Jonghyun Kim

Sr. Research Scientist

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Education

Seoul National University
Doctor of Philosophy - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advised by Prof. Byoungho Lee
Mar 2011 - Feb 2017
Seoul National University
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Mar 2007 - Feb 2011

Employment

NVIDIA
Sr. Research Scientist
Aug 2017 - Present
Santa Clara, USA
Stanford University
Visiting Scholar at Computational Imaging lab (Prof. Gordon Wetzstein)
Nov 2019 - Nov 2022
Stanford, USA

Selected Publications

Real-time 3D Visualization of Radiance Fields on Light Field Displays
J. Kim, C. Sun, M. Stengel, M. Chan, A. Russell, J. Jung, W. Braithwaite, S. De Mello, D. Luebke
Real-time radiance field visualization on light field displays achieving 200+ FPS at 512p across 45 views for seamless 3D interaction.
arXiv preprint, 2025
AI 3D Selfie: Real-time Single-Image 3D Face Reconstruction for Light Field Displays
J. Kim, M. Stengel, M. Chan, K. Nagano, S. De Mello, D. Luebke
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.
SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, 2025
Full-colour 3D holographic augmented-reality displays with metasurface waveguides
M. Gopakumar, G. Lee, S. Choi, B. Chao, Y. Peng, J. Kim, G. Wetzstein
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.
Nature, 2024
Large Étendue 3D Holographic Display with Content-adpative Dynamic Fourier Modulation
B. Chao, M. Gopakumar, S. Choi, J. Kim, L. Shi, G. Wetzstein
A large étendue 3D holographic display system with content-adaptive dynamic Fourier modulation.
SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Papers, 2024
AI-Mediated 3D Video Conferencing
M. Stengel, K. Nagano, C. Liu, M. Chan, A. Trevithick, S. De Mello, J. Kim, D. Luebke, A. Mazumdar, S. Wang, M. Jaiswal
AI-mediated system for 3D video conferencing applications.
SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, 2023
Holographic Glasses for Virtual Reality
J. Kim, M. Gopakumar, S. Choi, Y. Peng, W. Lopes, G. Wetzstein
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.
SIGGRAPH Technical Papers, 2022
Time-multiplexed Neural Holography: A Flexible Framework for Holographic Near-eye Displays with Fast Heavily-quantized Spatial Light Modulators
S. Choi, M. Gopakumar, Y. Peng, J. Kim, M. O'Toole, G. Wetzstein
A flexible framework for holographic displays that enables fast frame rates with heavily quantized spatial light modulators.
SIGGRAPH Technical Papers, 2022
Unfiltered holography: optimizing high diffraction orders without optical filtering for compact holographic displays
M. Gopakumar, J. Kim, S. Choi, Y. Peng, G. Wetzstein
Optimization of high diffraction orders without optical filtering for compact holographic displays.
Optics Letters, 2021
Speckle-free holography with partially coherent light sources and camera-in-the-loop calibration
Y. Peng, S. Choi, J. Kim, G. Wetzstein
Achieving unprecedented holographic image quality with better computation using camera-in-the-loop training.
Science Advances, 2021
Neural 3D Holography: Learning Accurate Wave Propagation Models for 3D Holographic Virtual and Augmented Reality Displays
S. Choi, M. Gopakumar, Y. Peng, J. Kim, G. Wetzstein
Learning accurate wave propagation models for 3D holographic displays using neural networks.
SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Papers, 2021
Optimizing image quality for holographic near-eye displays with Michelson Holography
S. Choi, J. Kim, Y. Peng, G. Wetzstein
Optimizing image quality for holographic near-eye displays using Michelson holography techniques.
Optica, 2021
Prescription AR: a fully-customized prescription-embedded augmented reality display
J. Wu, J. Kim
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.
Optics Express, 2020
Neural holography
Y. Peng, S. Choi, J. Kim, G. Wetzstein
Neural holography approach for computer-generated holographic displays with camera-in-the-loop training.
SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, 2020
Foveated AR: Dynamically-Foveated Augmented Reality Display
J. Kim, Y. Jeong, M. Stengel, K. Akşit, R. Albert, B. Boudaoud, T. Greer, J. Kim, W. Lopes, Z. Majercik, P. Shirley, J. Spjut, M. McGuire, D. Luebke
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).
SIGGRAPH Technical Papers, 2019
Matching Prescription & Visual Acuity: Towards AR for Humans
J. Kim, J. Wu, Y. Jeong, M. Stengel, K. Akşit, R. Albert, B. Boudaoud, T. Greer, J. Kim, W. Lopes, Z. Majercik, P. Shirley, J. Spjut, M. McGuire, D. Luebke
Matching prescription and visual acuity for augmented reality displays. Best in Show Award winner.
SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, 2019
See-through optical combiner for augmented reality head-mounted display: index-matched anisotropic crystal lens
J. Hong, C. Lee, S. Lee, B. Lee, D. Yoo, C. Jang, J. Kim, Y. Jeong, B. Lee
See-through optical combiner design using index-matched anisotropic crystal lens for AR head-mounted displays.
Scientific Reports, 2017
Near-eye varifocal augmented reality display using see-through screens
K. Akşit, W. Lopes, J. Kim, P. Shirley, D. Luebke
Near-eye varifocal augmented reality display system using see-through screens.
SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Papers, 2017
Mixed-primary factorization for dual-frame computational displays
F. Huang, D. Pajak, J. Kim, J. Kautz, D. Luebke
Mixed-primary factorization technique for dual-frame computational displays.
SIGGRAPH Technical Papers, 2017
Varifocal Virtuality: A Novel Optical Layout for Near-eye Display
K. Akşit, W. Lopes, J. Kim, P. Shirley, D. Luebke
A novel optical layout for near-eye varifocal display technology.
SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, 2017
Retinal 3D: augmented reality near-eye display via pupil-tracked light field projection on retina
C. Jang, K. Bang, S. Moon, J. Kim, S. Lee, B. Lee
Retinal 3D provides virtual images with focus cues by generating a localized light field around the pupil position with real-time eye-tracking.
SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Papers, 2017
Signal enhanced holographic fluorescence microscopy with guide-star reconstruction
C. Jang, D. Clark, J. Kim, B. Lee, M. Kim
Signal enhanced guide-star reconstruction method for holographic fluorescence microscopy using incoherent digital holography.
Biomedical Optics Express, 2016
F-number matching method in light field microscopy using an elastic micro lens array
J. Kim, Y. Jeong, H. Kim, C. Lee, B. Lee, J. Hong, Y. Kim, Y. Hong, S. Lee, B. Lee
F-number matching method for light field microscopy using elastic micro lens arrays to improve optical performance.
Optics Letters, 2016
Dual-dimensional microscopy: real-time in vivo three-dimensional observation method using high-resolution light-field microscopy and light-field display
J. Kim, S. Moon, Y. Jeong, C. Jang, Y. Kim, B. Lee
Real-time in vivo 3D observation method combining high-resolution light-field microscopy with light-field display technology.
Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2018
New stereoacuity test using a 3-dimensional display system in children
S. Han, H. Yang, J. Kim, K. Hong, B. Lee, J. Hwang
Novel stereoacuity testing method using 3D display systems for pediatric clinical applications.
PLoS One, 2015
Glasses-free randot stereotest
J. Kim, J. Hong, K. Hong, H. Yang, S. Han, J. Hwang, B. Lee
A glasses-free stereoacuity test using 3D display technology for clinical applications.
Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2015
Crosstalk-reduced dual-mode mobile 3D display
J. Kim, C. Lee, Y. Jeong, C. Jang, J. Hong, W. Lee, Y. Shin, J. Yoon, B. Lee
A dual-mode mobile 3D display system with reduced crosstalk for improved viewing experience.
Journal of Display Technology, 2015
Real-time integral imaging system for light field microscopy
J. Kim, J. Jung, Y. Jeong, K. Hong, B. Lee
Real-time integral imaging system for light field microscopy applications with enhanced temporal resolution.
Optics Express, 2014
Liquid crystal-based square lens array with tunable focal length
J. Kim, J. Kim, J. Na, B. Lee, S. Lee
Tunable focal length liquid crystal lens array for adaptive optical applications.
Optics Express, 2014
Resolution enhancement of holographic printer using a hogel overlapping method
K. Hong, S. Park, J. Yeom, J. Kim, N. Chen, K. Pyun, C. Choi, S. Kim, J. An, H. Lee, U. Chung, B. Lee
Hogel overlapping method for holographic printers to enhance lateral resolution using volume hologram multiplexing properties.
Optics Express, 2013
Real-time capturing and 3D visualization method based on integral imaging
J. Kim, J. Jung, C. Jang, B. Lee
Real-time capturing and 3D visualization system using integral imaging for dynamic scene reconstruction.
Optics Express, 2013
A full-color anaglyph three-dimensional display system using active color filter glasses
J. Kim, Y. Kim, J. Hong, G. Park, K. Hong, S. Min, B. Lee
Full-color anaglyph 3D display system with active color filter glasses for enhanced viewing experience.
Journal of Information Display, 2011