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I am a 4th year honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) student in Computer Science at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. I am also a research assistant with Dr. Kangsoo Kim in the Human-X-Interaction Lab.
In Summer 2024, I received the Alberta Innovates Summer Research Studentship Award. My project was about the congruence of avatar appearance and locomotion method in VR (publication pending).
In Summer 2023, I received the NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award. My project explored using Agents in VR to improve real-world route learning. The results were presented as a poster at IEEE VR 2024 in Orlando, USA.
I expect to graduate in Spring 2025 and I am currently looking for PhD openings in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Agents and Avatars, and Human-Computer Interaction. My CV is attached at the bottom of this webpage.
As for my life outside of research, I enjoy hiking in the rockies, going fishing, reading manga, and playing video games.
[Poster]
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, and Kangsoo Kim
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (IEEE VRW), 2024, pp. 883–884.
Email (omar.khan2[at]ucalgary.ca)
Discord (username: duppy03)
YouTube (a compilation of stuff I made)