From news@u.washington.edu Tue Jul 12 16:29:13 1994 Received: from mx3.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.4/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA06164; Tue, 12 Jul 94 16:29:13 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx3.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.4/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA04953; Tue, 12 Jul 94 16:29:12 -0700 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA12551; Tue, 12 Jul 1994 16:28:34 -0700 Received: from news.u.washington.edu (news.u.washington.edu [140.142.64.1]) by beaver.cs.washington.edu (8.6.9/7.1be+) with SMTP id QAA23525 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 1994 16:28:52 -0700 Return-Path: Received: by news.u.washington.edu (5.65/UW-NDC Revision: 2.22 ) id AA15442; Tue, 12 Jul 94 16:29:05 -0700 Sender: news@news.u.washington.edu To: sci-virtual-worlds@june.cs.washington.edu Path: blake From: blake@u.washington.edu (Blake Hannaford) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: CONF: VRAIS-95 Call For Papers Date: 12 Jul 1994 23:29:01 GMT Organization: University of Washington Lines: 210 Message-Id: <2vv8vt$f2e@news.u.washington.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: stein4.u.washington.edu Status: OR Call for Participation VRAIS '95 March 11-15, 1995 IEEE Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center Sponsored by The IEEE Neural Networks Council and The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Graphics DUE DATE FOR ALL MATERIALS: AUGUST 15, 1994 PAPERS Technical Papers will be peer reviewed. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Topics of interest include: Software Architectures for VR Operating Systems Considerations Behavioral Modelling for VR for VR Tools and Techniques for Animation Parallel Processing for VR and Modelling in VR Systems Telepresence and Telerobotics Software Tools for VR Development Actuators and Rapid Prototyping Human Factors of VR Artificial Intelligence Applied to VR Calibration of VR Systems Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks Registration with the Real World Applied to VR Evaluation of VR Techniques and Graphic Algorithms for VR Systems Distributed VR Systems Safety Standards for VR Shared VR Systems Graphics and Video Hardware for VR Augumented Reality Systems VR Display Devices, including: VR Environment Design Visual, Audio, Kinesthetic, VR Interaction and Navigation Force, Tactile, Olfactory, Techniques and Taste Displays Innovative and Useful Applications Sensors of VR Position and Motion Tracking High Performance Driver Design Gesture Recognition for VR Wireless Computer Connections For Technical Paper review, please: Send 6 copies of full papers to the Meeting Management address. Papers may be submitted for review in either double column or single column/ double space format. Papers are limited in length to no more than eight double-columns/single space pages. Paper s must be written in English. In a cover letter, please include the complete title of the paper and the corresponding address, phone, fax and email information. Program Co-chairs Steven Bryson Steven Feiner NASA Ames Research Center Columbia University Bryson@nas.nasa.gov Feiner@cs.columbia.edu WORKSHOPS The organizing committee invites proposals for small informal workshops on narrowly focused topics in VR, which could be held during the tutorials weekend before the main conference. Workshop proposals should include address, phone, fax, email information for the organizers, and a description of the themes, goals, and planned activities of the workshop. Note that the organizing committee will charge an additional registration fee to the attendees of any workshop sufficient to recover its costs. VIDEOS The organizing committee cordially invites you to submit your experimental results, software and hardware demonstra- tions, and computer animations and graphics in videotape for- mat. The videos are intended to enhance and complement the topics in the technical paper section however, each video should stand on its own. Videos will be peer reviewed. Accepted videos will be published on a one hour, half inch VHS format proceedings tape and shown in a video poster session at the conference site. Suggestions for video production: Use sound constructively. Music and background noise generally detract from the presentation. Videos without descriptive narration cannot be used. Flow charts, block diagrams, circuit boards, computers, or operators should not be included. Keep the subject technical, not promotional. Illustrate systems, results, or user interaction not easily conveyed in a written paper. Be concise; convey one major result clearly. Make videos 'stand alone' and self contained. Technical videos: Please submit one high-quality copy of a 2 to 3 minute video segment in half inch VHS or 3/4 inch Umatic format, and a one page information sheet containing TITLE, AUTHORS, AFFILIATIONS, ADDRESS, and 200 WORD ABSTRACT with references and acknowledgements. In a cover letter, please include topic area, correspondence address, phone and FAX numbers and email address if avail- able. Label tapes with title and authors. Video Proceedings Chair Blake Hannaford University of Washington Blake@uw-isdl.ee.washington.edu PANELS The program committee invites you to submit proposals for panel sessions to be held during the conference. The proposal should include a title for the panel session and a brief description of the overall issues to be discussed, together with an abstract of each panelist's presentation, and the address, phone, fax, email information. TUTORIALS The organizing committee cordially invites experts in the field to submit proposals for tutorials dealing with virtual reality technology. The tutorials will be half-day or a full-day in length. Topics to be considered include: Hardware Psychophysical Factors Software Applications The two page proposal should include the author, affiliation, and qualifications (e.g. a brief biographical summary), the length of time needed to cover the material, a detailed section on the subject to be taught, all audio/video requirements, and email address. Tutorials Chair Beth Wenzel NASA Ames Research Center Beth@eos.arc.nasa.gov EXHIBITS INFORMATION The conference will allocate space to vendors, companies and publishers to display and demonstrate their latest innovations in Virtual Reality technology. Potential exhibitors are encouraged to contact the Exhibits Chair for more information: Exhibits Chairs Karen Haines Department of EECE University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 E-mail: karen@eece.unm.edu Due date of submissions of all types of materials is August 15, 1994. All submissions are to be mailed to: Meeting Management 2603 Main Street, #690 Irvine, CA 92714 Tel. 619-752-8205 FAX 619-752-7444 Background: In 1993, the IEEE Neural Networks Council sponsored VRAIS '93, held in Seattle, Washington in September. The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Graphics sponsored the "Symposium on Research Frontiers in VR" workshop in conjunction with Visualization '93, in San Jose, California in October. These two meetings made up a watershed event: They were the first IEEE-sponsored, solidly tech- nical, refereed meetings focused on the rapidly-developing field known as Virtual Reality or Virtual Environments. These two IEEE organizations have now joined forces, to co-sponsor the next VRAIS conference, to be held in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center, from March 11-15, 1995. The sponsors are united in their goal to make VRAIS the premier technical conference on Virtual Reality, bringing together workers in the many diverse technical discplines contributing to this field, and providing a forum for the interchange of timely/quality theories, experimental results, and technological developments. In addition to VRAIS '95, technical paper presentations and published proceedings, the organizing committee plans a video proceedings and a two day tutorial session preceding the main conference. The program committee also invites you to submit proposals for panel sessions, to be held during the main conference, and small, infor- mal workshops, which could be held during the tutorials weekend. Guidelines for submitting each of these types of technical contributions are contained in this brochure. General Chair David Mizell Boeing Computer Services