[ARforum] Final CfP: IEEE VR2001 - Workshop 'The Future of VR and AR Interfaces'

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This is the final call for participation for a workshop to be held
on March 14 at IEEE VR 2001. The topic is "The future of VR/AR
interfaces". If you would like to participate, please submit a
short paper by January 31. See information below. 

Regards,

	Tobias

-- 
Tobias Hoellerer (htobias@c ..............), 
Graphics and UI Lab, Columbia University

450 Computer Science Building, 1214 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code 0401, 
New York, NY 10027-7003. Phone: (212) 939 7116, fax: (212) 666-0140

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		  THE FUTURE OF VR AND AR INTERFACES
	  Multi-modal, Humanoid, Adaptive and Intelligent ?

		     Workshop at the IEEE VR2001

			    14 March 2001
			   Yokohama, Japan
			http://www.vr2001.org/

		     FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

DESCRIPTION 

Virtual worlds have become more and more visually elaborated and
emotive. They aim at an environment nearly indistinguishable from the
real world. However, in spite of all technological and artistic
advances, simulated worlds are still far from perfect in their
realism. It is at the interface between the human and the computer
environment, where this lack of realism becomes most
apparent. Transferring natural interaction and communication
principles from the real world to cyberspace in a seamless fashion is
a very challenging task. Can we improve interface technology to the
point where people will communicate with a synthetic environment in a
natural way, in a style similar to their day-to-day interaction with
the real world? Or should we turn away from or go beyond realism to
reach the full potential of virtual worlds?

With the goal of deep immersion and perfect integration of real and
virtual environments in mind, we are reviewing interface technologies
that may be particularly apt to overcome some of the limitations we
are still facing today: Multi-modality addresses all human senses and
enables a wide variety of human articulation to be part of the
interface. Additionally, future interfaces will likely display
adaptive and intelligent behavior. Humanoid persona can add an
interpersonal touch to the immersive experience.

This workshop aims to bring together researchers from the area of
AR/VR technology, human computer interaction, AI, as well as
psychologists, SF authors, and other people with a vision of what the
interface between humans and computer generated environments should
look, sound, feel, and be like. The goal of this workshop is to
showcase, develop, and discuss concepts for better AR/VR interfaces
and to evolve ideas towards the realization of interfaces enabling
deep-immersive, elaborated virtual environments.

TOPICS 

Topics addressed in this workshop include, but are not restricted to: 

     Intuitive Interaction: 
       - natural human interaction vs. new paradigms 
       - multimodal interfaces 
       - 3D interaction techniques 
       - technological barriers of intuitive AR/VR interfaces 
       - heterogeneous and hybrid user interfaces 
       - deep immersion and how to achieve it 

     Innovative AR/VR Interfaces: 
       - from retinal displays to implants: sensory technology 
       - adaptive and intelligent interfaces 
       - collaborative AR/VR, teleimmersion, 
       - mobile and wearable computing interfaces 
       - AR and ubiquitous computing 
       - AR/VR applications of the future 

     Synthetic characters: 
       - human modeling and simulation 
       - conversational agents 
       - storytelling 
       - interface issues 
       - social implications 

PARTICIPATION & PAPER SUBMISSION 

Workshop attendance will be limited. Attendees to the workshop will
each submit a short paper, one to two pages in length. The paper can
either be a summary or extended abstract of the attendee's own work,
addressing one of the workshop's topics, or their vision on one of the
workshop themes. The top of the first page should include title,
authors' names, affiliations, address, and email address.

Submissions will be reviewed by the members of the organizing committee. 

Please mail your paper (MS-WORD, PDF, Postscript) to vr_workshop@g ..... 

CRITICAL DATES 

Papers due:                  January 31th 2001 
Notification of acceptance:  February 9th 2001 

Workshop date:               March 14th 2001 

WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION & PUBLICATION 

We will start the workshop with a key note followed by a panel
discussion of the workshop organizers to foster a lively discussion on
the different topics. Attendees will be split into 3 to 5 working
groups based on their submission to the workshop. Each working group
will be moderated by one or two workshop organizers. Workshop
attendees will give a short introduction of their work and expertise
within their working group (5 minutes each). Each working group will
create a report on the results of their discussion. These reports (15
minutes each) will be presented to all workshop members. The workshop
organizers will create a workshop summary (2 pages) from these reports
for publication (CG&A). Workshop proceedings containing the
submissions of the attendees and the workshop summary will be
published after the workshop by GMD.

TIME SCHEDULE 

March 14th, 9:00 am - 17:00 pm 

  9:00          Opening 
  9:15 - 10:00  Key Note - Carolina Cruz-Neira  (Iowa State University, USA) 
 10:00 - 11:00  Panel (Workshop Organizers) 
 11:00 - 11:15  Coffee Break 
 11:15 - 13:00  Working Groups (Introduction and Discussion) 
 13:00 - 14:00  Lunch Break 
 14:00 - 16:00  Working Groups (Discussion and Report Preparation) 
 16:00 - 16:15  Coffee Break 
 16:15 - 17:00  Working Group Reports (depends on number of working groups) 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 

The organizing committee of the workshop consists of experts in
different disciplines. VR and AR Technology will be an emphasis as
well as synthetic characters, digital storytelling and social aspects
of human-computer interaction. Members of the organizing committee
are:

Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces - Doug Bowman (Virginia Tech, USA) 
Collaborative virtual and augmented environments - Wolfgang Broll (GMD, Germany) 
Mobile Augmented Reality - Tobias Höllerer (Columbia University, USA) 
Synthetic characters - Leonie Schäfer (GMD, Germany) 

CONTACT 

Leonie Schäfer 
Institute for Applied Information Technology 
German National Research Center for Information Technology 
Schloss Birlinghoven 
D-53754 Sankt Augustin 
Germany 

Phone:    +49-2241-14 2699 
Fax:        +49-2241-14 2084 
Email:    leonie.schaefer@g .....

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Subject:	[ARforum] Final CfP: IEEE VR2001 - Workshop 'The Future of VR and AR Interfaces'
FORUM ON AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the final call for participation for a workshop to be held on March 14 at IEEE VR 2001. The topic is "The future of VR/AR interfaces". If you would like to participate, please submit a short paper by January 31. See information below. Regards, Tobias -- Tobias Hoellerer (htobias@c ..............), Graphics and UI Lab, Columbia University 450 Computer Science Building, 1214 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code 0401, New York, NY 10027-7003. Phone: (212) 939 7116, fax: (212) 666-0140 ======================================================================== ======================================================================== THE FUTURE OF VR AND AR INTERFACES Multi-modal, Humanoid, Adaptive and Intelligent ? Workshop at the IEEE VR2001 14 March 2001 Yokohama, Japan http://www.vr2001.org/ FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION DESCRIPTION Virtual worlds have become more and more visually elaborated and emotive. They aim at an environment nearly indistinguishable from the real world. However, in spite of all technological and artistic advances, simulated worlds are still far from perfect in their realism. It is at the interface between the human and the computer environment, where this lack of realism becomes most apparent. Transferring natural interaction and communication principles from the real world to cyberspace in a seamless fashion is a very challenging task. Can we improve interface technology to the point where people will communicate with a synthetic environment in a natural way, in a style similar to their day-to-day interaction with the real world? Or should we turn away from or go beyond realism to reach the full potential of virtual worlds? With the goal of deep immersion and perfect integration of real and virtual environments in mind, we are reviewing interface technologies that may be particularly apt to overcome some of the limitations we are still facing today: Multi-modality addresses all human senses and enables a wide variety of human articulation to be part of the interface. Additionally, future interfaces will likely display adaptive and intelligent behavior. Humanoid persona can add an interpersonal touch to the immersive experience. This workshop aims to bring together researchers from the area of AR/VR technology, human computer interaction, AI, as well as psychologists, SF authors, and other people with a vision of what the interface between humans and computer generated environments should look, sound, feel, and be like. The goal of this workshop is to showcase, develop, and discuss concepts for better AR/VR interfaces and to evolve ideas towards the realization of interfaces enabling deep-immersive, elaborated virtual environments. TOPICS Topics addressed in this workshop include, but are not restricted to: Intuitive Interaction: - natural human interaction vs. new paradigms - multimodal interfaces - 3D interaction techniques - technological barriers of intuitive AR/VR interfaces - heterogeneous and hybrid user interfaces - deep immersion and how to achieve it Innovative AR/VR Interfaces: - from retinal displays to implants: sensory technology - adaptive and intelligent interfaces - collaborative AR/VR, teleimmersion, - mobile and wearable computing interfaces - AR and ubiquitous computing - AR/VR applications of the future Synthetic characters: - human modeling and simulation - conversational agents - storytelling - interface issues - social implications PARTICIPATION & PAPER SUBMISSION Workshop attendance will be limited. Attendees to the workshop will each submit a short paper, one to two pages in length. The paper can either be a summary or extended abstract of the attendee's own work, addressing one of the workshop's topics, or their vision on one of the workshop themes. The top of the first page should include title, authors' names, affiliations, address, and email address. Submissions will be reviewed by the members of the organizing committee. Please mail your paper (MS-WORD, PDF, Postscript) to vr_workshop@g ..... CRITICAL DATES Papers due: January 31th 2001 Notification of acceptance: February 9th 2001 Workshop date: March 14th 2001 WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION & PUBLICATION We will start the workshop with a key note followed by a panel discussion of the workshop organizers to foster a lively discussion on the different topics. Attendees will be split into 3 to 5 working groups based on their submission to the workshop. Each working group will be moderated by one or two workshop organizers. Workshop attendees will give a short introduction of their work and expertise within their working group (5 minutes each). Each working group will create a report on the results of their discussion. These reports (15 minutes each) will be presented to all workshop members. The workshop organizers will create a workshop summary (2 pages) from these reports for publication (CG&A). Workshop proceedings containing the submissions of the attendees and the workshop summary will be published after the workshop by GMD. TIME SCHEDULE March 14th, 9:00 am - 17:00 pm 9:00 Opening 9:15 - 10:00 Key Note - Carolina Cruz-Neira (Iowa State University, USA) 10:00 - 11:00 Panel (Workshop Organizers) 11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break 11:15 - 13:00 Working Groups (Introduction and Discussion) 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 - 16:00 Working Groups (Discussion and Report Preparation) 16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break 16:15 - 17:00 Working Group Reports (depends on number of working groups) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE The organizing committee of the workshop consists of experts in different disciplines. VR and AR Technology will be an emphasis as well as synthetic characters, digital storytelling and social aspects of human-computer interaction. Members of the organizing committee are: Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces - Doug Bowman (Virginia Tech, USA) Collaborative virtual and augmented environments - Wolfgang Broll (GMD, Germany) Mobile Augmented Reality - Tobias Höllerer (Columbia University, USA) Synthetic characters - Leonie Schäfer (GMD, Germany) CONTACT Leonie Schäfer Institute for Applied Information Technology German National Research Center for Information Technology Schloss Birlinghoven D-53754 Sankt Augustin Germany Phone: +49-2241-14 2699 Fax: +49-2241-14 2084 Email: leonie.schaefer@g ..... ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to ARforum-unsubscribe@l ..........