From: Richard Subject: CFP: VRSIG'97 Call for Participation Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 15:52:20 +0000 Message-ID: <3371F6B4.10E1@brunel.ac.uk> Organization: Brunel University _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/ THE FOURTH UK VR-SIG CONFERENCE BRUNEL UNIVERSITY Sat 1st November'97 Preliminary Announcement and Call for Participation http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~empgrrb/VRSIG97/ Following on from successful conferences held in Nottingham, Reading and Leicester, the 4th VR-SIG conference is to be hosted by Brunel University at its Runnymead Campus. This one-day conference will include presentations of refereed papers, posters sessions and exhibitions. High quality papers are sought describing recent and novel research in the area of Virtual Reality and related topics. The conference is primarily concerned with current research in the UK, however high quality papers from international research groups will be considered. SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE 1/7/97 TOPICS ------ Extended abstracts of 500-1000 words are invited on all topics relevant to Virtual Reality research. Conference Topics Include (but are not limited to): Human Factors 3D Interaction Sociological Issues Applications VR and Hypermedia Hardware and Software Architectures Presence/Immersion Virtual World Design Distributed VR Tele-operation 3D/Stereoscopic Displays Multimodal Interaction VRML All submissions must be made electronically, either by e-mail (preferred) or by sending a 3.5" high density MS-DOS format floppy disk via snail-mail. Acceptable formats for submissions are ASCII text, PostScript or preferably Microsoft Word. E-mail submissions should be sent to richard.bowden@brunel.ac.uk (Word files should be sent as MIME attachments or uuencoded). A MS-Word template file is available to format your submission. Submissions on disk should be sent to: UK VR-SIG Conference c/o Richard Bowden Dept M & ES Brunel University Uxbridge Middlesex UB8 3PH UnitedKingdom email: richard.bowden@brunel.ac.uk Fax +44 (0)1895 812556 Tel +44 (0)1895 274000 ex2915 Conditions of Submission ------------------------ At least one author must be a member of the UK VR-SIG. Full papers are accepted on the condition that at least one author will attend the conference to make a presentation. Poster presentations will appear in the proceedings. Papers submitted should be previously unpublished. Proceedings ----------- Conference Proceedings are refereed and will be allocated an ISBN. Printed proceedings will be supplied free of charge providing company sponsorship can be secured. The proceedings will be produced electronically and made available via the World-Wide Web and anonymous FTP. Copies will also be available on disk to VR-SIG members with no Internet access. VRSIG Membership ---------------- Application forms to join UK VR-SIG are available from the chairman, Robin Hollands (e-mail: R.Hollands@shef.ac.uk). Membership is free of charge. Registration ------------ Although attendance at the conference is free of charge for UK VR-SIG members, the number of delegates is limited to 120. Further announcements regarding registration will be made in due course. In the absence of company sponsorship a small fee (5 Pounds) may be charged to help cover administrative costs. Exhibits/Demos -------------- Please send proposals for exhibits and demos (including details of space required) to Richard Bowden at the above address by 26th September 1997. Brunel ------ Brunel University is located on four campuses: at Uxbridge, Osterley, Twickenham and Runnymede. All are within easy reach of London, Heathrow Airport and the national motorway system. The conference will be held in the Chapel Suite at the RunnyMede Campus. Information on getting to Brunel can be found here. Important Dates --------------- Extended Abstracts due ............ 1st July 1997 Notification of acceptance ........ 31st July 1997 Completed papers due .............. 26th September 1997 Conference ........................ 1st November 1997 Further information on the conference is available on the World-Wide Web at the UK VR-SIG's web server at http://www.crg.cs.nott.ac.uk/ukvrsig -- Richard Bowden | Vision & VR Group | email : Richard.Bowden@brunel.ac.uk Dept M & ES | Brunel University | Phone : 01895 274000 ext 2915 Days Uxbridge | Middlesex | WWW : http://http2.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~empgrrb/