Bokyung Lee Lab

Convergence

Design

Lab

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) & UX Research

within the Paradigm of New Digital-Physical Convergence

How can we design digital intelligence more seamlessly to our physcial world that we are living in? If you are interested in designing new XR & AI services for our better lives, join our lab to shape the future!

Convergence Design Lab은 디지털 인텔리전스와 물리적 환경의 경계를 연결하는 사용자 경험(UX)을 탐구하는 연구실입니다. 본 연구실은 ‘인간-컴퓨터 상호작용(HCI)‘과 ‘인터랙션 디자인’ 관점을 바탕으로, 교육, 문화 예술, 창의력 지원 도구, 스마트홈 등 다양한 분야에서의 AI·XR 기술의 가능성과 가치를 탐색하고, 이를 바탕으로 혁신적인 UX 및 시스템 디자인 솔루션을 제안합니다.

About Our Lab

Welcome to Convergence Design Lab—a creative hub dedicated to shaping the future of Digital-Physical Convergence (XR) and Artifical Intelligence (AI)! As cutting-edge technologies such as XR, VR, AR, and AI become integral to our daily lives, our mission is to explore how can we merge these digital intelligency into our everyday lives more seamlessly and innovatively.

Our lab bring together interdisciplinary perspectives, grounded in core expertise in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Interactive System Design. Our research recently focuses on planning and designing novel XR/AI interactions, systems, and applications across a wide range of domains — including education, museums, art & culture, work productivity, creativity support, smart homes, novel metaverse platforms, digital twins, spatial marketing, and more.

We employ diverse research approaches, including User-Centered Design (UCD), Research-through-Design (RtD), and System Development with rigorous Evaluations. Feel free to contact us if interested in similar research areas and approaches.

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Active Projects (2025~)

- Development of Creator-enhanced Interactions for Convergence Museums with XR & AI Technology (NRF)
- AI Music Generation based on the Artwork Perception and Embodied Appreciation (NRF)
- Designing Interactions for Embodied Knowledge Sharing Platform through Agent-based Digital Humans (NRF)
- Spatial Sensory Interactions with Gen AI in XR for enhanced Learning and Touring (Yonsei)
- Restrictive Embodied Interacitons in Physical-Digital Logging (NRF)
- **New Interfaces for Sustainable LLM AI **

RECENT PROJECTS

Here you can see our 6 most recent published projects. Click the ‘View All Projects’ button to discover all the other projects we’ve completed. To view unpublished ongoing projects, please feel free to contact us.

Designatomy: Technology-Driven Rapid Ideation Pedagogy for Tech-Novice Design Students

This paper envisions generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and eXtended Reality (XR) as means to better novices in adopting dual roles as designers and users while personalizing 3D products. A generative design study with 24 paçrticipants in their homes examined how novices think and act while designing personal products.

User-Centered Investigation of Generative AI and XR Interactions in 3D Product Design Tools

This paper envisions generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and eXtended Reality (XR) as means to better novices in adopting dual roles as designers and users while personalizing 3D products. A generative design study with 24 participants in their homes examined how novices think and act while designing personal products.

Exploring the Next Phase of Situated and Interactive Docents for XR Exhibitions: From the Perspective of Knowledge Delivery

This study investigates how XR interactions enhance museum knowledge delivery by analyzing 737 exhibit commentaries, interviewing curators to identify communication challenges, and proposing XR design strategies that incorporate situated visualization, spatio-temporal interaction, and participatory embodiment for richer visitor experiences.

Investigating Work Companion Robot Interactions to Enhance Work-from-Home Productivity and Experience

This study proposes a desktop robot companion, Roby, that monitors workers’ behaviors to provide real-time interactive feedback to increase productivity and to enhance the WFH experience.

Everyday Objects in VR Shape Exploration Tools for Novice Artists - A way to Support Geometry Shaping Process for Non-professionals

ShapeloreVR is proposed, which utilizes everyday objects and basic primitives in a VR design playground so that non-experts can quickly interact with, merge, modify, and generate desired 3D shapes while brainstorming.

Generative design for COVID-19 and future pathogens using stochastic multi-agent simulation

We propose a generative design workflow that integrates a stochastic multi-agent simulation with the intent of helping building designers reduce the risk posed by COVID-19 and future pathogens.

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