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Omar A. Khan

Doctoral Student in Computer Science

About Me

I am a PhD student at the Drexel College of Computing and Informatics, where I am advised by Dr. Tiffany Do in the DIVA Lab. My research is in embodiment of avatars in extended reality (VR/AR).

I received my Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with First-Class Honours at the University of Calgary in Spring 2025. Throughout my time there as an undergad, I was a part of the HXI Lab, where I did research in avatars under the supervision of Dr. Kangsoo Kim.

See my publications below. Work which I am particularly proud of is highlighted in purple.

Conference and Journal Publications

Gorilla and human avatars.

🏅Honourable Mention for Best Paper Award (Top 3%)

Impact of Avatar-Locomotion Congruence on User Experience and Identification in Virtual Reality

Omar Khan, Hyeongil Nam, Kangsoo Kim

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), vol. xx, no. xx, pp. xx-xx, 2025.

Acceptance rate: 8%, JCR IF-2024: 6.5.

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Workshop Papers and Posters

An illustration depicting our concept of TangibleMoments: the user uses a sticker to embed an XR memory of playing a video game on the controller, then re-experiences the memory at a later time.

TangibleMoments: Embedding XR Memories onto Physical Objects

Omar Khan, Zaid Ahmed, Hyeongil Nam, Kangsoo Kim

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (IEEE VRW): 1st International Workshop on Spatial Memory in XR (XRMemory), 2025, pp. 1147–1153.

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A symbol-based guide cue and virtual human guide cue.

Investigating Visual Guide Cues in VR: Impacts of Virtual Humans and Symbol-Based Navigation on Real-World Performance and Experience

Omar Khan, Anh Nguyen, Hyeongil Nam, Kangsoo Kim

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (IEEE VRW): 1st International Workshop on Real and Virtual Spaces Influences (ReViSI), 2025, pp. 504–509.

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Four avatar-locomotion combinations.

“I look like a gorilla, but don’t move like one!”: Impact of Avatar-Locomotion Congruence in Virtual Reality

Omar Khan, Hyeongil Nam, Kangsoo Kim

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (IEEE VRW), 2025, pp. 1202–1203.

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Virtual Human and Symbol-based Guide Cue in a digitally reconstructed campus building.

Exploring the Impact of Virtual Human and Symbol-Based Guide Cues in Immersive VR on Real-World Navigation Experience

Omar Khan, Anh Nguyen, Michael Francis, Kangsoo Kim

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (IEEE VRW), 2024, pp. 883–884.

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