VRST '97

ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 1997

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

September 15 - 17, 1997

Sponsored by: ACM SIGCHI and SIGGRAPH

Final Programme

Aims and Scope

The ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) is a major international conference on the technical aspects of virtual reality. This is the fourth VRST conference, with previous conferences held in Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong. VRST's program includes papers and tutorials of the latest VR technology and applications. It attracts a wide range of international attendees, providing an excellent opportunity to sample state of the art research from many international VR research centers, and interact with researchers from around the world. Papers from previous VRST conferences have been published in ACM Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (vol. 2, no. 3), and the May 1996 issue of the Communications of the ACM. In addition, VRST'97 provides an excellent opportunity to visit Switzerland and other parts of Europe.

VRST offers a high quality technical program. Papers were reviewed by an international program committee and 30 have been selected out of 76 submitted. The proceedings of VRST'97 will be published by ACM Press, and will be available internationally after the conference through ACM and its agents. Papers cover the following topics:

Input Devices

Geometrical Modeling

Distributed Environments

Time Critical Rendering

Realtime physics-based models

VR Software

Collision Detection

Applications of VR

Haptic Feedback

Animation

Simulation

Avatars and Virtual Humans in VR

3D Interaction Techniques

Environment Design

Games and Entertainment

Augmented Reality

Schedule

From Monday September 15, 9.00 to Wednesday September 17, 17.15.

Location and Organization

The conference's technical program will be held in EPFL campus, near the beautiful Leman Lake. Lausanne is a true mosaic of history, beauty, and interest. It is a touristic spot with the old town, the Lake, and the Olympic museum. It is also the ideal starting point for a tour of the Alps.
How to get to EPFL

Conference Chairs and Committee

General Chair: Daniel Thalmann, Computer Graphics Lab, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

Program Co-Chairs:

Steve Feiner, Columbia University, New Yok , USA
Gurminder Singh, Institute of Systems Sciences, National University of Singapore
Daniel Thalmann, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

International Program Committee

Steve Benford, University of Nottingham, UK
Massimo Bergamasco, Percro, Italy
Jens Blauert, Bochum University, Germany
Pere Brunet, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Steve Bryson, NASA Ames, USA
Grigore Burdea, Rutgers University, USA
Tat Seng Chua, National University of Singapore
Michael Deering, SUN Microsystems, USA
Rae Earnshaw, University of Bradford, UK
Lennart Fahlen, Swedish Inst. of Computer Science, Sweden
Kim Fairchild, ISS, National University of Singapore
Dieter Fellner, University of Bonn, Germany
Pascal Fua, EPFL, Switzerland
Martin Goebel, GMD, Germany
Mark Green, University of Alberta, Canada
Michitaka Hirose, University of Tokyo, Japan
Larry Hodges, Georgia Tech, USA
Hiroo Iwata, Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan
Rob Jacob, Naval Research Lab, USA
Stanislav Klimenko, Institute for High Energy Physics, Russia
Myron Krueger, Artificial Reality, USA
Tosiyasu L. Kunii, University of Aizu, Japan
Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Margaret Minsky, MIT, USA
Junji Nomura, Matsushita Electric Works, Japan
Jun Ohya, ATR, Japan
Steve Pieper , Medical Media Systems, USA
Timothy Poston, ISS, National University of Singapore
Larry Rosenblum, Naval Research Laboratory
Luis Serra, ISS, National University of Singapore
Sung Yong Shin, KAIST, Korea
Mel Slater, University of London, UK
Sharon Stansfield, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Larry Stark, Berkeley, USA
Yasuhito Suenaga, Nagoya University, Japan
Yngve Sundblad, KTH, Sweden
Susumu Tachi, University of Tokyo Japan
Jose Teixeira, Centro de Computacao Graphico, Coimbra, Portugal
Colin Ware, University of New Bruswick, Canada
Michael Zyda, Naval Postgraduate School, USA)

Tutorials: Prem Kalra, MIRALab, University of Geneva

Organization and publicity: Zerrin Celebi, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

Registration and local arrangements: Josiane Bottarelli, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

Treasurer: Ronan Boulic, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

Registration Fees

Registration includes:

• participation to the tutorials
• tutorials notes
• coffees at breaks
• one lunch
  
• Technical sessions (Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17)
  

Registration includes:

• participation to all technical sessions
• one copy of the Proceedings
• coffees at breaks
• reception
• dinner
  All prices are in Swiss Francs. Members of ACM/SIG must provide their membership number. Full students should provide a copy of official ID.
  
  
  
  
• Registration Form
  
  
• Please save the Registration Form text file , fill it and send it by Email (TO BOTH EMAIL ADDRESSES) or Fax it to the following address:
  

Josiane Bottarelli

Email: bottarelli@lig.di.epfl.ch and vrst97@lig.di.epfl.ch
Fax: +41 21 693.53.28
Tel: +41 21 693.52.15

• Technical Programme

Monday, September 15

• 9.30 - 12.30 14.00-17.00 Room INJ 218
  T1: Perceiving in Virtual Environments: The Multisensory Nature of Real and Virtual Worlds

Lawrence J. Hettinger, Senior Human Factors Engineer, Logicon Technical Services, Inc. Dayton, Ohio and Adjunct Professor of Psychology Wright State University

• 9.30 - 12.30 14.00-17.00 Room INJ 216
  T2: Virtual Humans in Virtual Reality

Igor Pandzic, MIRALab, University of Geneva

Daniel Thalmann, Ronan Boulic, Tolga Capin, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland



• 9.30 - 12.30 14.00-17.00 Room INJ 118
  T3: Augmented Reality
  
  Pascal Fua, Selim Balcisoy, Serge Rezzonico, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Tuesday, September 16

17.10-17.15: Conclusion