Bokyung Lee Lab

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.

→ Research Areas → Research Methods → join us

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 To view unpublished ongoing projects, please feel free to contact us.

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.

Designing a Multi-Agent Occupant Simulation System To Support Facility Planning And Analysis For COVID-19

We propose OccSim, a system that automatically generates occupancy behaviours in a 3D model of a building and helps users analyze the potential effect of virus transmission from a large-scale and longitudinal perspective.

An Empirical Study of How Socio-Spatial Formations are influenced by Interior Elements and Displays in an Office Context

To better understand how workplace design shapes social interactions, we ran an empirical study in an office context over a two week period. Based on the data, we discuss dynamics of socio-spatial formations and how this knowledge can support social interactions in the domain of space design systems and interactive interiors.

Socio-Spatial Comfort: Using Vision-based Analysis to Inform User-Centred Human-Building Interactions

We investigated how office interior layouts influence the way we socially experience office buildings. Using the real-world vision data, we propose the concepts of socio-spatial comfort: social buffers, privacy buffers, and varying proxemics to inform a user-centered way of designing human building interactions and architecture.

→ View All Projects

Are you interested in joining our lab?

Explore more about our research vision, key interests, frequently used methodologies, and application process. We welcome highly motivated students eager to innovate and shape the future through design and technology. :)

→ Our Research Areas → Research Methods → Join Us → FAQ