Redirected Pinch: Efficient and Comfortable Bare-Hand Interaction for 2D Windows in VR
CHI 2026 (Cond. Accepted)

Wen Ying, Yeonsu Kim, Adil Rahman, Erzhen Hu, Geehyuk Lee, Seongkook Heo

"It Feels Like I am Invited to Communicate": Mediating Ad-Hoc Bystander-VR User Interruptions Through Proactive Proxies
CHI 2026 (Cond. Accepted)

Adil Rahman, Wen Ying, Md Aashikur Rahman Azim, Michelle Annett, Seongkook Heo

PrevizWhiz: Combining Rough 3D Scenes and 2D Video to Guide Generative Video Previsualization
CHI 2026 (Cond. Accepted)

Erzhen Hu, Frederik Brudy, David Ledo, George Fitzmaurice, Fraser Anderson

DataSpeck: An AI-Driven Human-in-the-Loop System for Automating Transformations in Data Conversion Workflows
CHI 2026 (Cond. Accepted)

Adil Rahman, Koichiro Ninuma, Aakar Gupta

DialogLab: Authoring, Simulating, and Testing Dynamic Human-AI Group Conversations
UIST 2025

Erzhen Hu, Yanhe Chen, Mingyi Li, Vrushank Phadnis, Pingmei Xu, Xun Qian, Alex Olwal, David Kim, Seongkook Heo, Ruofei Du

Thing2Reality: Enabling Spontaneous Creation of 3D Objects from 2D Content using Generative AI in XR Meetings
UIST 2025

Erzhen Hu, Mingyi Li, Jungtaek Hong, Xun Qian, Alex Olwal, David Kim, Seongkook Heo, Ruofei Du

CustomSight: Enhancing LLM-Powered Visual Assistance for Blind Individuals using Goal-Directed Dynamic Filters
UIST 2025 Poster🏆 Best Poster Award

Adil Rahman, Rifat Rahman Khan, Jonggi Hong, Stephanie Valencia, Seongkook Heo

SpaceShare: Leveraging Multimodal Context for Fluid Sharing of Spaces in Video Meetings
UIST 2025 Poster

Hyeongjin Kim, Erzhen Hu, Seongkook Heo

Evaluating the Physics and Repeatability of Human Brushers in Delivering Affective Touch
IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Zackary T. Landsman, Matthew Clark, Seongkook Heo, Afsaneh Doryab, Gregory J. Gerling

ThingMoji: User-Captured Cut-Outs For In-Stream Visual Communication
CSCW 2025

Erzhen Hu, Qian Wan, Changkong Zhou, Md Aashikur Rahman Azim, PiaoHong Wang, Xingyi Hu, Yuhan Zeng, Zhicong Lu, Seongkook Heo

Exploring Older Adults’ Perceptions of Personalities of LLM-powered Conversational Companions
CHI 2025 Late-Breaking Work

Ajwa Shahid, Jane Chung, Seongkook Heo

Your Hands Can Tell: Detecting Redirected Hand Movements in Virtual Reality
CHI 2025 🎖️ Honorable Mention Award

Md Aashikur Rahman Azim, Zihao Su, Seongkook Heo

Diversifying grain-based compliance illusion by varying base compliance
CHI 2025

Buyoung Mun, Junsu Lee, Jiseong Kim, Seongkook Heo, Jaeyeon Lee

MoiréTag: A Low-cost Tag for High-precision Tangible Interactions Without Active Components
ISS 2024 🎖️ Honorable Mention Award [Paper]

Peiyu Zhang, Wen Ying, Sara Riggs, Seongkook Heo

Experiencing Thing2Reality: Transforming 2D Content into Conditioned Multiviews and 3D Gaussian Objects for XR Communication
UIST 2024 Demo

Erzhen Hu, Mingyi Li, Xun Qian, Alex Olwal, David Kim, Seongkook Heo, Ruofei Du

Enhancing VR Sketching with a Dynamic Shape Display
VRST 2024 🎖️ Honorable Mention Award [Paper]

Wen Ying, Seongkook Heo

ViObject: Harness Passive Vibrations for Daily Object Recognition with Commodity Smartwatches
IMWUT [Paper]

Wenqiang Chen, Shupei Lin, Zhencan Peng, Farshid Salemi Parizi, Seongkook Heo, Shwetak Patel, Wojciech Matusik, Wei Zhao, John Stankovic

Frappé: An Ultra Lightweight Mobile UI Framework for Rapid API-based Prototyping and Environmental Deployment
MobileHCI 2023 🏆 Best Paper Award [Paper] [Video Presentation]

Adil Rahman, Seongkook Heo

UnifiedSense: Enabling Without-Device Gesture Interactions Using Over-the-shoulder Training Between Redundant Wearable Sensors
MobileHCI 2023 [Paper] [Video Presentation]

Md Aashikur Rahman Azim, Adil Rahman, Seongkook Heo

SequenceSense: A Tool for Designing Usable Foot-Based Gestures Using a Sequence-Based Gesture Recognizer
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) [Paper]

Md Aashikur Rahman Azim, Adil Rahman, Seongkook Heo

Take my hand: Automated hand-based spatial guidance for the visually impaired
CHI 2023 🏆 Best Paper Award [Paper] [Video] [Video Presentation] [Project Page]

Adil Rahman, Md Aashikur Rahman Azim, Seongkook Heo

ThingShare: Ad-Hoc Digital Copies of Physical Objects for Sharing Things in Video Meetings
CHI 2023 [Paper] [Video] [Video Presentation] [Project Page]

Erzhen Hu, Jens Emil Sloth Grønbæk, Wen Ying, Ruofei Du, Seongkook Heo

OpenMic: Utilizing proxemic metaphors for conversational floor transitions in multiparty video meetings
CHI 2023 [Paper] [Video] [Video Presentation] [Project Page]

Erzhen Hu, Jens Emil Sloth Grønbæk, Austin Kendrick Houck, Seongkook Heo

Mimicking real forces on a drone through a haptic suit to enable cost-effective validation
ICRA 2023 [Paper] [Video]

Carl Hildebrandt, Wen Ying, Seongkook Heo, Sebastian Elbaum

VRScroll: A Shape-Changing Device for Precise Sketching in Virtual Reality
IEEE VR 2023 Poster 🏆 Best Poster Award

Wen Ying, Seongkook Heo

MaterialSense: Estimating and Utilizing Material Properties of Contact Objects in Multi-touch interaction
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) [Paper]

Sanghwa Hong, Seongkook Heo, Byungjoo Lee

Over-The-Shoulder Training Between Redundant Wearable Sensors for Unified Gesture Interactions
UIST 2022 Poster [Paper]

Md Aashikur Rahman Azim, Adil Rahman, Seongkook Heo

Fringer: A Finger-Worn Passive Device Enabling Computer Vision Based Force Sensing Using Moiré Fringes
UIST 2022 Poster [Paper]

Peiyu Zhang, Wen Ying, Seongkook Heo

Enabling Remote Hand Guidance in Video Calls Using Directional Force Illusion
CSCW 2022 Poster [Paper]

Archana Narayanan, Erzhen Hu, Seongkook Heo

Enjoy the ride consciously with CAWA: Context-aware advisory warnings for automated driving
AutoUI 2022 [Paper]

Erfan Pakdamanian, Erzhen Hu, Shili Sheng, Sarit Kraus, Seongkook Heo, and Lu Feng

Fluidmeet: Enabling frictionless transitions between in-group, between-group, and private conversations during virtual breakout meetings
CHI 2022 [Paper] [Video] [Video Presentation]

Erzhen Hu, Md Aashikur Rahman Azim, Seongkook Heo

Perception Hacking for 2D Cursorjacking in Virtual Reality
CHI 2022 Workshop on Novel Challenges of Safety, Security, and Privacy in XR

Zihao Su, Faysal Hossain Shezan, Yuan Tian, David Evans, Seongkook Heo

DeepTake: Prediction of driver takeover behavior using multimodal data
CHI 2021 [Paper]

Erfan Pakdamanian, Shili Sheng, Sonia Baee, Seongkook Heo, Sarit Kraus, Lu Feng

Realitybrush: An ar authoring system that captures and utilizes kinetic properties of everyday objects
Multimedia Tools and Applications [Paper]

Hyunju Kim, Sanghwa Hong, Junki Kim, Taesoo Jang, Woontack Woo, Seongkook Heo, Byungjoo Lee

Magtouch: Robust finger identification for a smartwatch using a magnet ring and a built-in magnetometer
CHI 2020 [Paper] [Video] [Project Page]

Keunwoo Park, Daehwa Kim, Seongkook Heo, Geehyuk Lee

Tactile glance: Encoding notifications using illusive movement constraints for eyes- and ears-free interaction
IEEE Haptics Symposium 2020 Works-in-progress

Anastasia Lalamentik, Seongkook Heo

Pseudobend: Producing haptic illusions of stretching, bending, and twisting using grain vibrations
UIST 2019 [Paper] [Video] [Project Page]

Seongkook Heo, Jaeyeon Lee, Daniel Wigdor

Plane, ray, and point: Enabling precise spatial manipulations with shape constraints
UIST 2019 [Paper] [Video]

Devmardeep Hayatpur, Seongkook Heo, Haijun Xia, Wolfgang Sturzlinger, Daniel Wigdor

FDSense: Estimating young's modulus and stiffness of end effectors to facilitate kinetic interaction on touch surfaces
UIST 2018 [Paper] [Video]

Sanghwa Hong, Eunseok Jeong, Seongkook Heo, Byungjoo Lee

StreamWiki: Enabling Viewers of Knowledge Sharing Live Streams to Collaboratively Generate Archival Documentation for Effective In-Stream and Post Hoc Learning
CSCW 2018 [Paper]

Zhicong Lu, Seongkook Heo, Daniel Wigdor

You Watch, You Give, and You Engage: A Study of Live Streaming Practices in China
CHI 2018 [Paper]

Zhicong Lu, Haijun Xia, Seongkook Heo, Daniel Wigdor

Thor's Hammer: An Ungrounded Force Feedback Device Utilizing Propeller-Induced Propulsive Force
CHI 2018 [Paper] [Video] [Project Page]

Seongkook Heo, Christina Chung, Geehyuk Lee, Daniel Wigdor