From news@cs.nps.navy.mil Fri Aug 5 13:11:50 1994 Return-Path: Received: from taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.4/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA18332; Fri, 5 Aug 94 13:11:50 -0700 Received: by taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA24382; Fri, 5 Aug 94 13:13:48 PDT Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Path: zyda From: zyda@cs.nps.navy.mil (Michael Zyda) Subject: Call for Participation: 1995 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics Message-Id: Sender: news@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 20:13:46 GMT Apparently-To: sci-virtual-worlds Status: OR Call for Participation 1995 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics In cooperation status anticipated from ACM SIGGRAPH. Symposium Specifics Important Dates 9th - 12th of April 1995 Abstracts for contributed papers due: 15 Oct. 94 Monterey, California USA Acceptance notification: 15 Nov. 94 (Proceedings at the symposium.) Final papers for proceedings due: 20 Dec. 94 The focus of the symposium is on the topic: Where is the frontier today in real-time, interactive 3D graphics ? The purpose of the symposium is to look at what research groups are doing with their high-performance, real-time, interactive graphics systems, to find out what special purpose graphics engines and input/output devices are on the drawing board, to discuss which are the most user-friendly paradigms for interaction with such systems and to learn what applications are still waiting for an appropriate 3D interactive system. The symposium will consist of technical sessions in which formal papers are presented and discussed, and of hands-on demonstrations where research groups and vendors of equipment demonstrate the state-of-the-art in this field. We are particularly interested in such notions as: -- moving through virtual worlds, i.e. visual simulation systems that move us through buildings or cities, over terrain or over the sea at multiple updates per second; -- interactively shaping, building or sculpting objects; or interactive assembly and manipulation of systems of parts, with consideration of ease of use, precision, and physical constraints; -- graphics hardware for high performance interactive displays; novel input technologies such as gloves, bodysuits and tracking systems; display technologies such as projected stereo, head mounted displays, and true volumetric 3D displays; -- techniques for interacting with and displaying information and data in 3D, i.e. methods for displaying non-spatial data such as abstract relationships. -- 3D graphical toolkits and user interface paradigms; higher level methods for prototyping, implementing, and verifying 3D graphics applications. Finally, we solicit contributions concerning systems that demand real-time graphics performance that is not currently achievable, along with recommendations for the development of future hardware and software architectures that may meet this demand. Symposium Chair Michael Zyda, Naval Postgraduate School Program Co-Chairs Pat Hanrahan Jim Winget Stanford Silicon Graphics Fundraising Chair S. Kicha Ganapathy, AT&T Bell Labs skg@research.att.com (908) 949-7860 Paper Submissions and Requests for Registration Prospective authors should submit 6 copies of an extended abstract and a short videotape (if appropriate) to the address below on or before the 15th of October 1994. The abstracts should be 3 to 6 pages long and reflect what will be contained in the final 8 to 12 page paper in the proceedings and in the 25 minute presentation at the symposium. Abstracts should clearly state what has been achieved and how this makes a contribution to the advancement of the state-of-the-art in interactive 3D graphics. Authors of papers describing systems are strongly encouraged to submit a videotape demonstrating their system in action. This videotape should show key features of the system, but need not be "professional" quality. Abstracts and papers to: Pat Hanrahan 1995 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics Stanford University Department of Computer Science Stanford, CA 94305-4070 Requests for registration forms should be E-mailed to: Michael Zyda zyda@trouble.cs.nps.navy.mil Naval Postgraduate School Code CS/Zk, Dept. of Computer Science Spanagel Hall 516 Monterey, California 93943-5100 (408) 656-2305 (408) 656-2814 (fax) The symposium is limited to 250 registrants. The registration fee for the symposium is $300 ($350 after January 31, 1995) and $100 for students. That fee includes the proceedings, reception, banquet and lunches.