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-=- CALL FOR PAPERS -=-
- THE 1STH RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON AUGMENTED VIRTUAL REALITY -
AVIR 2003
avir2003.miralab.unige.ch
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UNIVERSITY of GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SEPTEMBER 18-19, 2003
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MIRALab is pleased to announce the First Research Workshop on Augmented
Virtual Reality, organized by the Third Cycle in Computer Science (CUSO).
Applications are sought in all areas, particularly in Cultural Heritage,
Industry and Gaming.
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The topics of interest in AVIR 2003 include but are not limited to:
* Large scale terrain modeling
* Geo-temporal 3D databases
* GIS for culture and gaming
* Kiosks and site explanations
* Case studies for Cultural Heritage, Industry and Games
* New imaging to model techniques
* Immersive environments
* Design and evaluation
* Object and image restoration and modelling
* Rapid Modelling for virtual urban sets
* Remote sensing
* Digital Archive
* Avatars in Cultural and Gaming Experiences
* Virtual prototyping & engineering design
* Distance learning and training applications
* Virtual re-enactment and storytelling
* Augmented Reality on the Web
* Real time rendering
* Museum Aplications with use of Augmented reality
* Narrative Augmented Environments
* Virtual Theatre & Interactive Art
* Display and projection technologies
* Augmented Theatrical Reconstructions
* Sound and Music
* Position and orientation tracking technology
* Calibration methods and sensor fusion
* Vision-based registration and tracking
* Acquisition of 3D scene descriptions
* Multimodal input and output
* Object overlay and spatial layout techniques
* Aural and haptic augmentation
* Mediated reality
* Ubiquitous and wearable Computing
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IMPORTANT DATES
July 30, 2003 : Paper Submission Deadline
August 22, 2003 : Notification of Acceptance
September 18, 2003 : Start of AVIR 2003
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Program Chair:
Prof. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
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PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Submissions should be made electronically, in PDF format
only (no paper copy will be accepted). An electronic
version should be submitted by July 30, 2003 by email
attachment to [log in to unmask]
Papers must be prepared without the use of special fonts.
Authors will be notified by August 22, 2003.
All extended abstracts will be reviewed carefully by an
International Program Committee and External Reviewers.
>From the accepted papers, a selection will be published as
an extended version in a Special Issue of the Journal of
Visualization and Computer Animation, published by Wiley & Sons
(http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1049-8907/).
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PAPER FORMAT
Original unpublished extended abstracts of 2 pages
(single-spaced, 12 points, including figures, tables and
references) are invited. Manuscripts must be written
in English.
The cover page of the paper should include a title, keywords,
and author's information (name, title, affiliation, address,
phone and fax numbers, e-mail address).
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SEND QUERIES TO
AVIR2003 secretariat
Email: [log in to unmask]
Fax: +41-227057780
Web: avir2003.miralab.unige.ch
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