Faculty Members
Mr. YU, Albert K. H.
Senior Lecturer / Programme Director, Game Design and Animation Major
 | MFA in Computer Art (School of Visual Arts, USA) BE in Computer Engineering (University of New South Wales, Australia) |
 | (852) 3411-8342 |
 | kahoyu@hkbu.edu.hk |
 | CVA Room 950 |
Ka-ho started his career in feature animation with Shrek 2, followed by roles as senior technical director and development lead for films including Rio, Horton Hears a Who!, and the Ice Age series. In 2011, he returned to Hong Kong to focus on his personal creative interests and began a career in academia. With the support of a teaching development grant at City University of Hong Kong, he launched the VR Story Lab, where students and researchers explore the narrative potential of virtual reality and immersive technology.
Ka-ho’s teaching, research, and artistic practices intersect within expanded animation, immersive media, and generative AI. His personal animations and artworks have been exhibited and screened at various festivals and venues, including the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, interFilm Berlin, SIGGRAPH, Festival du nouveau cinéma, and the ART*VR Festival. Ka-ho has also actively served as a mentor and jury member for organizations and festivals such as the New York Foundation for the Arts (US), IFVA (HK), and Digicon6 Asia.
Research Interests
Computer Graphics and Animation
Virtual Reality and Immersive Media
Storytelling
Photography
Selected screenings/exhibitions/publications
“The Building”, Official selection, ART*VR Festival of Virtual Reality and Immersive Art, Czechia, 2025
“Shifting Grounds”, Solo Exhibition, Hong Kong International Photography Festival, 2022
“The Library: A Non-Intrusive Gaze Directed Virtual Reality Animation”, 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, Osaka, Japan, 2019
“The Library: Spatial Design and Narrative Strategies of a Non-Intrusive Gaze Directed VR Animation”, 31st Society for Animation Studies Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019
“Into the Air’s Memory”, Official Selection, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2004
“Into the Air’s Memory”, Official Selection, CiberArt Bilbao International Festival of New Technologies, Art & Communication, Bilbao, Spain, 2004
“Into the Air’s Memory”, Official Selection, Montreal International Festival of New Cinema New Media, Montreal, Canada, 2003
“Phi”, Official Selection, 27th Flanders International Film Festival, Belgium, 2000
Awards/Grants/Honors
Awards:
Project Grant, Hong Kong Art Development Council, 2019
Faculty Grant, International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educators Forum, 2018
General Research Fund, University Grants Committee, “Discovering New Narrative Strategies and Cinematic Techniques for Immersive Animation”, 2015