Lingrong Kong

Ph.D. Candidate · Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering (2018). M.Eng. in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems (IMIS) from the University of Tsukuba (2022). After briefly enrolling in the Empowerment Informatics doctoral program at Tsukuba, joined the Information Somatics Laboratory (稲見・門内研究室) at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, in October 2022 to pursue a Ph.D.

Research interests: Embodied HCI, VR / AR, Robotics, and Machine Learning.

— Projects

AdaptiveFly →

A bio-congruent embodied 3D flight technique that adaptively couples head rotation to yaw control based on flight speed, supporting both free visual exploration and intuitive steering.

2026VR · Embodiment

MoHeat Evo ↗

A headphone-style wearable that delivers warm–cool thermal sensations synchronized with audio, using visible-light LED heating and non-contact ethanol-mist cooling. With Suntory Global Innovation Center.

2026CES · Wearable

Syn-Leap ↗

A symmetric wearable telepresence system that lets multiple users mutually share their outdoor surroundings through 360° video, audio, and AR glasses while walking across distant locations.

2023MUM · Telepresence

Drone hovering over field with target diseased crop marked

Diseased Crop AR →

An AR + drone assistance system for farmers. RTK-GNSS aerial photos from a drone locate diseased crops; a mobile AR app then overlays in-field guidance to find and remove them.

2021GCCE · AR · Drone

— Papers

2026

[1]

AdaptiveFly: Bio-Congruent Adaptation for Embodied 3D Locomotion

L. Kong, A. Dechaux, M. Yoshida, H. Asahi, J. Xu, G. Ganesh, and M. Inami

Augmented Humans International Conference (AHs), 2026

doi

2023

[2]

CS-lol: A Dataset of Viewer Comment with Scene in E-sports Live-streaming

J. H. Xu, Y. Nakano, L. Kong, and K. Iizuka

ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR), 2023

doi arxiv

[3]

Design and Field Study of Syn-Leap: A Symmetric Telepresence System for Immersion Switching and Walking Across Multiple Locations

T. Yazaki, Y. Watanabe, L. Kong, and M. Inami

International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM), 2023

doi project

2021

[4]

Diseased Crop Removal Assistance System Using Augmented Reality and Drones

L. Kong, H. Zhang, and H. Nobuhara

IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE), 2021

doi project

— Demos

2025

[1]

AdaptiveFly: Achieving Transparent Control via Bio-Congruent Adaptation for Embodied 3D Locomotion

L. Kong, A. Dechaux, M. Yoshida, H. Asahi, G. Gowrishankar, and M. Inami

WISS 2025 (Demo)

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— Talks & Workshops

2023

[1]

Investigating Possibilities of Human-Drone Interaction by Augmented Reality

L. Kong, H. Zhang, and M. Inami

Human Augmentation Workshop, Fukuyama, Japan, May 2023 (Poster, Non-peer-reviewed)

2021

[2]

拡張現実とドローンによる病害作物除去支援システム

孔令栄, 神田大悟, 張鶴鳴, 延原肇(筑波大学)

第79回知能システム研究会(SIC2021-1), 2021年7月3日, オンライン(口頭発表, 非査読)

— Awards

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Doctoral Student Special Incentives Program

Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

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Full Ph.D. Fellowship

University of Tsukuba