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CALL FOR PAPERS

			
		PRESENCE 2000
             	3rd International Workshop on Presence

                  	
                  	27-28 March 2000
                 	Delft University of Technology
                 	Delft, The Netherlands

              
                                      
	You are warmly invited to participate in PRESENCE 2000, 
	the third International Workshop on Presence.


AIMS

	The central goal of the workshop is to provide an open discussion 
	forum in which we can share fruitful concepts for presence research,

	useful measurement methodologies and discuss applications in areas 
	such as entertainment, education, communication and interface
design.

	We aim to bring together academic researchers in the area of media 
	and presence, content and technology developers, and commercially 
	interested parties so that they can meet, learn from each other's 
	experiences, present their research, and exchange ideas.


CONTRIBUTIONS 
  
	The workshop invites submissions of original, high quality papers, 
	videos, and demonstrations discussing completed or on-going work 
	that addresses issues relevant to presence research. Contributions 
	should aim at promoting discussion and identifying salient issues 
	and problems.

	Topics for submission to PRESENCE 2000 include, but are not limited
to:

	* the concept of presence: causes and effects  
	* copresence in shared VEs and online communities  
	* presence evaluation/measurement methodologies  
	* presence-associated technologies: 
		immersive, interactive, multimodal displays
		advanced broadcast/cinematic displays 
		(stereoscopic TV, HDTV, IMAX, OMNIMAX)
		virtual environments/ simulators
	* social/affective interfaces, virtual agents, parasocial
interactions 
	* applications: 
		education & training
		medical/therapeutic 
		entertainment 
		communication 
		teleoperation
	* designing presence
	* state-of-the-art of current research
	* philosophical issues - nature of reality


SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

	Potential contributors are invited to submit a URL before 
	15 January 2000 via e-mail to Wijnand IJsselsteijn 
	(mailto:[log in to unmask]). This URL should point to 
	an HTML document containing the following information 
	(all in the document, not via links to other documents):

     	Names and affiliations of all authors - presenting author 
     	should be indicated. 
     	Phone, fax and email of corresponding author. 
     	Summary of main contributions (e.g. a set of bullet points) 
     	The main document of the work to be presented (no more than 
     	4 pages when printed). 

	The programme committee will review submissions and will 
	notify the contributors before 1 March 2000. 


PUBLICATION

	In order to allow attendees to read the short papers and 
	promote discussions prior to the workshop, accepted papers will 
	appear on the www.presence-research.org internet-site as an 
	electronic pre-publication. Efforts are being made towards the 
	possibility of publishing a post-workshop journal special issue 
	for which authors may be invited to write up a full paper.

                                     
SPONSORS

	The Independent Television Commission (UK) has generously 
	agreed to be a sponsor for the event but the organisers of 
	PRESENCE 2000 are actively seeking support from other 
	companies who wish to associate themselves with this new 
	and rapidly advancing area of media research. 
	To discuss sponsorship opportunities please contact 
	Huib de Ridder (mailto:[log in to unmask]) or 
	Wijnand IJsselsteijn (mailto:[log in to unmask]).
	 

MORE INFORMATION

	Please visit the workshop website for up-to-date information: 
	http://www.presence-research.org/presence2000.html 
	Registration details will be posted on the website in due course.
	
 
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

	Huib de Ridder		Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands 
				mailto:[log in to unmask]
	Wijnand IJsselsteijn 	IPO, Center for User-System Interaction, 
				The Netherlands 
				mailto:[log in to unmask]
	Jonathan Freeman 	Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK

				mailto:[log in to unmask]


PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
 
	Frank Biocca 		MINDLab, Michigan State University, USA
	Don Bouwhuis		IPO, Center for User-System Interaction &
				Dept. of Technology Management, 
				Eindhoven University of Technology, The
Netherlands  
	Steve Ellis 		Advanced Displays and Spatial Perception
Laboratory 
				NASA Ames Research Center, USA 
	Jonathan Freeman 	Dept. of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, 
				University of London, UK
	Wijnand IJsselsteijn 	IPO, Center for User-System Interaction, 
				Eindhoven University of Technology, The
Netherlands  
	Nick Lodge 		Standards and Technology Division,
				Independent Television Committee, UK
	Matthew Lombard 	Dept. of Broadcasting, Telecommunications, 
				and Mass Media, Temple University, USA
	Don Pearson 		Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 
				University of Essex, UK
	Huib de Ridder 		Dept. of Industrial Design Engineering, 
				Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands
	Ralph Schroeder 	Dept. of Technology and Society, 
				Chalmers University, Sweden  
	Mel Slater 		Dept. of Computer Science
				University College London, UK
	Pieter Jan Stappers 	Dept. of Industrial Design Engineering, 
				Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands
	Sumio Yano  		Human Vision Research Group,
				NHK Science and Technical Research Lab,
Japan 
 


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