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Call for abstracts:
Book on Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems
Deadline: 15 may 2008 Contact: [log in to unmask]
Submissions are invited for a proposed anthology of papers presenting
established results related to the engineering of mixed reality systems.
Upon acceptance, the book will be published as a volume in Springer's
HCI Series.
Authors are asked to submit a one-page abstract along with an outline of
the paper which will be reviewed. Once the book proposal is approved by
Springer, authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit their
full papers which, once revised as a result of subsequent review, will
appear as chapters in the published book. Details of the submission
process are given below.
Rationale ====================================
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is no longer restricted to interactions
between users and computers via keyboard and screen: currently one of
the most challenging aspects of interactive systems development is the
integration of the physical and digital aspects of interaction in a
smooth and usable way. This fusion involves the design and development
of "mixed reality systems" (MR), including augmented reality, augmented
virtuality, tangible systems, etc. The diversity of terms used to denote
these systems is evidence both of the amount of research activity and
the lack of a common conceptual framework for this field.
Nevertheless, there is a rapidly growing body of research that addresses
the design and development of such systems, including conceptual
modelling, design and evaluation case studies, prototyping and
development tools, and software technology. The initial focus of mixed
reality research on exploratory systems dedicated to specific
application areas is now being replaced with an interest in using mixed
reality as an industrial-strength "ubiquitous" and general paradigm of
interaction. Therefore, the book timely aims at compiling a snapshot of
current results, at identifying good practice, at collecting and
benchmarking our progress and at providing direction for subsequent
work.
The book will cover the following topics on mixed reality engineering,
which will also provide the book overall structure:
- design approaches, models, methods and tools;
- implementation tools as well as software technology;
- evaluation criteria and methods;
- case studies that offer lessons learned from the design,
implementation and evaluation of mixed reality systems.
Topics of interests ==========================
We are interested in any paper that addresses topics relevant to the
themes of the book, as described above. These topics include, but are
not limited to:
- Interaction Design
--- Conceptual models of mixed reality or interaction with mixed reality
systems
--- Multidisciplinary and/or participatory approaches to mixed reality
design
--- Design patterns for mixed reality artefacts and interaction
--- Development process models of mixed reality systems
--- Mixed reality prototyping tools (e.g., sketch-based, system
simulation)
--- Innovative mixed reality interaction techniques
- Software Design and Implementation
--- Software architectures (e.g., component-based, distributed,
real-time) of mixed reality systems
--- Software design patterns for mixed reality systems
--- Data exchange protocols
--- Toolkit and development environment for mixed reality systems
--- End-user programming of mixed reality systems
--- Advanced techniques for location/object/gesture detection,
registration, etc.
- Evaluation
--- Methods for evaluating user experience with mixed reality, tangible
manipulation, etc.
--- Specific criteria for evaluating experiential fusion of physical and
digital representations
--- Evaluation techniques for field-based studies of mixed reality
- Case Studies
--- Development of a system for a niche market (medical, military)
--- Development of a system for a mass market (games, car
instrumentation, museums)
Prospective authors who are unsure of the relevance and categorisation
of a topic should not hesitate to contact the editors.
Submission details ===========================
* Submission procedure (date, length and format of abstracts)
The submission must include an abstract up to 1 page along with an
outline giving section headings (up to one page).
The abstract should include:
- Title
- Authors
- Category: The category in which the work fits along with a
justification for this work to be suitable for inclusion in the
anthology.
- Summary: An overview that presents the topic, a summary of results and
the adopted approach.
Submissions must be sent electronically to [log in to unmask] in a PDF file.
* Length and format of FINAL papers:
The final version of the paper will have to be up to 20 pages. The paper
must be formatted according to the Springer format (see templates
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0 ).
* Important dates
- Submission of abstract: 15 may, 6pm (GMT)
- Detailed TOC sent to Springer: 27 May
- Notification of book acceptance: 31 June (estimated)
- Submission of full paper: 30 September
- Notification of review results: 30 October
- Revised version: 30 November
Further information ==========================
* Contact:
For any further enquiries, please send an email to [log in to unmask]
* Editors
- Emmanuel Dubois, University of Toulouse - Tarbes, France,
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- Philip Gray, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, [log in to unmask]
- Laurence Nigay, University of Grenoble, France, [log in to unmask]
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