2nd Workshop on Archaeology and
Cultural Heritage through XR (ARCHERIX)

Date: 2026-03-21 or 22 (TBC) • Location: Daegu, Republic of Korea

Following the successful accomplishments of the 1st ARCHERIX workshop, this year's 2nd workshop explores rigorous methodologies for integrating multimodal information in digital heritage reconstruction. While virtual reconstructions have achieved notable progress in visual fidelity, the preservation of historical environments requires a holistic framework encompassing spatial acoustics, haptic materiality, and atmospheric context. Current XR pipelines often treat these modalities separately, leading to perceptual incongruence and loss of authenticity. This interdisciplinary workshop brings together researchers in computer graphics, spatial audio, haptics, and human–computer interaction to discuss engineering and methodological strategies for perceptually coherent, multisensory digital heritage experiences. 

To foster active collaboration, the program includes technical presentations, a hands-on demo session, and a moderated roundtable to identify technical bottlenecks in current heritage pipelines.

Authors of accepted submissions will act as the primary panelists for the roundtable discussion, ensuring the debate is grounded in rigorous, peer-reviewed research. We welcome submissions of Research Papers presenting novel methodologies, or Position Papers. Selection will be based on the technical rigor and relevance of the work. Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Digital Library.

REGISTRATION

The workshop is free but needs registration. The workshop registration site is under construction.


CALL FOR PAPER

drive.google.com/file/d/15YCa6HiZ6JqdBrsgoaNDR0sJsar8xrzX/view?usp=sharing 

TOPICS OF INTEREST

We solicit research papers, position papers, and case studies addressing the following themes:

• Multimodal Data Acquisition: Methods for the concurrent acquisition and spatiotemporal alignment of visual, auditory, and haptic data.

• System Architecture: Frameworks for interoperability between graphics engines, audio middleware, and haptic controllers.

• Sensory Simulation: Advances in real-time multimodal simulation and physics-based interaction rendering of historical artifacts.

• Perception-Informed Methodologies: Research utilizing human-in-the-loop optimizations (e.g., cross-modal masking) to enhance reconstruction efficiency.

• User Experience and Validation: Novel psychophysical metrics for quantifying ”historical plausibility” and presence in multimodal environments.

• Standardization: Proposals for unified data structures and preservation formats for multimodal assets.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All submissions must be in English and formatted using the IEEE Computer Society VGTC conference format.

• Submission Types: Research Papers or Position Papers.

• Format: PDF file up to 6 pages long, plus 1 page for references following the IEEE TGVC template (Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings | IEEE ) .

• Review Process: Submissions will be reviewed by an international program committee.

• Proceedings: Authors can choose to submit the paper for inclusion in the IEEE Digital Library with full registration for the IEEE VR 2026 Conference. 

• Submission Portal: https://new.precisionconference.com/vr 

  • You first sign up for the IEEE conference site (precisionconference.com) and submit your paper to
    VR / IEEE VR 2026 / ARCHERIX as the image below.

• Camera-ready version: must incorporate reviewer revisions and copyright info as instructed.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission Deadline: January 9, 2026 (AoE)

• Notification of Acceptance: January 20, 2026 (AoE)

• Camera-Ready Deadline: January 30 (or before* (please see the message from publication chair below)), 2026 (AoE)

*Message from publication chair

"Please make sure your camera-ready deadline is on or before January 30, 2026, and that the papers are up to 6 pages long, plus 1 page for references. Later this year, we will send instructions for the camera-ready papers."

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS

• Sungyoung Kim (KAIST),

• Hyeseung Shim (Hong Kong Shue Yan University),

• Douglas Pritchard (Robert Gordon University),

• Eugene Ch’ng (Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University),

• Sang Ho Yoon (KAIST),

• Ronan Gaugne (University of Rennes),

• Kyung Taek Oh (KAIST).