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Subject: PRESENCE Call for Participation: The Human Figure in VE Systems

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PRESENCE: Call for Participation: "The Human Figure in VE Systems"

PRESENCE will devote a special issue to "The Human Figure in Virtual
Environment Systems". Co-editors of this special issue are David
Zeltzer of MIT and Michael Zyda  of the Naval Postgraduate School.

The focus of this issue is on both hardware and software technologies
for integrating the human figure into VE systems, either as
"autonomous actors" under program control, or as "guided actors"
controlled by humans in a master/slave mode. Areas of interest
include, but are not limited to:

     -- Applications that require or would benefit from the inclusion of
        human figures;
     -- Representing, controlling and interacting with autonomous human
        agents;
     -- Technology for instrumenting human VE participants; Software for
        recording and interpreting human movements and managing interactions
        with actors and objects in the virtual world;
     -- Technologies that allow combinations of human participants and
        autonomous or guided actors to jointly manipulate objects in the
        virtual world, perhaps with force feedback.

Human figure simulation research has been ongoing for several
decades. We are particularly interested in papers that survey and
reflect on the "grand challenges" for human figure simulation and
interaction, including discussions of the nature of progress made in
the field in the intervening years, and the difficult problems that
remain unsolved.  What will be the likely state-of-the-art of human
figure simulation in five years? In fifty years?

We are interested in technical papers, position papers surveying the
field and forum papers describing the frontiers of integrating the
human figure into VE systems. We have the complete issue to fill,
which means we desireÊtraditional research papers, lab reviews, and
"What's Happening" submissions. For the What's Happening section,
we request information on conference announcements, and other
VE/teleoperation events.

PRESENCE is the premier journal of teleoperation and virtual
environments. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the
understanding that they represent original material and are not
being considered for publication elsewhere.

Manuscripts should be in 12 point type, using double-spaced pages
for all text, including references. For more information, see the
"Instructions to Contributors" note on the inside back cover of
PRESENCE Vol. 3 No. 2 and later issues. Please include an electronic
mail address to which receipt acknowledgment can be sent. FAXed
submissions will NOT be accepted.

Send 7 copies of each submitted paper (one for each co-editor, and
one for each of 5 reviewers) to David Zeltzer  at the following
address:

      David Zeltzer
      PRESENCE Human Figure Issue
      Massachusetts Institute of Technology
      Room 36-763, 50 Vassar Street
      Cambridge MA 02139
      Tel: (617) 253-5995
      FAX: (617) 258-7003
      e-mail: dz@vetrec.mit.edu

The deadline for submissions to this special issue is May 15, 1995.
Submitted papers must be at MIT by that date in order for us to
have sufficient review time for our publication schedule.
Important deadlines:
     -- Submission of papers: May 15, 1995
     -- Acceptance notification: July 15, 1995
     -- Submission of final, camera-ready papers: September 1, 1995