiakun Pei, Chuisong Chen, Seungwoo Je, Mirna Zordan

In Proceedings of CHI 2025 Late Breaking Work.

Auditory Materiality: Exploring Auditory Effects on Material Perception in Virtual Reality

Bocheng Zhong, Seungwoo Je, Marcel Zaes Sagesser

In Proceedings of IEEE VR 2025 Abstracts and Workshops (VRW).

2024

HaPet: A desktop-level hemispherical encountered-type haptic display providing visuo-haptic feedback in virtual reality

Zezheng Guan, Junyu Chen, Xuesong Zhang, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of Chinese CHI 2024.

ThermoShift: Enhancing VR Immersion with Thermal Motion Simulation

Ke Ding, Ruxiao Chen, Zezheng Guan, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of Chinese CHI 2024.

VibroArm: Enhancing the Sensation of Forearm Deformation in Virtual Reality Using Vibrotactile Funneling Illusion

Yilong Lin, Tianze Xie, Yingjie Chang, Hu Luo, Dangxiao Wang, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of ISMAR 2024.

ArmDeformation: Inducing the Sensation of Arm Deformation in Virtual Reality Using Skin-Stretching

Yilong Lin, Peng Zhang, Eyal Ofek, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of CHI 2024.

AirPush: A Pneumatic Wearable Haptic Device Providing Multi-Dimensional Force Feedback on a Fingertip

Yuxin Ma, Tianze Xie, Peng Zhang, Hwan Kim, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of CHI 2024.

BlinkBoard: Guiding and monitoring circuit assembly for synchronous and remote physical computing education

Andrea Bianchi, Kongpyung (Justin) Moon, Artem Dementyev, Seungwoo Je

HardwareX, 2024.

Brain-load, Stress Levels, and Visual Complexity: Digital tools for the detection of intangible human-environment interactions

Mirna Zordan, Seungwoo Je

ACM XRDS: Crossroads, Volume 30 Issue 3, 2024.

2023

Designing visuo-haptic illusions for Virtual Reality applications using floor-based shape-changing displays

Nargiz Askarbekkyzy, Yilong Lin, Kongpyung (Justin) Moon, Andrea Bianchi, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of IASDR 2023.

Rendering Perceived Terrain Stiffness in VR via Preload Variation Against Body-weight

Wooje Chang, Seungwoo Je, Michel Pahud, Mike Sinclair, Andrea Bianchi

IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2023, SCIE.

2022

Demo Hour, Elevate

Seungwoo Je, Kongpyung Moon, Hyunseung Lim, Shan-Yuan Teng, Jas Brooks, Pedro Lopes, Andrea Bianchi

ACM INTERACTIONS, VOLUME XXIX.2 MARCH - APRIL 2022.

2021

Elevate: A Walkable Pin-Array for Large Shape-Changing Terrains

Seungwoo Je, Hyunseung Lim, Kongpyung Moon, Shan-Yuan Teng, Jas Brooks, Pedro Lopes, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of CHI 2021.

VirtualWire: Supporting Rapid Prototyping with Instant Reconfigurations of Wires in Breadboarded Circuits

Woojin Lee, Ramkrishna Prasad, Seungwoo Je, Yoonji Kim, Ian Oakley, Daniel Ashbrook, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of TEI 2021. Best paper award

2020

SchemaBoard: Supporting Correct Assembly of Schematic Circuits using Dynamic In-Situ Visualization

Yoonji Kim, Hyein Lee, Ramkrishna Prasad, Seungwoo Je, Youngkyung Choi, Daniel Ashbrook, Ian Oakley, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of UIST 2020.

MouthNode: Exploring actuation in the mouth to convey information

Edwin Truman, Seungwoo Je, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of HCI KOREA 2020.

2019

Partitioning Open-plan Workspaces via Augmented Reality

Hyelip Lee, Seungwoo Je, Rachel Kim, Himanshu Verma, Hamed Alavi, Andrea Bianchi

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2019, SCIE.

ActivEarring: Spatiotemporal Haptic Cues on the Ears

Minkyeong Lee, Seungwoo Je, Woojin Lee, Daniel Ashbrook, Andrea Bianchi

IEEE Transactions on Haptics, Volume 12, Issue 4, 2019, SCIE.

A Computational Approach for Spider Web Inspired Fabrication of String Art

Seungwoo Je, Yekaterina Abileva, Andrea Bianchi, Jean-Charles Bazin

Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, Volume 30, Issue 3-4, 2019, SCIE.

Aero-plane: a Handheld Force-Feedback Device that Renders Weight Motion Illusion on a Virtual 2D Plane

Seungwoo Je, Myung Jin Kim, Woojin Lee, Byungjoo Lee, Xing-Dong Yang, Pedro Lopes, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of UIST 2019.

AirBeam: Haptic feedback with compressed air on the finger

Seungwoo Je, Youngkyung Choi, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of HCI KOREA 2019.

Demo Hour, How was it made (Wind-blaster)

Seungwoo Je, Hyelip Lee, Myung-Jin Kim, Minkyeong Lee, Yoonji Kim, Youngkyung Choi, Andrea Bianchi

ACM INTERACTIONS, VOLUME XXVI.1 January - February 2019.

2018

Wind-Blaster: a Wearable Propeller-based Prototype that Provides Ungrounded Force-Feedback

Seungwoo Je, Hyelip Lee, Myung Jin Kim, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2018 E-Tech.

PokeRing: Notifications by Poking Around the Finger

Seungwoo Je, Minkyeong Lee, Yoonji Kim, Liwei Chan, Xing-Dong Yang, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of CHI 2018.

Enhancing Spatial Input on the Body with a Smart-Ring

Andrea Bianchi, Seungwoo Je, Hyelip Lee, Ian Oakley

In Proceedings of HCI KOREA 2018. Best paper award

Demo Hour (TactoRing)

Seungwoo Je, Brendan Rooney, Liwei Chan, Andrea Bianchi

ACM INTERACTIONS, Volume XXV.2 March-April 2018.

2017

All4One: A Moderated Sketching Tool for Supporting Idea-Generation with Remote Users

Hyelip Lee, Seungwoo Je, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of IASDR 2017.

Designing Skin Dragging Haptic Motions for Wearables

Seungwoo Je, Okyu Choi, Kyungah Choi, Minkyeong Lee, Hyeon Jeong Suk, Liwei Chan, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of ISWC 2017.

tactoRing: A Skin-Drag Discrete Display

Seungwoo Je, Brendan Rooney, Liwei Chan, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of CHI 2017.

Disambiguating Touch with a Smart-Ring

Andrea Bianchi, Seungwoo Je

In Proceedings of AH 2017.

VectorWatch: Virtual Force Using a Geared Wrist-Wearable Device

Doyeon Eum, Seungwoo Je, Andrea Bianchi

In Proceedings of HCI KOREA 2017.