Hello, I'm Jonghyun Kim

I am a Sr. Research Scientist at NVIDIA working on near-eye displays and holographic displays for AR/VR applications. I was previously a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University in the Computational Imaging lab with Prof. Gordon Wetzstein.

I received my Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Seoul National University in 2017 where I was advised by Prof. Byoungho Lee, and my Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University in 2011.

My research interests include Near-eye Displays, Holographic Displays, Light Field Displays, and Computational Displays.


Selected Publications

Real-time 3D Visualization of Radiance Fields on Light Field Displays

Real-time 3D Visualization of Radiance Fields on Light Field Displays

arXiv preprint, 2025

Real-time radiance field visualization on light field displays achieving 200+ FPS at 512p across 45 views for seamless 3D interaction.

AI 3D Selfie: Real-time Single-Image 3D Face Reconstruction for Light Field Displays

SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, 2025

A system that enables users to capture their facial images using a single 2D camera and visualize them in 3D in real time using triplane-based NeRF encoder and fast volumetric rendering on light field displays.

Full-colour 3D holographic augmented-reality displays with metasurface waveguides

Nature, 2024

A near-eye display design that pairs inverse-designed metasurface waveguides with AI-driven holographic displays to enable full-colour 3D augmented reality from a compact glasses-like form factor.

Large Étendue 3D Holographic Display with Content-adpative Dynamic Fourier Modulation

SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Papers, 2024

A large étendue 3D holographic display system with content-adaptive dynamic Fourier modulation.

AI-Mediated 3D Video Conferencing

SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, 2023

AI-mediated system for 3D video conferencing applications.

Holographic Glasses for Virtual Reality

SIGGRAPH Technical Papers, 2022

Holographic Glasses is a holographic near-eye display system with an eyeglasses-like form factor for virtual reality. The proposed design can deliver full-color 3D holographic images using an optical stack of 2.5 mm thickness.

Time-multiplexed Neural Holography: A Flexible Framework for Holographic Near-eye Displays with Fast Heavily-quantized Spatial Light Modulators

SIGGRAPH Technical Papers, 2022

A flexible framework for holographic displays that enables fast frame rates with heavily quantized spatial light modulators.

Unfiltered holography: optimizing high diffraction orders without optical filtering for compact holographic displays

Optics Letters, 2021

Optimization of high diffraction orders without optical filtering for compact holographic displays.

Speckle-free holography with partially coherent light sources and camera-in-the-loop calibration

Science Advances, 2021

Achieving unprecedented holographic image quality with better computation using camera-in-the-loop training.

Neural 3D Holography: Learning Accurate Wave Propagation Models for 3D Holographic Virtual and Augmented Reality Displays

SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Papers, 2021

Learning accurate wave propagation models for 3D holographic displays using neural networks.

Optimizing image quality for holographic near-eye displays with Michelson Holography

Optica, 2021

Optimizing image quality for holographic near-eye displays using Michelson holography techniques.

Prescription AR: a fully-customized prescription-embedded augmented reality display

Jui-Yi Wu, Jonghyun Kim
Optics Express, 2020

A fully-customized AR display design that considers the user's prescription, interpupillary distance, and taste of fashion. A free-form image combiner embedded inside the prescription lens provides augmented images.

Neural holography

SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, 2020

Neural holography approach for computer-generated holographic displays with camera-in-the-loop training.

Foveated AR: Dynamically-Foveated Augmented Reality Display

SIGGRAPH Technical Papers, 2019

AR display system that advances the state of the art for simultaneous wide FOV (100° diagonal), compact form factor, high foveal resolution (60 cpd), variable focus display and rendering, and large eyebox (12 mm × 8 mm).

Matching Prescription & Visual Acuity: Towards AR for Humans

SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, 2019

Matching prescription and visual acuity for augmented reality displays. Best in Show Award winner.

See-through optical combiner for augmented reality head-mounted display: index-matched anisotropic crystal lens

Scientific Reports, 2017

See-through optical combiner design using index-matched anisotropic crystal lens for AR head-mounted displays.

Near-eye varifocal augmented reality display using see-through screens

SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Papers, 2017

Near-eye varifocal augmented reality display system using see-through screens.

Mixed-primary factorization for dual-frame computational displays

SIGGRAPH Technical Papers, 2017

Mixed-primary factorization technique for dual-frame computational displays.

Varifocal Virtuality: A Novel Optical Layout for Near-eye Display

SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, 2017

A novel optical layout for near-eye varifocal display technology.

Retinal 3D: augmented reality near-eye display via pupil-tracked light field projection on retina

SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Papers, 2017

Retinal 3D provides virtual images with focus cues by generating a localized light field around the pupil position with real-time eye-tracking.

Signal enhanced holographic fluorescence microscopy with guide-star reconstruction

Biomedical Optics Express, 2016

Signal enhanced guide-star reconstruction method for holographic fluorescence microscopy using incoherent digital holography.

F-number matching method in light field microscopy using an elastic micro lens array

Optics Letters, 2016

F-number matching method for light field microscopy using elastic micro lens arrays to improve optical performance.

Dual-dimensional microscopy: real-time in vivo three-dimensional observation method using high-resolution light-field microscopy and light-field display

Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2018

Real-time in vivo 3D observation method combining high-resolution light-field microscopy with light-field display technology.

New stereoacuity test using a 3-dimensional display system in children

PLoS One, 2015

Novel stereoacuity testing method using 3D display systems for pediatric clinical applications.

Glasses-free randot stereotest

Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2015

A glasses-free stereoacuity test using 3D display technology for clinical applications.

Crosstalk-reduced dual-mode mobile 3D display

Journal of Display Technology, 2015

A dual-mode mobile 3D display system with reduced crosstalk for improved viewing experience.

Real-time integral imaging system for light field microscopy

Optics Express, 2014

Real-time integral imaging system for light field microscopy applications with enhanced temporal resolution.

Liquid crystal-based square lens array with tunable focal length

Optics Express, 2014

Tunable focal length liquid crystal lens array for adaptive optical applications.

Resolution enhancement of holographic printer using a hogel overlapping method

Optics Express, 2013

Hogel overlapping method for holographic printers to enhance lateral resolution using volume hologram multiplexing properties.

Real-time capturing and 3D visualization method based on integral imaging

Optics Express, 2013

Real-time capturing and 3D visualization system using integral imaging for dynamic scene reconstruction.

A full-color anaglyph three-dimensional display system using active color filter glasses

Journal of Information Display, 2011

Full-color anaglyph 3D display system with active color filter glasses for enhanced viewing experience.