Facts
- Announced
- the world's first extended reality platform for webtoons · 2026-08-05
- Noted
- open-source system · 2026-08-05
- Noted
- lets users place 3D characters, speech bubbles, and sound effects in physical spaces using Meta Quest Pro · 2026-08-05
- Noted
- moves webtoons off the smartphone screen into physical space · 2026-08-05
- Noted
- eye-tracking dialogue reveals and haptic feedback · 2026-08-05
- Noted
- presented at DIS 2026 · 2026-08-05
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Aug 5
KAIST researchers announced on July 21 they developed ComiXR, which they call the world's first extended reality platform for webtoons. The open-source system, led by Ian Oakley, lets users place 3D characters, speech bubbles, and sound effects in physical spaces using Meta Quest Pro. The findings were presented at DIS 2026.