I am a Ph.D. student at ECL in Korea, Chonnam National University, advised by Prof. Seungwon Kim. My research interests lie in AR/VR and HCI, especially in human-agent interaction.

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Selected Publications

Regular Publications

Exploring the Effects of Support Type and Task Difficulty for Virtual Assistants as Social Companions

Sei Kang, YunSu Lee, Gun A. Lee, Hyung-Jeong Yang, Soo-Hyung Kim, Ji-eun Shin, Seungwon Kim
ACM CHI 2026

Effects of Gesture Size in Virtual Agents on Persuasive Communication

Gayun Suh, Gun A. Lee, Hyung-Jeong Yang, Soo-Hyung Kim, Ji-eun Shin, Jaejoon Jeong, Sei Kang, and Seungwon Kim
ACM VRST 2025

[DOI] · [Video]

Design and Evaluation of a Virtual Agent for Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in VR

Sei Kang, Gun A. Lee, Hyung-Jeong Yang, Soo-Hyung Kim, Ji-eun Shin, Jaejoon Jeong, Myungho Lee, and Seungwon Kim
IEEE ISMAR 2025

[DOI] · [Video]

Three Techniques for Enhancing Emotional Expression on Embodied Avatar Face in VR

Jaejoon Jeong, Gun A. Lee, Hyung-Jeong Yang, Soo-Hyung Kim, Ji-eun Shin, Gayun Suh, Sei Kang, and Seungwon Kim
IEEE ISMAR 2025

[DOI] · [Video]

The RayHand Navigation: A Virtual Navigation Method with Relative Position between Hand and Gaze-Ray

Sei Kang, Jaejoon Jeong, Gun A. Lee, Soo-Hyung Kim, Hyung-Jeong Yang, and Seungwon Kim
ACM CHI 2024

[DOI] · [Video]

Adjuct Publications (Posters)

Willingness to Interact: Social Resources Facilitate Pulling Actions toward Social Avatars in Virtual Reality
Jaejoon Jeong, Hwaryung Lee, Ji-eun Shin, Daeun Kim, Sei Kang, Gun A. Lee, Soo-Hyung Kim, Hyung-Jeong Yang, and Seungwon Kim
IEEE VRW 2025 [DOI] · [Video]

Patents

• Method and System for Distant Object Manipulation using Gaze Ray and Hand Interface

  • Korea Granted Patent (Registration No. 10-2864482) [DOI]

• An Electronic Device and Its Operation Method That Provides a Steering-Based Virtual Reality (VR) Navigation Environment That Operates Through a RayHand Control Method That Combines a Gaze and a Hand

  • Korea Granted Patent (Registration No. 10-2783127) [DOI]

Honors and Awards

• 2025 BK21 Fellowship scholarship - Chonnam National University, 2026
• Best Presentation Award, APMAR 2025
• NRF M.S. Fellowship (RS-2024-00465826), 2024-2025
• Presidential Science Scholarship (M.S.), 2024-2025
• Outstanding Paper Award, 2023 Korea Digital Content Society
• Outstanding Paper Award, 2023 Korea Society for Smart Media
• National Excellence Scholarship (Science and Engineering), 2022~2023
• Grand Prize, Web Portfolio - AI+X Coding Fundamental Competency Enhancement Competition, 2022

Invited Talks

• APMAR 2025, Pitch Your Work Session
• ISMAR 2024, Lightning Talk of the LocXR Workshop
• Korea Computer Congress (KCC) 2024, Top Conference Session

Academic Service

• KSC 2025, CG&I Society, Metaverse+AI+XR Workshop, Steering Committee Chair