Prof. Dr. Eike Langbehn

B.Sc. Medieninformatik

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Media Programming (Graphics Programming)
• Mixed Reality

M.Sc. Digital Reality

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Game Engines
• Digital Reality

M.A. Games

• Game Programming 1
• Game Programming 2

• Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality (XR)
• 3D User Interfaces and Spatial Interaction Design
• Locomotion and Navigation in XR
• Perception and Cognition in XR
• XR Game Design
• Interactive & Immersive Storytelling

Eike Langbehn is Professor for Media Informatics at HAW Hamburg since March 2021. His research explores (3D) human-computer interaction in narrative and playful media such as XR and games, with a focus on perceptual and cognitive aspects. He studied Computer Science in Oldenburg and Hamburg and graduated with a PhD thesis about perceptual aspects of VR locomotion at Universität Hamburg in 2019. In 2020, he co-founded Curvature Games, a Hamburg-based games studio that is specialised in narrative VR experiences. Since 2012, he has been working in the games industry as a programmer and game designer on titles for different platforms including web, mobile and VR.

Offices

• Study Program Coordinator B.Sc. Medieninformatik | M.Sc. Digital Reality
• Head of Digital Realities Lab

Memberships

• IEEE Computer Society/VGTC
• ACM (SIGCHI & SIGGRAPH)
• German Informatics Society (GI) Fachgruppen VR/AR, Medieninformatik, Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, 
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Spielwissenschaft

Chairs, Committees & Reviewer Activities

• IEEE TVCG, Associate Editor
• ACM VRST 2024, Program Chair
• GI VR/AR Workshop 2024, General Chair
• IEEE VR 2024, 3DUI Contest Chair
• Guest Editor, MDPI Special Issue of Applied Sciences
• Guest Editor, Frontiers in Virtual Reality
• ACM SUI 2021, 2022 Best Paper Award Chair
• MuC 2019 Workshop Chair
• 2020 - Now: Program Committee Member of IEEE VR, ACM VRST, IEEE ISMAR, ACM SUI, ICAT-EGVE, GI VR/AR Workshop, ACM CHI Play, MuC, EuroXR
• Reviewer for the DFG  and DAAD selection process
• Reviewer for several national and international conferences and journals (IEEE TVCG, ACM TOG, ACM TOCHI, ACM GAMES, PLOS One, ACM UIST, IEEE 3DUI, ACM CHI Play, ACM CHI, INTERACT, ...)

A full list of publications can be found at ORCID and Google Scholar

Awards

• Best Technology Award, nextReality.Contest 2022
• Best Reviewer Award, IEEE TVCG 2021
• Best Innovation Award, nextReality.Contest 2019
• Honorable Mention, MuC 2019
• Best Concept Award, DIVR 2019
• Honorable Mention, ACM SUI 2016
• Best Poster Award, ICAT-EGVE 2015

Invited Talks

• University of Canterbury, 2025, "Perception, Locomotion, Interaction"
• nextReality Festival, 2024, "Perceptual Illusions in XR"
• Lecturer at EUGLOH Summer School “Immersive Media for Health and Well-being”, 2023 
• UX Meetup Hamburg, 2023, “Life of Illusion – The UX of VR” 
• Universität Trier, 2023, “Walking in Circles“ 
• Nordic Game Conference, 2022, “From Science to Game Design and Back Again” 
• Hamburg Games Conference, 2022, “From Rift to Metaverse – How the VR Market Changes” 
• Universität Oldenburg, 2021, „Walking in Circles“ 
• Workshop Spatial Orientation, 2021 
• nextReality Conference, 2021, „Frost Mortem – Bending Space without Bumping into Each Other“ 
• Lecturer at Ubicomp Summer School in Oulu, Finland, 2019 
• SAAI Hackathon, 2021, „AI for Interactive Storytelling in Games“ 
• Universität Magdeburg, 2018, "Perceptual Limitations in Virtual Reality" 
• GamesDay, HDM Stuttgart, 2017, "Redirected Walking" 
• TU Braunschweig, 2017, "Räumliche Wahrnehmung und Fortbewegung in Virtual Reality" 
• Quo Vadis, Berlin, 2017, “Perception: The Most Technical Issue of VR" 
• Researching Games Conference, Berlin, 2017, "Bending the Curve: Walking in Virtual Reality" 
• Women Techmakers Meetup, Hamburg, 2017, "VR - an overview" 
• VR Science Meetup, Berlin, 2017, "Locomotion in Virtual Worlds" 
• University of Central Florida, Orlando, 2017, "Spatial Perception & Locomotion in VR" 
• PLAY Festival, Hamburg, 2016, "Prospects and Challenges of Virtual and Augmented Reality" 
• VECTOR Workshop, Tübingen, 2016, "Perception in Virtual Realities: Distance, Speed and Time" 
• VR Meetup, Hamburg, 2016, "Locomotion in Virtual Environments" 
• Researching Games Conference, Berlin, 2016, "Perceptual Aspects of Locomotion in VR"