From: rick@cs.arizona.edu (Rick Schlichting) Subject: REV-CONF: ATIP Report: Conf on Artificial Reality & Tele-Existence Date: 3 Jan 1996 18:37:03 -0700 Organization: University of Arizona CS Department, Tucson AZ From: rick@cs.arizona.edu (Rick Schlichting) [Copies of of the public portions of previous ATIP reports can be obtained using anonymous FTP from host ftp.cs.arizona.edu, directory japan/ATIP.reports. They can also be accessed on the World Wide Web (WWW) using URL http://www.cs.arizona.edu/japan/www/atip_reports.html ] ======================================================================== ASIAN TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION PROGRAM (ATIP) REPORT: ATIP95.99 : Conf on Artificial Reality & Tele-Existence To: Distribution From: D.K.Kahaner, [kahaner@atip.or.jp] This is file name "atip95.99" Date: 20 Dec 1995 ATIP95.99 : Conf on Artificial Reality & Tele-Existence ABSTRACT: The International Conference on Artificial Reality and Tele-Existence/Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (ICAT/VRST'95), was held, November 20-22, 1995 in Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan. This is a small conference, with about two dozen papers, but one that brought together the foremost experts on this technology, with a natural emphasis on Japanese developments. This report summarizes the conference. =====================START OF REPORT ATIP95.99=========================== Copyright (c) 1995 by the Asian Technology Information Program (ATIP) This material may not be published, modified or otherwise redistributed in whole or part without prior approval by ATIP, which reserves all rights. International Conference on Artificial Reality and Tele-Existence/ Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, November 20-22, 1995 (An informal report prepared by M. Cohen) CONTENTS. 1. INTRODUCTION 2. ICAT/VRST PROGRAM 3. DISCUSSION 4. CONTACTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. INTRODUCTION ICAT (International Conference on Artificial Reality and Tele-Existence) is Japan's premier VR conference, and its organizing committee features most of the stars of Japan's VR community. This year it was held in conjunction with VRST (Virtual Reality Software and Technology). Besides the scientific endorsement of ACM-SIGCHI, SICE (Society of Instrument and Control Engineers), and the Japan Technology Transfer Association, ICAT (and this year's joint conference with VRST) is sponsored by Nikkei business organization, publishers (among other things) of a business newspaper, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. There was an English Proceedings produced, as well as a video tape of a few of the presented projects. (ATIP subscribers can request copies of relevant material.) Besides joining up with VRST, this year, for the first time, ICAT was held in combination with both NICOGRAPH, Japan's largest computer graphics exposition, and its sister expo Multimedia. ICAT/VRST was a very distant third in terms of size and attendance of that week's events at Makuhari. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. ICAT/VRST PROGRAM KEYNOTE LECTURE "Participant, User-Guided and Autonomous Actors in the Virtual Life Network VLNET", Daniel Thalmann, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SWITZERLAND KEYNOTE LECTURE "Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality for Aircraft Design and Manufacturing", David Mizell, Boeing Information and Support Services, USA TECHNICAL SESSION 1 [Software Tools and Applications for Virtual Space] (1) Shared VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) Browser for Collaborative Assembly Design", Lae Hyun Kim, Yoonchui Choy, Heedong Ko, Hyun Suk Kim, Yonsei University & Korean Institute of Science and Technology, KOREA (2) Besides Immersion: Overlaid Points of View and Frames of Reference Using Audio Windows to Analyze Audio Scenes", Michael Cohen, The University of Aizu, JAPAN (3) Development of Virtual Telephone System, Hidehiko Kono, Tottori Research & Development Center of Industrial Technology, JAPAN (4) A Spatial Approach to Speech and Gestural Control in Collaborative Virtual Environments", Steve Benford, Chris Greenhalgh, The University of Nottingham, UK (5) The Hyper Hospital - A Virtual Reality Mediated Networked Medical System - General Construction, User Reconfigurable World Design, New Cybernetic Interface, and Safety Features", T.Yamaguchi, K.Yamazaki, Tokai University, JAPAN (6) "A Virtual Skiing System for Interactive Training and Entertainment", Nobutatsu Nakamura, Akihisa Kenmochi, Kozo Satoda, Mikio Tanaka, Keiji Nemoto, Information Technology Research Laboratories, NEC, JAPAN TECHNICAL SESSION 2 [Visual Sensation and Auditory Displays] (1) The Virtual Lens", Charles F. Neveu, Lawrence W. Stark, University of California, Berkeley, USA (2) Interactive Visual Simulation in a Quasi-three dimensional World based on the Structuralization of Images", Makoto Kato, Hideo Noyama, Systems Development Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., JAPAN (3) A Compound Virtual Environment Using the Projective Head Mounted Display", Ryugo Kijima, Michitaka Hirose, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN (4) The Magnifying Glass Approach to Augmented Reality Systems", Jun Rekimoto, Sony Computer Science Lab., JAPAN (5) Virtualized Reality : Being Mobile in a Visual Scene", Takeo Kanade, P.J. Narayanan, Peter W. Rander, Carnegie Mellon University, USA KEYNOTE LECTURE "Application of Virtual Reality Technology, Including Force Feedback, for Astronaut Training", Charles J. Gott, NASA Johnson Space Center, USA SPECIAL SESSION [Human Media Technology] (1) Principle of Human-Centered Information Systems", John J.Leggett, Texas A&M University, USA (2) Some Trends and Forecasts in Matter of Virtual Reality Development & Evolution", Philippe Coiffet, Laboratoire de Robotique de Paris, FRANCE (3) Image and Imagination: Key Issues for Kansei Information Processing Technology", Yuichiro Anzai, Keio University, JAPAN TECHNICAL SESSION 3 [Tactile and Force Displays] (1)"Surface Display: Concept and Implementation Approaches", Koichi Hirota, Michitaka Hirose, Toyohashi University of Technology & The University of Tokyo, JAPAN (2)"Dextrous Telemanipulation with Force Feedback in Virtual Reality", Latifa Turki, Philippe Coiffet, Laboratoire de Robotique de Paris, FRANCE (3) Cooperative Work in Virtual Environment with Force Feedback", Hiroaki Yano, Hiroo Iwata, University of Tsukuba, JAPAN (4) A Construction Method of Virtual Haptic Space - A Shape Model of an Object in Virtual Environment Suitable for Representing Shape with Surfaces and Edges", Hiroshi Hoshino, Ryokichi Hirata, Taro Maeda, Susumu Tachi, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN TECHNICAL SESSION 4 [Naturality and Interaction] (1) Interaction Techniques for a Virtual Workspace", Luis Serra, Timothy Poston, Ng Hern, Chua Beng Choon, John A. Waterworth, National University of Singapore SINGAPORE & University of Umea, SWEDEN (2) A Human-scale Space Interface Device with Force Sensation," Y. Cai, S. Wang, M. Ishii, M. Sato, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN (3) Comparison of Naturalness : Virtual Assembly with a Sophisticated Aid vs. Real Assembly in Building Block Task", Yoshifumi Kitamura, Amy Yee, Fumio Kishino, ATR Communication Systems Research Laboratories, JAPAN (4) A Study on Data Input for Natural Human Motion for a Virtual Reality System", Michitaka Hirose, Guy Deffaux, Yoshiyuki Nakagaki, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN VIDEO ABSTRACTS (1)"Audio Windows for Virtual Concerts I, II, Michael Cohen, Nobuo Koizumi, The University of Aizu, JAPAN (2) Telepresence Control of an Ambidextrous Robot for Space Applications", Larry Li, Brian Cox, Susan Sheldon, Myron Diftler, NASA Johnson Space Center & Lockheed Engineering and Science Company, USA (3) Interaction Techniques for a Virtual Workspace", Luis Serra, Timothy Poston, Ng Hern, Chua Beng Choon, John A. 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