Seokhwan Yang

Hello! I am Seokhwan Yang, a master's student at the Graduate School of Metaverse (GS of Metaverse), KAIST. I am advised by Prof. Woontack Woo in the Ubiquitous VR Lab. Previously, I received my B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering from Chung-Ang University.

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Publications

OFERA: Blendshape-driven 3D Gaussian Control for Occluded Facial Expression to Realistic Avatars in VR

Seokhwan Yang, Boram Yoon, Seoyoung Kang, Hail Song, Woontack Woo

TVCG 2026 (Presented at VR 2026)

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Streamlined Facial Data Collection based on Utterance and Emotional Data for Human-to-Avatar Reconstruction

Seoyoung Kang, Seokhwan Yang, Hail Song, Boram Yoon, Jinwook Kim, Kangsoo Kim, Woontack Woo

TVCG 2026 (Presented at VR 2026)

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VRGaussianAvatar: Integrating 3D Gaussian Avatars into VR

Hail Song, Boram Yoon, Seokhwan Yang, Seoyoung Kang, Woontack Woo

TVCG 2026 (Presented at VR 2026)

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HMD-only Controllable 3D Gaussian Avatars in VR: Face and Full-body Demonstration

Seokhwan Yang, Hail Song, Woontack Woo

VRW 2026 Demo

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Fast Texture Transfer for XR Avatars teaser

Fast Texture Transfer for XR Avatars via Barycentric UV Conversion

Hail Song, Seokhwan Yang, Woontack Woo

ISMAR 2025 Poster

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