Situated Reality Lab at HKU
Run Run Shaw Building at HKU
People @ SiR

Different minds. Shared reality.

We are a growing team of researchers across HCI, XR, AI, robotics and systems engineering.

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Lab members

Meet the team.

Wanting Dong

PhD · 2026–present

Wanting Dong

MEng from PKU 🇨🇳

Qingyu Hu

PhD · 2026–present

Qingyu Hu

MA from Tsinghua 🇨🇳

Bo Hui

PhD · 2026–present

Bo Hui

MSc from HKU 🇭🇰

Xiang Li

PI & Director

Xiang Li

PhD from Cambridge 🇬🇧

Tinghui Li

Post-doc

Tinghui Li

PhD from Univ of Sydney 🇦🇺

Jian Luo

RA · 2026–present

Jian Luo

MPhil from HKUST(GZ) 🇨🇳

Haoyang Wu

RA · 2026–present

Haoyang Wu

MPhil from Cambridge 🇬🇧

Zheming Yin

PhD · 2026–present

Zheming Yin

MSc from Univ of Stuttgart 🇩🇪

HKU Main Building courtyard
Collaboration

Good research travels.

SiR collaborates with leading universities and research communities worldwide, across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Our ambitions also extend beyond academic publication: through ongoing relationships with global technology companies—including Google, Sony, Snap and Adobe, among others—we create pathways between research, industry and real-world impact. We warmly welcome new academic and industry partnerships.

Alumni & previous mentees

Where they went next.

  • 2025–2026 · Taylor Hopes
  • 2024–2025 · Wei He → PhD, HKUST(GZ)
  • 2024–2025 · Shan Jin → PhD, University of Cambridge
  • 2024–2025 · Hanbing Wang → PhD, Tsinghua University
  • 2023–2024 · Jindu Wang → PhD, HKUST
  • 2022–2024 · Yuzheng Chen → PhD, Lancaster University
  • 2020–2021 · Xiaohang Tang → PhD, Virginia Tech
The University of Hong KongFaculty of EngineeringDepartment of Data and Systems EngineeringSituated Reality Lab