~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs.org.uk/hci/ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ All news to:[log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci/ ~~ ~~ archive.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALL FOR PAPERS for the Workshop on User Centered Design and Implementation of Virtual Environments on 30th September 1999 at the King's Manor, University of York, York, United Kingdom http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/~shamus/ve-call.html Much of the work concerned with virtual environments (VEs) has addressed the development of new rendering technologies or interaction techniques. As VE technology matures and becomes adopted in a wider range of applications, there is, however, a need to better understand how this technology can be accommodated in software engineering practice. This process is being enabled in part by the development of "generic" virtual environment toolkits such as dVise and SuperScape. It is difficult to find reports that detail the process used to develop virtual environments, but given the maturity of the technology it would seem reasonable to suggest that prototyping and exploratory development play a significant role. However, if or when the technology of virtual environments becomes adopted in mainstream software systems and products, exploratory approaches become rather less attractive. Software developers must be concerned with making use of the most appropriate technology in a way that meets the requirements of the client, including quality criteria such as usability, robustness, maintainability, error-tolerance, etc. Our concern is not so much with the physical devices such as headsets and data gloves that have come to characterise VEs, but rather with addressing the highly interactive and dynamic nature of user-system interaction that this technology supports. A key aim of the workshop is to provide a platform for the presentation of current research describing techniques that will help virtual environment application designers construct solutions that are appropriate to users' tasks and requirements, irrespective of whether they use high-end immersive technology or PC-based VE systems. Submissions ------------ We invite the submission of full papers but three to four page abstracts will also be acceptable. Relevant topics include but are not limited to: + modelling and design of virtual environments + toolkit design for effective interaction + problems and issues involved in moving from virtual environment design to implementation + approaches taken, and proposals for future research Decisions about acceptance will be made by the review committee on the basis of the papers submitted. It is hoped that publication of the full papers will be arranged after the workshop. Send submissions by electronic mail to [log in to unmask] (preferably in RTF, Postscript or PDF form) or by post to the address below. Deadlines ---------- Receipt of submissions 30 June 1999 Committee decision 31 July 1999 Workshop 30 September 1999 Workshop organisation ----------------------- This workshop is part of a series of one day workshops organised by the University of York HCI group, and in association with the INQUISITIVE project. Previous successful workshops were held in September 1998 and March 1999. The first has led to a special issue of the International Journal of Human Computer Studies. Review Committee ------------------- David Boyd (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) David Duce (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) David Duke (University of York) Mark Green (University of Alberta) Roger Hubbold (University of Manchester) Robert Jacob (Tufts University) Chris Johnson (University of Glasgow) Roy Kalawsky (Loughborough University) Peter Wright (University of York) For more information. ---------------------- Submissions and requests for further information may be sent to the address below. Shamus Smith & Michael Harrison Department of Computer Science University of York York, Y010 5DD, UK Tel: +44 1904 433376 Fax: +44 1904 432767 Email: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%