The ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) is the premier international symposium for the presentation of new research results, systems and techniques among researchers and developers concerned with augmented, virtual and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) software and technology. The VRST brings together the main international research groups working on AR/VR/MR, along with many of the world’s leading companies that provide or consume AR/VR systems. The VRST 2018 conference will be held in Tokyo, Japan, hosted by Waseda University, from Wednesday, Nov. 28th to Saturday, Dec. 1st, 2018. The event is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGGRAPH.

Updated

19 June 2018The submission system is now open. The full/short paper deadline is August 15.
14 June 2018Updated Call for Papters (rev.13)
11 June 2018Updated Call for Papters (rev.12)

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Support for Student Presentations

The SIGCHI Student Travel Grant (SSTG) program is intended to enable students who lack other funding opportunities to attend SIGCHI-sponsored or co-sponsored conferences. This travel grant is intended to support students whose intention is to present at a SIGCHI-sponsored conference, not just attend.
The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2018 (23:59 PST)
Notification of results by May 15, 2018
Details can be found at: sigchi.org/conferences/funding/student-travel-grant

Registration Fee

	Early Bird	Late
Member	600USD	700USD
Non-member	700USD	800USD
Student	250USD	250USD
Retire	400USD	450USD

Important Dates

15 Aug 2018Long/short paper deadline
01 Sep 2018Posters and demos submission deadline
25 Sep 2018Author notification for papers, posters and demos
01 Oct 2018Camera-ready papers, posters and demos due
28 Nov 2018Conference

Venue and Transportation

〒169-0051 東京都新宿区西早稲田1丁目20-14
早稲田大学国際会議場井深大記念ホール
Zip:169-0051, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Nishiwaseda, 1-20-14
International Conference Center, Masaru Ibuka Auditorium
ACCESS MAP PDF

Waseda University Accessibility Map PDF

KEYNOTES

	Thursday, 29 November "Discovering VR's Grammar: The Interplay of the Engineering and the Creative Processes" Nick Whiting Technical Director at Epic Games, Studio Head at Epic Games Seattle
	Friday, 30 November "Smart Systems Using High-speed Image Processing and Applications" Masatoshi ISHIKAWA Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
	Saturday, 1 December "Photorealistic Human Digitization and Rendering using Deep Learning" Hao Li CEO/Co-Founder of Pinscreen, assistant professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California

Organizers

Steering Committee Chair	Yoshifumi Kitamura (Tohoku University)
Symposium General Chair	Shigeo Morishima (Waseda University)
Program Chairs	Yuichi Itoh (Osaka University) Takaaki Shiratori (Facebook) Yonghau Yue (University of Tokyo) Rob Lindeman (University of Canterbury)
Demo & Poster Chairs	Takashi Ijiri (Shibaura Kodai) Hideki Todo (Chuo Gakuin-U) Hideki Koike (TITECH) Hubert Shum (Northumbria University)
Treasurer	Tatsuya Yatagawa(Waseda University)
Local Arrangements Chair	Kaisei Sakurai (Dwango) Hiroyuki Kubo (NAIST) [Accessibility Chair]
Sponsorship Chair	Takako Shinohara (CG-ARTS)
Publicity Chairs	Akemi Kamimura (MAX Co.) Shunsuke Yoshimoto (Osaka University) Kumiko Kato (CG-ARTS)
Industry Liaison Chairs	Savkin Pavel (FOVE)
International Liaison Chairs	Morten Fjeld (Chalmers University of Technology) Daisuke Sakamoto (Hokkaido University) Taku Komura (University of Edinburgh) Sung-Hee Lee (KAIST)
Publication Chair	Stephen N. Spencer (University of Washington)