From: Ivan Poupyrev <poup@hitl.washington.edu
Subject: CFP: Special Issue of the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:19:33 -0800
Organization: HITLab, University of Washington



                       CALL FOR PAPERS for
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 a Special Issue of the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing
   (JVLC) on User Interfaces and Interaction in Virtual Reality

     Guest Editors: Suzanne Weghorst and Thomas Furness III
  Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington
           [ http://www.hitl.washington.edu/jvlc_cfp/ ]


* Call for papers *

Theoretical and empirical papers highlighting the issues and
research results of developing and evaluating highly interactive
user interfaces for virtual reality (VR) are solicited for a
special issue of the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing.

In recent years there has been considerable research and
development in the field of virtual environments (VE) technology.
The two-dimensional graphical interface is yielding ground to
three-dimensional interfaces in domains such as entertainment,
education, information visualization, and design, and this trend
is likely to continue. A common observation is that, while the VR
experience can be compelling, the user interface is often awkward
and distracting.  Furthermore, these interface constraints may be
inhibiting the development of VEs in which real "work" is
accomplished.  User interfaces and interaction in virtual
environments is maturing as a an important and very exciting
research area. Essential research progress is needed to
understand how to support the user’s interaction within the
virtual environments, what interface concepts, paradigms,
software architectures and techniques should be used for the
development of immersive interfaces.

Topics of interests for this special issue include, but not
limited to:

- innovative immersive interfaces and interface metaphors;
- user interfaces for immersive modeling;
- collaborative virtual environments;
- VR interface programming methods and toolkits;
- human factors aspects of immersive interfaces;
- multi-modality interface methods;
- interfaces for augmented reality and wearable systems;

* Submissions *

Please submit 5 copies of the manuscript by the specified
deadline to the address indicated below. The manuscript should be
prepared according to the guidelines provided in the following
document: http://www.hitl.washington.edu/jvlc_cfp/authors.html
Please contact Guest Editors if you have any further questions.

Submit to:
Suzanne Weghorst, Guest Editor
Human Interface Technology Lab
University of Washington
Box 352142
Seattle, Washington USA 98195-2142
Phone: 206-616-1487
e-mail: weghorst@hitl.washington.edu

* Important dates *

Submission deadline: May 1st, 1998
Acceptance notification: August 1st, 1998
Final papers due: October 15th, 1998
Publication: February, 1999

* Guest editors *

Suzanne Weghorst
Human Interface Technology Lab,
University of Washington,
Box 352142,
Seattle, Washington USA 98195-2142
Phone: 206-616-1487
e-mail: weghorst@hitl.washington.edu

Thomas A. Furness
Human Interface Technology Lab,
University of Washington,
Box 352142,
Seattle, Washington USA 98195-2142
Phone: 206-685-8626
e-mail: tfurness@hitl.washington.edu

* About JVLC *
Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (ISSN 1045-926X)
published quarterly by Academic Press, London.
Home page of the journal is:
http://www.hbuk.co.uk/ap/journals/vl/