ARCHERIX: 2nd Workshop on Archaeology and Cultural Heritage through XR

IEEE VR 2026 Workshop
Daegu, Republic of Korea

Date: March 21, 2026 (Saturday) | Time: 08:30-12:30 | Location: EXCO Conference Room 323B, 10 Exco-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu, Republic of Korea

Following the successful accomplishments of the 1st ARCHERIX workshop, this year's 2nd workshop explores methodologies and practices for integrating multimodal information into digital heritage representation within virtual environments. While virtual heritage reconstruction research has achieved notable progress in visual fidelity, the representation 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 a diminished capacity to communicate cultural heritage values and their integrity. This interdisciplinary workshop brings together researchers in digital heritage, computer graphics, spatial audio, haptics, and human–computer interaction to discuss engineering and methodological strategies for designing immersive, multisensory digital heritage experiences.

To foster active collaboration, the programme includes technical presentations, a hands-on demo session, and a moderated roundtable to identify technical bottlenecks in current interpretation and presentation workflows and technical development. In doing so, the workshop seeks to facilitate a paradigm shift – moving from modality-driven XR production toward integrated, heritage-centred, and experience-orientated approaches that better address the complex, multidimensional nature of cultural heritage.

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 presenting ongoing projects, theoretical challenges, and future directions. 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.

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION

Registration is mandatory to attend the workshop. Please follow the IEEE VR 2026 Registration Page to sign up.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

ARCHERIX will be organised as a half-day workshop (4 hours) on March 21 (08:30-12:30) at IEEE VR 2026.

08:30 - 08:50 | Opening & Meetup [20 min]
- Coffee and donuts

08:50 - 09:50 | Keynote Sessions (Chair: Hyeseung Shim)
- 08:50 - 09:20 | Keynote 1 [30 min]
  - Speaker: Douglas Pritchard (Robert Gordon University)
- 09:20 - 09:50 | Keynote 2 [30 min]
  - Speaker: Eugene Ch’ng (Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University)

09:50 - 10:20 | Technical Paper Presentation I (Chair: Hyeseung Shim) [15 min each]
- 09:50 - 10:05
  - - A Study of the Onsite H-BIM Prototyping of Korean Traditional Wooden Architecture
    - Authors: Sunghyun Kim, Changmin Shin, Ji Hyung Lee
- 10:05 - 10:20
  - - Does AI’s Personality Matter? Comparing Verbally Extraverted and Introverted AI-Driven Guides in a VR Museum Experience
    - Authors: Yuhan Ji, Eugene Ch'ng, Dingtao Huang, Qiaoyu Hu, Yancheng Peng

10:20 - 10:35 | Break [15 min]

10:35 - 11:50 | Technical Paper Presentation II (Chair: Sungyoung Kim) [15 min each]
- 10:35 - 10:50
  - - Nevis Digital Twin: Photogrammetry and Immersive Visualization of Historical Sites
    - Authors: Alex Apffel, Huy Tran, Vuthea Chheang
- 10:50 - 11:05
  - - Heritage Soundscape and Experiential Sense-of-Place Design in Virtual Reality Towards Heritage Interpretation
    - Authors: Hyeseung Shim, Sungyoung Kim, Kyung Taek Oh
- 11:05 - 11:20
  - - A Multi-Resolution Pipeline for High-Fidelity Coastal Terrain Reconstruction for XR from Heterogeneous Geospatial Data
    - Authors: Yuen C. Law, Lucca Troll, Daniel Zielasko
- 11:20 - 11:35
  - - Exploring Submerged Cultural Heritage in VR through Hand-based Multimodal Haptic Interaction
    - Authors: Soyeong Yang, Sang Ho Yoon
- 11:35 - 11:50
  - - Digital Archiving of Sound Source Heritage by Acoustical Holography
    - Authors: Wan-Ho Cho, In-Jee Jung

11:50 - 12:20 | Interactive Discussion Panel (Chair: Eugene Ch’ng) [30 min]

12:20 - 12:30 | Closing Synthesis [10 min]

Note: The schedule is subject to change as the workshop date approaches.

POST-WORKSHOP NETWORKING LUNCH & CULTURAL VISIT (OPTIONAL)

After the workshop, a light networking lunch (brown bag lunch) and a cultural visit will be arranged in the afternoon for participants who wish to join. The cultural visit is expected to last approximately three hours and will include stops at notable local museums.

Schedule of Events:

12:30 - 13:30 | Networking Lunch (Brown Bag)
13:30 - 14:00 | Bus Transfer
14:00 - 15:40 | Daegu National Museum
15:40 - 16:00 | Bus Transfer
16:00 - 17:00 | Kansong Art Museum Daegu
17:00 - 17:30 | Bus Transfer back to the Conference Venue (EXCO)

Note: The schedule is subject to change.

Please note that participation is limited to 20 attendees on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration for this optional event will open on March 7, 2026 at 23:59 KST.

Registration

SPEAKER GUIDELINES

Duration: Each presentation is allocated a 15-minute slot. Q&A will be reserved for the Interactive Discussion Panel.
Submission: Please email your final presentation slides to kennyhola@kaist.ac.kr no later than March 19, 2026.
Template & Format: Presentations must utilise the official IEEE VR 2026 Slide Template (16:9 aspect ratio). Final submissions must be in PPTX or PDF format.
- - Download Template Here
  - Accessibility of presentations is a fundamental priority for IEEE VR 2026. We kindly ask that you follow these guidelines wherever possible: Link to Accessibility Guideline
Language: All presentations must be delivered in English.
Multimedia: All multimedia files (e.g., video, audio) must be embedded directly into the presentation file.
Equipment: The venue will provide a presentation clicker (laser pointer).

CALL FOR PAPER

The ARCHERIX Call for Papers is now closed.

File Download: 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 utilising human-in-the-loop optimisations (e.g., cross-modal masking) to enhance reconstruction efficiency.
User Experience and Validation: Advanced psychophysical metrics for examining cultural heritage experience in virtual heritage environments.
Standardisation: Proposals for unified data structures and preservation formats for multimodal assets.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

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

1. Submission Categories & Formatting

Research Papers (4–6 pages, excluding references): Present original, unpublished research with a focus on technical contribution.
Position Papers (2–4 pages + excluding references): Present preliminary work, theoretical arguments, or critical reviews.
Template: Dowonload the (https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/publications/conference/).

2. Publication & Review

Proceedings: Accepted papers will be included in the IEEE Digital Library (requires full IEEE VR 2026 conference registration).
Review Process: All submissions are reviewed by an international program committee.

3. Important Dates

Submission Deadline: January 9, 2026 (AoE)
Notification of Acceptance: January 20, 2026 (AoE)
Camera-Ready Deadline: January 30*, 2026 (AoE)

*Detailed formatting instructions for the camera-ready version will be sent to authors upon acceptance. Please note that the January 30 deadline is strict.

3. How to Submit

Log in to the Precision Conference System (PCS): https://new.precisionconference.com/vr.
Select the following track path to locate our workshop: VR → IEEE VR 2026 → ARCHERIX (See reference image below).
Camera-Ready: Final versions must incorporate reviewer revisions and copyright information. Instructions will be provided upon acceptance.