AR / VR researcher

Selin Choi최세린

Ph.D. student in Culture Technology · KAIST

UVR Lab · Advised by Prof. Woontack Woo

I study spatial recording and adaptive playback in AR/VR, with a focus on scene graphs and task-aware navigation.

Spatial recordingScene graphsAdaptive playback
Daejeon, South Korea

Selected research

Publications

2026

IEEE ISMAR 2026

Object-Driven Event Retrieval with Assembled Object Interface for Mixed Reality Assembly Playback

Selin Choi, Sun Ah Bae, Dooyoung Kim, and Woontack Woo

2026

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Task Breakpoint Generation using Origin-Centric Graph in Virtual Reality Recordings for Adaptive Playback

Selin Choi, Dooyoung Kim, Taewook Ha, Seonji Kim, and Woontack Woo

2026

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Spatial Affordance-Aware Affine Transformation Between Heterogeneous Spaces for Mixed Reality Remote Collaboration

Seonji Kim, Dooyoung Kim, Selin Choi, and Woontack Woo

2025

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Meta-Objects: Interactive and Multisensory Virtual Objects Learned From the Real World for Use in Augmented Reality

Dooyoung Kim, Taewook Ha, Jinseok Hong, Seonji Kim, Selin Choi, Heejeong Ko, and Woontack Woo

2025

IEEE VR Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)

Human-Scene Interaction Data Generation with Virtual Environment using User-Centric Scene Graph

Taewook Ha, Selin Choi, Seonji Kim, Dooyoung Kim, and Woontack Woo

2024

IEEE ISMAR 2024 Best Conference Paper · 1st Prize

Spatial Affordance-Aware Interactable Subspace Allocation for Mixed Reality Telepresence

Dooyoung Kim, Seonji Kim, Selin Choi, and Woontack Woo

2024

KIISE · pp. 31–33

Undo Slider for Multi-Step Editing in Collaborative AR Environments

Selin Choi, Minju Baeck, and Woontack Woo

2024

KIISE · pp. 248–250 Outstanding Paper Award

Virtual Consumable Resources Interacting with Real-World Tools in a Remote XR Training System

Selin Choi, Yoonjae Hong, Minji Park, and Woontack Woo

2023

KIISE

Interactive 3D Voxel Drawing System Using Bare-Hand Interaction with Augmented Reality Glasses

Selin Choi, Minju Baeck, Hyungwoo Jin, Taewook Ha, and Woontack Woo

Academic Profile

Education

  1. 2025 — Present

    Ph.D. in Culture Technology

    KAIST · UVR Lab

  2. 2023 — 2025

    M.S. in Culture Technology

    KAIST · UVR Lab

  3. 2018 — 2023

    B.S. in Software

    Kwangwoon University

    Major in System Software · GPA 4.23 / 4.5

Research experience

  1. Jun — Aug 2026

    Monash University

    Visiting Researcher · Embodied Visualisation Group

    Host: Prof. Tim Dwyer

    Immersive analytics and AR/VR data visualisation.

  2. Jan — Feb 2022

    ETRI · VR/AR Content Lab

    Winter Research Intern

    AR test program development for traditional buildings in the H-BIM project.

Awards & Scholarships

2024

Best Conference Paper Award · 1st PrizeIEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality

2024

Outstanding Paper AwardKorean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers

2023

2nd Place · Metaverse Developer ContestK-METAWatch demo ↓

2023 —

Government ScholarshipFully funded M.S. and Ph.D. studies at KAIST

Teaching KAIST

  • Spring 2026
    3D Interaction Design

    GCT555

  • Fall 2025
    Fall 2026
    Augmented Reality Project

    GCT600 / MV600

In my toolkit

Unity · C# · C++ · Swift · Python · Xcode · Figma

Projects

Research Projects & Funding

2026Selected

Doctoral Research Grant박사과정생연구장려금지원

AI-Driven Learner-Adaptive Spatial Experience Playback Framework in AR/VR Environments

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

Apr 2024 — Present

MetaObject

Participating researcher

Adaptive guidance for meta-object experiences using user context, task structure, and interaction data.

Mar — Dec 2023

Dynamic Digital Twin for XR Collaboration

Participating researcher

Independent Projects

Dahaja app icon

Solo project · iOS app

Dahaja 다하자

A personal bucket list app, independently built and launched on the App Store.

  • Product planning
  • UI/UX design
  • iOS development
  • App Store launch

65,000+downloadsAs of Oct. 2026