Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 08:30:38 -0500 From: "Doug Bowman" Subject: VRIC Call for papers Sender: To: "3dui List" <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu> Reply-to: Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Importance: Normal X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Authentication-warning: torch.hitl.washington.edu: majordom set sender toowner-3dui@hitl.washington.edu using -f X-Priority: 3 (Normal) VRIC 2002 submission deadline for full papers => March, 15, 2002 (no abstracts review this year) VIRTUAL REALITY OUTBURST... As this marvelous technology invades numerous sectors, we are happy to invite you to the most important European gathering of Virtual Reality specialists and users. You will find below the announcement of the fourth Virtual Reality International Conference which will take place in Laval (France) from 19 - 21 June 2002 during Laval Virtual gathering, the first European event dedicated to Virtual Reality technologies and supported by European Commission / IST program. We would be very grateful to you if you would spread the word to colleagues, Virtual reality users and any potentially interested persons. Best regards - S. Richir, P. Richard, B. Taravel & the organisation team ______________________________________________________ Laval Virtual VRIC 2002 Fourth Virtual Reality International Conference SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Laval, France 19-21 June 2002 Submission web site: http://www.istia.univ-angers.fr/~vric Laval Virtual web site: http://www.laval-virtual.org ______________________________________________________ Laval Virtual is a major conference for the international community of scientific, professional and casuel users of Virtual Reality. The aim is to share experiences, to develop the impact of and the community surrounding Virtual Reality. The VRIC Conference is organised in half days sessions chaired and introduced by international experts in Virtual Reality. We seek high-quality papers in all area of Virtual Reality. We welcome either theoretical or applied research papers. TOPICS include but are not restricted to the following aspects: HEALTHCARE VR-assisted surgery; educational tools; organs models; sensors; telemedecine; clinical assessment & diagnostics; telesurgery; training & performance assessment; simulators; feeling feedback; surgical robotics; computer assisted gestures; human body navigation or simulation; cognition; cognitive modeling; interaction; ubiquity; adaptation; learning; therapy; neuropsychologyŠ MIXED REALITY & Human-Computer Interfaces Augmented Reality; Mixed Reality; Force feedback; haptic interfaces; immersion / display; tracking / sensors; human factors; physical interfacesŠ COLLABORATIVE WORK Collaborative work & Industry; Virtual prototyping; engineering design; maintenance; project reviews; VR industrial applications; VR in industrial systems; Mechanical simulationŠ TRAINING Cooperative work; CVE (Collaborative Virtual Environment); experimentationŠ ENTERTAINEMENT & ART & INTERNET Virtual storytelling;Video Games; network games; virtual theatre; VR & cinema; interactive art; avatars; web 3D interaction; networks; interaction for B to B (or B to C); databasesŠ EQUIPMENTS Workbenches; Reality Centres; Caves; computers clustersŠ STATE OF THE ART VR around the world; VR state of the art in different countries; international research programs; european projectsŠ We welcome proposals for workshops, tutorials and demonstrations of applications and tools. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS The International Program Committee requests prospective authors to send a full paper for review. All submissions must be written in English, starting with a succinct statement of the problem, the results achieved, their significance and a comparison with previous work. All submissions must be received by March, 15, 2002 on the submission web site. The submission should also include: title of proposed paper, authors names, affiliations, addresses, name of author to contact for correspondence, e-mail address of contact author, topics which best describe the paper (max. 5 keywords) and a short abstract. Full papers: minimum 4 pages single-spaced, maximum 10 pages single-spaced; Font to be used: Times; Characters size: 10 pt for text, 14 pt bold for title, 12 pt bold for section titles and 10 pt bold for sub-section titles; Paper format: two-column DIN A4 format; Margins: top, bottom, left, right = 2,5 cm, no page numbers please, Word.doc or pdf format appreciated. Papers and abstract should be submitted by the way of: http://www.istia.univ-angers.fr/~vric Papers or abstracts may also be submitted by email to VRIC2002@istia.univ-angers.fr or in paper form, 3 hard copies, to: ISTIA INNOVATION S. RICHIR / Laval Virtual 62, Ave ND du Lac 49000 Angers France SESSIONS The program of each session will be composed of: - A 45 minutes keynote presentation given by the invited speaker, - 30 minutes scientific talks selected by the international program committee, - Poster presentations, which will also be included in the conference proceedings. The conference languages are both English and French with simultaneous translation (the speaker choose the language he prefers). PROCEEDINGS Conference proceedings, in English, (including all accepted papers) will be published in English and will be available for the delegates at the symposium in printed form. A special issue of IJODIR (International Journal of Design and Innovation Research) will be published with the conference's best papers. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline for full papers => March, 15, 2002 (no abstract review this year) Notification of acceptance => April, 15, 2002 Deadline for final revisions of full papers => May, 30, 2002 VRIC Co-chairs & proceedings Editors: Simon Richir, Paul Richard, Bernard Taravel (PhD, ISTIA Innovation, Fr) VRIC 2002 International Program Committee: Badique E, PhD (European Commission, Be), Balet O, PhD (CS, Fr), Belard JL, M.D. (TATRC, USA) Bowman D, PhD (VT, USA), Bronstein R (SIMBIONIX, Is), Burkhardt JM, PhD (LEI, Fr), Cavazza M, PhD (Teesside Univ, UK), Chaillous C, PhD (LIFL, Fr), Coquillard S, PhD (INRIA, Fr), Corsi P, PhD (Internat . Consultant, Be), Delingette H, PhD (INRIA, Epidaure, Fr), Donikian S, PhD (IRISA, Fr), Dugelay JL (EURECOM, Fr), Fontaine JG, PhD (ENSI, CRIIF, Fr), Fuchs P, PhD (EMP, Fr), Goebel M, PhD (GMD, D), Goncalves J (European Commission, It), Grumbach A, PhD (ReViCo / ENST, Fr), Jessel JP, PhD (IRIT, Fr), Kalawsky R.S. (Advanced VR Research Centre, UK), Kheddar A, PhD (CEMIF), Kotoku T, PhD (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Jp), Lallemand P, PhD (FREE, Fr), Le Gall D, PhD (Angers Univ., Fr), Mair G, PhD (Transparent Telepresence Research Group, UK), Moreau G, PhD (EMP, Fr), Nugues P, PhD (LTH, Sw), Rizzo S, PhD (Southern California Univ., USA), Rovetta A, PhD (PdMilano, It), Saadoun M, PhD (INEDIT, Fr), Samier H, PhD (ISTIA, Angers Univ., Fr), Sandoval V, PhD (ECP, Fr), Sato M, PhD (T.I.T., Jp), Stone RJ, PhD (MUSE Virtual Presence, UK), Tachi S, PhD (Tokyo Univ., Jp), Thalmann D, PhD (EPFL-LIG, Sw), Von Lubitz D, MD (MedSMART, USA), Webster J, PhD (University of Teesside, VR