Dynamic Reality Lab

Exploring Object Recall in an Object-Rich AR Office Scene

Sangita Kunapuli, Shane Dirksen, Radha Kumaran, You-Jin Kim, Misha Sra, Tobias Höllerer

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics • IEEE TVCG 2026

Presented: IEEE ISMAR 2026 - [Evaluation Session] October 8, 2026, Bari, Italy

2026 Published • [NSF-AR-VisualSaliency] • Journal Paper • Acceptance Rate: 15.92%

DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2026.3203093 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2511.00000

Journal Paper Magic Leap 2 AR Memory Recall Visual Saliency Visual Cue

Moving Beyond the Flat Screen: Opportunities and Challenges of Extended Reality for Studying Human Brain and Behaviors

Tom Bullock, Radha Kumaran, You-Jin Kim, Emily Machniak, Tobias Höllerer and Barry Giesbrecht

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality • IEEE ISMAR 2026 Workshop

Presented: IEEE ISMAR 2026 - [Workshop 02: NeuroXR] October 6, 2026, Bari, Italy (Short Paper Adjunct Proceeding)

2026 Published • [IEEE-ISMAR-W00] • Short Paper • Acceptance Rate: N/A

Short Paper Navigation XR Education Visual Cue Switching Modality

Challenges and Opportunities for Head-Worn AR Use in Wide-Area Environments

Radha Kumaran, You-Jin Kim, Shane Dirksen, Tom Bullock, Barry Giesbrecht, and Tobias Höllerer

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems • ACM CHI 2026 Workshop

Presented: ACM CHI 2026 - [Workshop 42: Next Steps for Augmented Reality On-the-Move] April 16, 2026 Barcelona, Spain

2026 Published • [ACM-CHI-W42] • Workshop Summary • Acceptance Rate: N/A

Project Webpage

Workshop Magic Leap 2 AR Wide-area Navigation Visual Cue

SABER: Spatial Attention, Brain, Extended Reality

Tom Bullock, Emily Machniak, You-Jin Kim, Radha Kumaran, Justin Kasowski, Apurv Varshney, Julia Ram, Melissa M. Hernandez, Stina Johansson, Neil M. Dundon, Tobias Höllerer, Barry Giesbrecht

IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces • IEEE VR 2026

🏆 MoBI Award 2026 [Top Ranked Publications] Presented: IEEE VR 2026 - [Brain Sensing and Stimulation Session] March 25, 2026, Daegu, Korea

2026 Published • [EEG-XR-SABER-1] • Full Paper • Acceptance Rate: 17.00%

DOI: 10.1109/VR67842.2026.00042 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2603.24830 Project Webpage

Full Paper Vive Pro Eye VR Visual Cue Visual Saliency Memory Recall

Modeling Object Attention in Mobile AR for Intrinsic Cognitive Security

Shane Dirksen, Radha Kumaran, You-Jin Kim, Yilin Wang, Tobias Höllerer

ACM International Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing • ACM MobiHoc 2025

🏆 Presented: ACM MobiHoc 2025 - [Spatial Awareness Sessions] October 23, 2025, Houston, Texas (Short Paper Adjunct Proceeding)

2025 Published • [NSF-AR-ObjectAttention] • Short Paper • Acceptance Rate: 23.00%

DOI: 10.1145/3704413.3765308 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2511.16805

Short Paper Magic Leap 2 AR Visual Saliency Visual Cue Navigation

Scene Awareness While Using Multiple Navigation Aids in AR Search

Radha Kumaran, You-Jin Kim, Emily Machniak, Shane Dirksen, Junhyung Yoon, Tom Bullock, Barry Giesbrecht, Tobias Höllerer

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality • IEEE ISMAR 2025 Poster Session

Presented: IEEE ISMAR 2025 - [Poster Sessions] October 9, 2025, Daejeon, Korea (Short Paper Adjunct Proceeding)

2025 Published • [Poster-SceneAwareness] • Short Paper • Acceptance Rate: N/A

DOI: 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct68609.2025.00135 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2511.16805

Short Paper HoloLens 2 AR Navigation Visual Cue Memory Recall

Reconstructing moving object locations in an immersive 3D virtual environment from EEG oscillatory activity

Tom Bullock, Emily Machniak, Neil Dundon, Justin Kasowski, You-Jin Kim, Radha Kumaran, Julia Ram, Melissa Hernandez, Stina Johansson, Tobias Höllerer, Barry Giesbrecht

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology • Journal of Vision 2025

2025 Published • [EEG-XR-MovingObject] • Journal Paper • Acceptance Rate: N/A

DOI: 10.1167/jov.25.9.2876 ResearchGate: researchgate.net/393741325 Project Webpage

Journal Paper Meta Quest 3 VR Memory Recall Visual Saliency Visual Cue

Electrophysiological evidence for differential semantic processing of words and objects presented in augmented reality

Tom Bullock, Emily Machniak, Joyce Passananti, Kangyou Yu, Radha Kumaran, You-Jin Kim, Jordan Garrett, Madhav Viswesvaran, Julia Ram, Tobias Höllerer, Barry Giesbrecht

Elsevier, Computers in Human Behavior Reports • Elsevier CHBR 2025

2025 Published • [EEG-AR-SemanticProcessing] • Journal Paper • Acceptance Rate: 10.10%

DOI: 10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100677 ResearchGate: researchgate.net/391364053

Journal Paper Magic Leap 2 AR Visual Cue Memory Recall Education

On the Go with AR: Attention to Virtual and Physical Targets while Varying Augmentation Density

You-Jin Kim, Radha Kumaran, Jingjing Luo, Tom Bullock, Barry Giesbrecht, and Tobias Höllerer

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems • ACM CHI 2025

Presented: ACM CHI 2025 - [Virtual and Mixed Reality Interaction Session] April 30, 2025, Yokohama, Japan

2025 Published • [NSF-Wide-area-AR-3] • Full Paper • Acceptance Rate: 24.90%

DOI: 10.1145/3706598.3714289 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.25978 Project Webpage

Full Paper HoloLens 2 AR Wide-area Navigation Visual Saliency

NeuResonance: Exploring Feedback Experiences for Fostering the Inter-brain Synchronization

Jamie Ngoc Dinh, Snehesh Shrestha, You-Jin Kim, Jun Nishida, Myungin Lee

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems • ACM CHI 2025

Presented: ACM CHI 2025 - [Embodied Simulation Session] May 1, 2025, Yokohama, Japan

2025 Published • [EEG-SAR-IBS-Haptic] • Full Paper • Acceptance Rate: 24.90%

DOI: 10.1145/3706598.3713872 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2511.02079 Project Webpage

Full Paper SAR EEG Multiplayers Switching Modality Visual Cue

Demonstrating NeuResonance: Inter-brain Synchronization and Feedback Modalities in Collaboration

Jamie Ngoc Dinh, Snehesh Shrestha, You-Jin Kim, Jun Nishida, Myungin Lee

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems • ACM CHI 2025 Interactivity

Presented: ACM CHI 2025 - [Interactivity Sessions] April 26–May 1, 2025, Yokohama, Japan (Short Paper Adjunct Proceeding)

2025 Published • [Interactivity-NeuResonance] • Short Paper • Acceptance Rate: N/A

DOI: 10.1145/3706599.3721276 ResearchGate: researchgate.net/391152470 Project Webpage

Short Paper SAR EEG Multiplayers Switching Modality Visual Cue

Beyond Reality: Designing Personal Experiences and Interactive Narratives in AR Theater

You-Jin Kim

University of California, Santa Barbara • Dissertation 2024

Presented: UCSB - November 8, 2024, Santa Barbara, California

2024 Published • [UCSB-PhD-Dissertation] • Dissertation • Acceptance Rate: N/A

arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.22098 ResearchGate: researchgate/396967048 Project Webpage

Dissertation SAR Navigation Wide-area Interactive Narrative AI-Agent

Audience Amplified: Virtual Audiences in Asynchronously Performed AR Theater

You-Jin Kim, Misha Sra, and Tobias Höllerer

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality • IEEE ISMAR 2024

Presented: IEEE ISMAR 2024 - [Avatar 2 Session] October 24, 2024, Bellevue, Greater Seattle area

2024 Published • [DNN-AR-AI-Audiences] • Full Paper • Acceptance Rate: 24.80%

DOI: 10.1145/3706598.3713872 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2511.02807 Project Webpage

Full Paper HoloLens 2 AR AI-Agent Multiplayers Interactive Narrative

FractalBrain: A Neuro-interactive Virtual Reality Experience using Electroencephalogram (EEG) for Mindfulness

Jamie Ngoc Dinh, You-Jin Kim, Myungin Lee

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems • ACM CHI 2024 Interactivity

Presented: ACM CHI 2024 - [Interactivity Sessions] May 11–16, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Short Paper Adjunct Proceeding)

2024 Published • [Interactivity-FractalBrain] • Short Paper • Acceptance Rate: N/A

DOI: 10.1145/3613905.3648667 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.26041 Project Webpage

Short Paper Meta Quest 3 VR EEG Switching Modality Visual Cue

Spatial Orchestra: Locomotion Music Instruments through Spatial Exploration

You-Jin Kim, Myungin Lee, JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, and Tobias Höllerer

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems • ACM CHI 2024 Interactivity

Presented: ACM CHI 2024 - [Interactivity Sessions] May 11–16, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Short Paper Adjunct Proceeding)

2024 Published • [Interactivity-SpatialOrchestra] • Short Paper • Acceptance Rate: N/A

DOI: 10.1145/3613905.3648659 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.23848 Project Webpage

Short Paper HoloLens 2 AR Interactive Narrative Visual Cue Education

Reality Distortion Room: A Study of User Locomotion Responses to Spatial Augmented Reality Effects

You-Jin Kim, Andrew D Wilson, Jennifer Jacobs, and Tobias Höllerer

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality • IEEE ISMAR 2023

Presented: IEEE ISMAR 2023 - [Navigation and Locomotion Session] October 18, 2023, Sydney, Australia

2023 Published • [MSR-SAR-RDR] • Full Paper • Acceptance Rate: 28.10%

DOI: 10.1109/ISMAR59233.2023.00137 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.23840 Project Webpage

Full Paper SAR Visual Cue Navigation Blended Experience Cognitive Study

Dynamic Theater: Location-Based Immersive Dance Theater, Investigating User Guidance and Experience

You-Jin Kim, Joshua Lu, and Tobias Höllerer

ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology • ACM VRST 2023

Presented: ACM VRST 2023 - [Technologies in the Wild Session] October 10, 2023, Christchurch, New Zealand

2023 Published • [NSF-AR-ImmersiveTheater] • Full Paper • Acceptance Rate: 25.70%

DOI: 10.1145/3611659.3615705 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2511.00961 Project Webpage

Full Paper HoloLens 2 AR Interactive Narrative Wide-area Navigation

The Impact of Navigation Aids on Search Performance and Object Recall in Wide-Area Augmented Reality

Radha Kumaran, You-Jin Kim, A Milner, Tom Bullock, Barry Giesbrecht, and Tobias Höllerer

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems • ACM CHI 2023

Presented: ACM CHI 2023 - [Supporting users in AR and VR Session] April 26, 2023, Hamburg, Germany

2023 Published • [NSF-Wide-area-AR-2] • Full Paper • Acceptance Rate: 26.30%

DOI: 10.1145/3544548.3581413 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.25957 Project Webpage

Full Paper HoloLens 2 AR Navigation Wide-area Memory Recall

Investigating Search Among Physical and Virtual Objects Under Different Lighting Conditions

You-Jin Kim, Radha Kumaran, Ehsan Sayyad, A Milner, Tom Bullock, Barry Giesbrecht, and Tobias Höllerer

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics • IEEE TVCG 2022

Presented: IEEE ISMAR 2022 - [Evaluation Session] October 19, 2022, Singapore

2022 Published • [NSF-Wide-area-AR-1] • Journal Paper • Acceptance Rate: 21.60%

DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2022.3203093 arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2511.00289 Project Webpage

Journal Paper HoloLens 2 AR Navigation Wide-area Visual Saliency

Exploring Immersive Mixed Reality Simulations and Its Impact on Climate Change Awareness

Zhaozhong Wang and You-Jin Kim

Asian Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Volume 12, ISSN 2307-9584 • AJASE 2022

Presented: ACM SIGGRAPH SPARKS 2023 - [Spatiality in Virtual Reality Session] January 27, 2023, Remote Presentation

2022 Published • [RMP-AR-ClimateSimulation] • Journal Paper • Acceptance Rate: N/A

DOI: 10.18034/AJASE.v11i1.3 ResearchGate: researchgate/370597995 Project Webpage

Journal Paper HoloLens 2 AR Education Interactive Narrative Wide-area