Generative AI meets eXtended Reality (GenAI-XR) Workshop
colocated with IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces
Date and Time: March 22, 2026, 14.00-16:00 (GMT+9).
Location (in-person): Room Room 322A, Daegu, South Korea
Paper presentations should be 12mins talk + 3 mins Q&A for long papers and 7mins talk + 3 mins Q&A for short papers.
Schedule
14:00-14.05 Workshop Introduction
Pasquale Cascarano (University of Bologna, Italy), Anne-Gwenn Bosser (ENIB, Lab-STICC CNRS UMR, France), Jérémy Lacoche (Orange, France), Shirin Hajahmadi (University of Bologna, Italy), Ana Stanescu (Graz University of Technology, Austria), Gábor Sörös (Nokia Bell Labs, Hungary), Daniele Giunchi (University of Birmingham), Riccardo Bovo (University of Greenwich)
14:05-14:15 Reconstructing 360-Degree Memories in Virtual Reality With Generative Artificial Intelligence
Paulina Becerril Palma (University of Bergen, Norway), Frode Guribye (University of Bergen, Norway), and Miroslav Bachinski (University of Bergen, Norway).
14:15-14:30 Social VR Administrator: A Context-Aware Model Agent Design for Harassment Prevention in Social VR
Junhee Lee (Kwangwoon University, Republic of Korea), Seungwon Woo (ETRI, Republic of Korea), Hwanjo Heo (ETRI, Republic of Korea), and Jinwoo Kim School (Kwangwoon University, Republic of Korea).
14:30-14:45 Text-Guided 3D Object Extraction from 360° Tours: From Panoramas to Interactive VR Experiences
Rone Brandão (Federal University of Goiás, Brazil), Arthur Galdino Dangoni (Federal University of Goiás, Brazil), Arthur Vitória (Federal University of Goiás, Brazil), Bianca Mirtes Araújo Miranda (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil), Rafael Teixeira Sousa (Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil), and Arlindo Galvão (Federal University of Goiás, Brazil).
14:45-15:30 Keynote: What Can Generative AI do for Social XR
Prof. Anthony Steed (University College London)
15:30-16:00 Break Time
16:00-16:15 HA-VTON: Prompt-guided Human Avatar Generation with Virtual Try-ON Result from Single Human and Garment Images
Tsz-Lok Ng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong), and Fu-lai Chung (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong).
16:15-16:30 GENIE: Generative Narrative Immersion Engine for Deep Reading Engagement
Cecilia Halbritter (RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany), Jérôme Kudnick (RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany), Bipul Mohanto (University of Rostock, Germany), Biying Fu (RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany), and Martin Weier (RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany).
16:30-17:15 Keynote: Human Engagement and Initiative in the Age of AI
Prof. Tobias Höllerer (University of California, Santa Barbara)
17:15-17:30 User Prompting Strategies and Prompt Enhancement Methods for Open-Set Object Detection in XR Environments
Junfeng Lin (Duke University, United States), Yanming Xiu (Duke University, United States), and Maria Gorlatova (Duke University, United States).
17:30-17:45 Xrbit: Toward Breaking the Thermodynamic Wall of Persistent LLMs in Mobile XR
Haneol Kim (Sogang University, Republic of Korea), Jonghwan Bae (Sogang University, Republic of Korea), Seonwoo Shin (Sogang University, Republic of Korea), and Sanghun Park (Sogang University, Republic of Korea).
17:45-17:50 Final Remarks