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Junwoo Kim

Education

Current2021.09~2028.02(Expected)

Ph.D. Student in Computer Science & Engineering

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea

Interaction Lab · Advisor: Prof. Seungmoon Choi

Graduated2014.03~2021.08

B.S. in Electronics Engineering

Pusan National University (PNU), South Korea

Research Profile

I design and build haptic systems and interactive applications for practical use. My research in human–computer interaction integrates sensing, signal processing, and multimodal AI to connect physical measurements and audiovisual content with haptic feedback. I develop pipelines that span haptic rendering, real-time system implementation, application integration, and validation through physical measurements and user studies. Alongside this systems research, I investigate haptic perception to understand how people interpret tactile cues and to guide the design of effective, usable haptic experiences.

# HCI # Haptics # AI # System # Sensing # Perception # XR/VR/AR
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Current Research
01
Audiovisual-to-Haptic Rendering System
# System# Multimodal AI# Haptic Rendering# Dataset
02
Correlation Analysis with 3D DIC for Contact Dynamics and Perception
# Physical Contact# Haptic Perception# Sensing
03
Haptic Rendering with Funneling Illusions in VR
# VR# Haptic Rendering# Full-body
04
Wearable Sensing and Interactive Applications
# Wearable Devices# Sensing# Applications
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7
Accepted Papers
3 submitted papers
4
First Author
2
Patent Applications

Ongoing Work

3 submissions
  1. PaperConference

    Submitted to IEEE VR'27. 1st author

    General Egocentric Direction

  2. PaperConference

    Submitted to IEEE VR'27. Co-author

    4D Cinematic Experiences

  3. PaperJournal

    Submitted to Extreme Mechanics Letters. 1st author

    Finger Contact Dynamics and Perception Analysis

Research Updates

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  1. PatentApplication

    We filed a patent application for an audiovisual-to-haptic rendering system.

  2. PaperConference

    Our paper was published in the proceedings of ACM UIST'26. 1st author

  3. PaperJournal

    Our paper was published in IEEE TVCG. Co-author

  4. PaperJournal

    Our paper was published in IEEE ToH. 1st author

  5. PatentApplication

    Our US patent application on haptic feedback control was published.

  6. PaperConference

    Our paper was published in the proceedings of EuroHaptics'24. 1st author

  7. PaperJournal

    Our paper was published in IEEE ToH. Co-author

  8. PaperConference

    Our paper was published in the proceedings of IEEE WHC'23. Co-author

  9. PaperConference

    Our paper was published in the proceedings of IEEE WHC'23. 1st author

license Patents

P2Audiovisual-to-Haptic Rendering System (Tentative title)

Submission

Inventors: Anonymous

Patent pending.

Publications

7 accepted papers

3 submitted papers

2027 Ongoing work

Submission Manuscript submitted
IEEE VR'27Conference Submission
  • #Perception
  • #Haptic Rendering
  • #VR

Research topic

General Egocentric Direction

Anonymous (1st author)
IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR), 2027
Submission Manuscript submitted
IEEE VR'27Conference Submission
  • #System
  • #Haptic Rendering
  • #VR

Research topic

4D Cinematic Experiences

Anonymous (Co-author)
IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR), 2027
Submission Manuscript submitted
Extreme Mechanics LettersJournal Submission
  • #Sensing
  • #Perception
  • #Contact Mechanics

Research topic

Finger Contact Dynamics and Perception Analysis

Anonymous (1st author)
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2027

2026 3 papers

Haptic and visual stiffness rendering with baseline, top-down, front-back, and side-to-side VR interaction configurations
IEEE TVCGJournal
  • #Perception
  • #Haptic Rendering
  • #VR

J3Perceiving Compliance in Virtual Reality: Effects of Interaction Direction and Sensory Discrepancy on Visuo-Haptic Weighting

Taehyeong Jung*, Jiwan Lee*, Junwoo Kim, Seungmoon Choi (* Equal contribution)
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (IEEE TVCG), 2026 · Early Access · pp. 1–11

Special issue of IEEE ISMAR 2026

Acceptance rate: 16%

PaperProject

Citation · BibTeX
BibTeX 

@ARTICLE{Jung26Compliance,
  author={Jung, Taehyeong and Lee, Jiwan and Kim, Junwoo and Choi, Seungmoon},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
  title={Perceiving Compliance in Virtual Reality: Effects of Interaction Direction and Sensory Discrepancy on Visuo-Haptic Weighting},
  year={2026},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={1-11},
  doi={10.1109/TVCG.2026.3747461}}

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CineHaptic pipeline from audiovisual event localization, salience classification, and audio processing to seat-based haptic patterns for an in-car 4D experience
ACM UIST'26Conference
  • #Haptic Rendering
  • #System
  • #Multimodal AI

C4CineHaptic: Context-Aware Real-Time Audiovisual-to-Haptic Rendering System for In-Vehicle 4D Cinematic Experiences

Junwoo Kim, Hyunuk Kim, Hyun-Bin Oh, Jeonggoo Kang, Tae-Hyun Oh, Seungmoon Choi
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST), 2026 · Article 56 · pp. 1–14

Acceptance rate: 20.1%

PaperProject

Citation · BibTeX
BibTeX 

@inproceedings{Kim26CineHaptic,
  author = {Kim, Junwoo and Kim, Hyunuk and Oh, Hyun-Bin and Kang, Jeonggoo and Oh, Tae-Hyun and Choi, Seungmoon},
  title = {{CineHaptic: Context-Aware Real-Time Audiovisual-to-Haptic Rendering System for In-Vehicle 4D Cinematic Experiences}},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 39th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology},
  series = {UIST '26},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  isbn = {9798400728563},
  location = {Detroit, Michigan, USA},
  articleno = {56},
  numpages = {14},
  pages = {1--14},
  doi = {10.1145/3830398.3830655},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3830398.3830655}
}

BibTeX: ACM Digital Library · publication record

Torso-based vibrotactile display for azimuth and elevation cues
IEEE ToHJournal
  • #Haptic Perception
  • #Vibrotactile
  • #Haptic Suit

J2Representing Egocentric Directions with Torso-Applied Vibrotactile Stimuli

Junwoo Kim, Jaejun Park, Chaeyong Park, Junseok Park, Seungmoon Choi
IEEE Transactions on Haptics (IEEE ToH), 2026 · Vol. 19, Issue 2 · pp. 249–261
PaperProject

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BibTeX 

@ARTICLE{Kim26Egocentric,
  author={Kim, Junwoo and Park, Jaejun and Park, Chaeyong and Park, Junseok and Choi, Seungmoon},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Haptics},
  title={Representing Egocentric Directions with Torso-Applied Vibrotactile Stimuli},
  year={2026},
  volume={19},
  number={2},
  pages={249-261},
  doi={10.1109/TOH.2026.3667214}}

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2024 2 papers

Experimental torso layouts for identifying azimuth and elevation stimuli
EuroHaptics'24Conference
  • #Haptic Perception
  • #Vibrotactile
  • #Haptic Suit

C3Human Identification Performance of Vibrotactile Stimuli Applied on the Torso Along Azimuth or Elevation

Junwoo Kim, Jaejun Park, Chaeyong Park, Junseok Park, Seungmoon Choi
EuroHaptics Conference (EuroHaptics), 2024 · Vol. 14768 · pp. 3–15
PaperProject

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BibTeX 

@InProceedings{Kim25Azimuth,
  doi={10.1007/978-3-031-70058-3_1},
author="Kim, Junwoo
and Park, Jaejun
and Park, Chaeyong
and Park, Junseok
and Choi, Seungmoon",
editor="Kajimoto, Hiroyuki
and Lopes, Pedro
and Pacchierotti, Claudio
and Basdogan, Cagatay
and Gori, Monica
and Lemaire-Semail, Betty
and Marchal, Maud",
title="Human Identification Performance of Vibrotactile Stimuli Applied on the Torso Along Azimuth or Elevation",
booktitle="Haptics: Understanding Touch; Technology and Systems; Applications and Interaction",
year="2025",
publisher="Springer Nature Switzerland",
address="Cham",
pages="3--15",
isbn="978-3-031-70058-3"
}

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Telemetry-based haptic rendering pipeline and racing simulator
IEEE ToHJournal
  • #Haptic Rendering
  • #System
  • #Game

J1Telemetry-Based Haptic Rendering for Racing Game Experience Improvement

Jiwan Lee, Junwoo Kim, Jeonggoo Kang, Eunsoo Jo, Dong Chul Park, Seungmoon Choi
IEEE Transactions on Haptics (IEEE ToH), 2024 · Vol. 17, Issue 1 · pp. 72–79
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@ARTICLE{Lee24Telemetry,
  author={Lee, Jiwan and Kim, Junwoo and Kang, Jeonggoo and Jo, Eunsoo and Park, Dong Chul and Choi, Seungmoon},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Haptics},
  title={Telemetry-Based Haptic Rendering for Racing Game Experience Improvement},
  year={2024},
  volume={17},
  number={1},
  pages={72-79},
  doi={10.1109/TOH.2024.3357885}}

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2023 2 papers

Full-body vibrotactile stimulation and sequential vibration patterns
IEEE WHC'23Conference
  • #Haptic Perception
  • #Vibrotactile
  • #Full-Body

C2Information Transfer of Full-Body Vibrotactile Stimuli: An Initial Study with One to Three Sequential Vibrations

Jaejun Park, Junwoo Kim, Sangyoon Han, Chaeyong Park, Junseok Park, Seungmoon Choi
IEEE World Haptics Conference (IEEE WHC), 2023 · pp. 41–47
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Park23FullBody,
  author={Park, Jaejun and Kim, Junwoo and Han, Sangyoon and Park, Chaeyong and Park, Junseok and Choi, Seungmoon},
  booktitle={2023 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC)},
  title={Information Transfer of Full-Body Vibrotactile Stimuli: An Initial Study with One to Three Sequential Vibrations},
  year={2023},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={41-47},
  doi={10.1109/WHC56415.2023.10224391}}

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Haptic vest and spatial vibration patterns on the front, back, and horizontal torso
IEEE WHC'23Conference
  • #Haptic Perception
  • #Vibrotactile
  • #Haptic Suit

C1Human Recognition Performance of Simple Spatial Vibrotactile Patterns on the Torso

Junwoo Kim*, Heeyeon Kim*, Chaeyong Park, Seungmoon Choi (* Equal contribution)
IEEE World Haptics Conference (IEEE WHC), 2023 · pp. 20–27
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Kim23Patterns,
  author={Kim, Junwoo and Kim, Heeyeon and Park, Chaeyong and Choi, Seungmoon},
  booktitle={2023 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC)},
  title={Human Recognition Performance of Simple Spatial Vibrotactile Patterns on the Torso},
  year={2023},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={20-27},
  doi={10.1109/WHC56415.2023.10224430}}

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Junwoo Kim