From: mel@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Mel Slater) Subject: CONF: FIVE 95 Programme Date: 2 Oct 1995 22:21:20 GMT Organization: Department of Computer Science, QMW University of London From: mel@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Mel Slater) Dear Colleagues, The advance programme of the Conference "FIVE '95" can be found on http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~mel/Five/programme.html A text version follows below. Regards, Mel Slater. ----------------------------------------- Framework for Immersive Virtual Environments: FIVE ESPRIT Working Group 9122 FIVE '95 Conference of the FIVE Working Group Provisional Programme QMW, University of London, 18-19 December, 1995 This conference is in collaboration with Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments (MIT Press). Authors of the best papers presented at this conference will be invited to submit full papers for consideration as articles in a special issue of PRESENCE after a further review process. FIVE is supported by the European Commission ESPRIT programme. The conference is also sponsored by IFIP Working Group 5.10. The FIVE Working Group was started in May 1995, with European Union ESPRIT funding. Its mission is to study and provide an integrated framework across a number of domains at the foundation of Immersive Virtual Environments (IVEs). The Conference has three major aims: first is to advance fundamental scientific research at foundations of IVEs; second, to bring the research of the Working Group to a wider audience; third, to invite researchers from other institutes to present their work, to open a dialogue leading to future collaborative exchanges. The conference has keynote contributions from the FIVE group members and also an invited keynote talk from Steven Ellis, of NASA Ames Research Centre. The Conference is truly international, with papers from the following countries: France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, USA The conference will have an intensive but informal workshop style atmosphere, and for this reason there will be a maximum of 50 participants. Places will be available strictly according to order of receipt of applications. Day 1 (18th December) Session 1 GENERAL ISSUES 11.00-11.40 FIVE Paper Mel Slater and Sylvia Wilbur, University of London, UK Framework for Immersive Virtual Environments 11.40 - 12.00 FIVE Paper G. Brelstaff, University of Bristol, UK Visual Displays for Virtual Environments - A Review 12.00-12.30 Contributed Paper Jolanda Tromp, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Presence, Telepresence and Immersion: The Cognitive Factors of Embodiment and Interaction in Virtual Environments 12.30-1.00 Contributed Paper Dave Snowdon, Chris Greenhalgh, Steve Benford, The University of Nottingham, UK What You See is Not What I See: Subjectivity in Virtual Environments 1.00-2.00 LIGHT LUNCH Session 2 INTERACTIVITY 2.00-2.30 FIVE paper Massimo Bergamasco, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa, Italy Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of Tactile Feedback Systems for Virtual Environment Applications 2.30-3.00 Contributed Paper Marc Cavazza, Jean-Benoit Bonne, Didier Pernel, Xavier Pouteau, Cyril Prunet, Thomson-CSF, Laboratoire Central de Recherches, France. Virtual Environments for Command and Control Applications 3.00-3.30 Contributed Paper Andy Colebourne and Tom Rodden, Lancaster University, UK VR-MOG: A Toolkit for building shared virtual worlds 3.30-4.00 FIVE paper Holger Strauss and Jens Blauert, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany Virtual Auditory Environments 4.00-4.15 BREAK Session 3 VIRTUAL WORLDS 4.15-5.15 FIVE paper Tolga K. Capin, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Igor Sunday Pandzic, University of Geneva, Switzerland Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland Daniel Thalmann, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Laussane, Switzerland Virtual Humans for Representing Participants in Immersive Virtual Environments 5.15-5.45 Contributed Paper J.J. Fang, D.E.R. Clark, J.E.L. Simmons, Heriot-Watt University, UK An Accurate Collision Detection Method for Virtual Assembly and Locking Session 4 7.00 DINNER TALK, FIVE paper R. Gregory, University of Bristol, UK Title to be Announced DAY 2 Session 5 9.00-10.00 KEYNOTE S. Ellis, NASA Ames Research Center, California, USA Title to be Announced 10.00-10.30 Contributed Paper Alan Murta, University of Manchester Vertical Axis Awareness in 3D Environments 10.30-10.45 BREAK Session 6 RENDERING 10.45-11.15 FIVE paper R. D. Schraft, J. Neugebauer, Thomas Flaig, R. Dainghaus Fraunhoffer-Institut for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA), Stuttgart, Germany. A Fuzzy Controlled Rendering System for Virtual Reality Systems Optimised by Genetic Algorithms 11.15-11.45 Contributed Paper Martin Reddy, University of Edinburgh, UK A Perceptual Framework for Optimising Visual Detail in Virtual Environments 11.45-12.15 Contributed Paper Benjamin Watson, Neff Walker, Larry Hodges, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA A User Study Evaluating Level of Detail Degradation in the Periphery of Head- Mounted Displays 12.15-12.45 Contributed Paper R. Sen, R.B. Yates, N.A. Thacker, University of Sheffield, UK Virtual Reality Based on Cost-Benefit Analysis 12.45-2.00 LUNCH and PANEL DISCUSSION Led by Malcolm George, University of London. Session 7 HEALTH AND SAFETY 2.00-2.30 Contributed Paper Sue Cobb, Sarah Nichols, John R. Wilson, University of Nottingham, UK. Health and Safety Implications of Virtual Reality: In search of an experimental methodology 2.30-3.00 Contributed Paper Robert S. Kennedy, D. Susan Lanham, Julie M. Drexler, Catherine J. Massey, Essex Corporation, Orlando Florida, USA Cybersickness in Several Flight Simulators and VR Devices: A Comparison of Incidences, Symptom Profiles, Measurement Techniques, and Suggestions for Research. 3.00-3.30 Contributed Paper Peter H. Lassig, University of Leipzig, Germany Jens-Uwe Molski, doppeldecker VR design GmbH, Leipzig, Germany Simulation of the eye-head system combined with head-mounted display - contributing to the problem of self-motion and cybersickness 3.30-3.45 BREAK Session 8 INDUSTRY AND THE FUTURE 3.45-4.45 INDUSTRIAL PANEL SESSION Pierre duPont, Division Limited, Bristol UK The Future of VR in the Real World 4.45-5.15 FIVE Paper Pierre duPont, DIVISION Ltd, Bristol UK The Future of VR in the Real World: Fundamental Problems for Research 5.15-5.30 Closing Remarks FIVE Group ----------------------------------------- Application Form Notes * Conference Fee 100 pounds sterling. * Full-time registered students may pay a reduced fee of 50 pounds on production of a valid student identification card. * First authors of papers and principal investigators of the FIVE Working Group do not have to pay any fee. * All prospective attendees will receive details of hotel accommodation in London. * This fee is aimed at covering the costs of the conference and catering. * The fee includes refreshments and lunch on both days, and the evening dinner for the 18th December. * The conference fee must be payable in pounds sterling, by cheque or international money order to Queen Mary and Westfield College. * Payment may be made by Visa or MasterCard. 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