Projection Summit 2008
June 16-17, 2008
Las Vegas, NV, USA

Business, marketing, and technology leaders from all levels of the big screen display value chain will be gathering again this year for the seventh annual Projection Summit Conference. The Summit provides a unique opportunity to learn about the technology and market forces that are shaping the ProAV and consumer markets. The executive-level conference allows attendees to hear from and engage with the industry’s movers and shakers. The stimulating sessions and discussion will focus on key industry trends and issues – matters that will affect business decisions at all levels of the industry.

Sessions include:

Monday, June 16, 2008
LED/Laser Projector Components & Products
Image Quality
Connectivity
Business Projectors

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Digital Signage
White Light Sources
Large Venue Projection Systems
Pico/Pocket Projector Opportunities

For more information, go to: www.projectionsummit.com.

The 2nd Interdisciplinary Conference on Intersections of Visualization
Practices and Techniques

7th - 9th May 2008, Loughborough University, UK

Download the event flyer

This years vizNET conference aims to establish an international medium for
the exchange of new ideas and practical experience between researchers
working in the field of visualization from scientific and engineering
applications to the arts and humanities.

Visualization is no longer a tool just for scientists and engineers -
increasingly the arts and humanities communities are making greater use
of visualization techniques in their activities. There is a great deal
that the science, engineering, arts and humanities communities can learn
from each other.

The scope of the event covers a wide range of visualization topics that
are applicable for novice, novice-advanced, and expert visualization
users. The event will be an important opportunity to present and hear about
the latest research, results, and ideas in these areas, as well as their
applications. The full event will include 2 day introductory workshop on
visualization (for novice and novice-advanced visualization users)
followed by a third day of expert visualization users.

Registration is now open online at http://www.viznet.ac.uk/viznet2008

Call for Posters and Videos

Delegates are invited to submit an A1 poster of their work. There will
be tables available to demonstrate the work described by the poster
during the event. A prize will be awarded for the best poster.

Delegates are also invited to submit a short (3 minute) video clip of
their work. The video clips will be included in one of the early
presentation sessions, giving participants a chance to show off new
visualization techniques.

Full details on the submission process are available from the vizNET
website.

-- ACM VRST 2008 --
15th Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
Bordeaux, France
October 27-29, 2008
http://www.vrst.org/vrst2008

We invite you to participate in the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) 2008 in Bordeaux, France. ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) is an international forum for the exchange of experience and knowledge among researchers and developers concerned with virtual reality software and technology. VRST 2008 will provide an opportunity for VR researchers to interact, share new results, show live demonstrations of their work, and discuss emerging directions for the field. Important Dates: Papers due: May 28, 2008 Short papers due: June 4, 2008 Notification of acceptance: July 8, 2008 Demos and posters due: July 13, 2008

Conference dates: October 27-29, 2008

Call for Papers

ACM VRST 2008 seeks original, unpublished papers documenting original research contributions, practice and experience, or novel applications, from all areas of virtual, mixed and augmented reality. Authors are required to submit fully formatted papers, with graphs, images, and other special areas arranged as intended for final publication. The ACM SIGGRAPH paper preparation guidelines are described at http://www.siggraph.org/publications/instructions. The maximum length for a regular paper submission is 8 pages. The maximum length for a short paper submission is 4 pages. Reviewers will be instructed to weigh the contribution of a paper relative to its length. Submissions may be optionally accompanied by additional materials such as images, videos, or electronic documents. These materials do not form a part of the official submission and will be viewed only at the discretion of the reviewers.

For more information on the online submission process visit http://vrst2008.labri.fr/submission.html

Conference Location VRST 2008 will be held in Bordeaux, an 18th century architectural gem which has been officially included on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Bordeaux is surrounded by the famous wine areas. It is also very close to the charming Atlantic west coast.

*** For general information about the conference please contact: Martin.Hachet@inria.fr

The 50th International Symposium ELMAR-2008, the oldest conference in Europe, will be traditionally held in the beautiful old town Zadar on the Croatian Adriatic coast. During the 50 years of activity ELMAR symposium became a significant scientific conference in the field of multimedia communications, image and video processing, navigation systems, speech and audio processing, telecommunications, wireless communications, electronics in marine, naval architecture, sea ecology, and other advanced research areas.

Deadline for submission of full papers: March 03, 2008
ELMAR Conference: 10-13 September 2008, Zadar, Croatia

More information
Special Sessions: http://elmar-zadar.org/2008/special_sessions/
Call for papers: http://elmar-zadar.org/2008/call_for_papers/elmar2008_cfp.asp
Paper submission: http://elmar-zadar.org/2008/paper_submission/

http://elmar-zadar.org/2008/

The evidently expanding Asian Gaming industry defines the need for the Computer Games & Allied Technology 08 conference at Singapore. The conference provides a platform for the international gaming community experts to discuss and deliberate with their Eastern counterparts on the state-of-the-art, new research results, perspectives of future developments, and innovative applications relevant to games development and related areas. The conference shall strive to shed light on the inherent sociological and design differences between the East and the West while exploring the challenges faced by the Asian Gaming industry. The conference also provides an opportunity to the international and regional Gaming studios, Game production companies and Allied technology and service providers to showcase their technology, products and services at the concurrent industry symposium.

Computer games model many interesting real-world problems and provide a fun, scalable, virtual environment for technological interplay. The conference venue at Singapore provides a similar fun, diverse but real-world environment for the gaming community to interact and connect. The Computer Games and Allied Technology 08 conference is scheduled to be held from 28th to 30th April 2008 at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore. The conference mantles diverse overarching tracks with stimulating technical sessions covering the conference theme of: Animation, Multimedia, Security, IPTV and Edutainment.

The conference program offers insightful plenary and keynote addresses, stimulating technical sessions, Seminars and Panel discussions, poster sessions and multiple social and networking opportunities. The social events hold the promise of providing a ‘Uniquely Singapore’ experience.

For more info, Contact
Secretariat
Computer Games & Allied Technology 08
03 Anson Road, Springleaf Tower
#32-00 Spore 079909
Tel: +65 62361530
Fax: +65 6438 8085
Email: info@cgames.com.sg

Evergreen Events has announced the opening of its Call For Speakers for the the second annual Online Game Development Conference (not related to CMP's Game Developers Conference series), set to take place May 13-15 in Seattle.

The Call For Speakers is open to industry experts worldwide for keynote, speaking and moderating roles.

The OGDC 2008 conference will focus on all aspects of online game development across platforms, topically focusing on the technology, design, production, business, and globalization of games utilizing the internet. In addition to the content sessions, the event offers business-to-business meetings and networking opportunities.

Past speakers at OGDC include: Kevin Bjorke, Art and Technology Evangelist for NVIDIA; Joshua Hong, Founder and CEO of K2 Network; Won-il Suh, Vice President of Neowiz; Joseph Ybarra, Vice President of Product Development for Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment; Allison Luong, Founder and Managing Director of Pearl Research; Diana Li, Vice President of Shanda; Mike Goslin, Vice President of Virtual Reality Studio Disney Online, and James Gwertzman, Director of Business Development for PopCap Games.

Interested parties may visit the OGDC website (http://www.ogdc2008.com/submissions.html) for further info, session submission guidelines and instructions.

About the conference

The Online Game Development Conference is the only annual game industry event with a laser-sharp focus on the rapidly evolving business of online game development on all its platforms. The 2nd Annual OGDC, to be held May 13-15, 2008 at the Seattle Waterfront Marriott Hotel in Seattle, Washington, will bring online game developers and business leaders together to celebrate and further the online game ecosystem.

Building on the great success of the 2007 conference, OGDC 2008 will expand the plenary sessions from two to three days, and feature a wide range of keynotes, sessions, and panels, giving attendees new views of the online game universe—everything from an overview of the latest business, product, and legal developments to in-depth looks at scalability, player psychology, and in-game economic systems. OGDC features acclaimed networking events, such as the opening night Welcome Reception and the official conference party.

Our theme for 2008 is redefining online. Redefining online means we’re actively exploring the boundaries of online game development, covering more than just MMO fantasy games. Console, wireless, virtual worlds, mash-ups, mobile, casual games – all of these categories intersect with online gaming. Online games are global and expanding into new markets that boxed games can't. Redefining online is an ongoing interchange of ideas and information that will involve everyone at OGDC.

CADUI provides an international forum for discussion between researchers, practitioners and students interested in new approaches for the advancement of tools, design environments, methods and related infrastructure that provide assistance to designers and developers in the user interface development life cycle, including requirements elicitation, early design, rapid prototyping, detailed design, development, software testing, usability evaluation, deployment, maintenance, and reengineering.

CADUI 2008 is the seventh conference of this series and will be held in Albacete, Spain. The conference will consist of three days of scientific presentations. This edition will emphasize the theme of "Design, Quality and New Interaction Paradigms in a Collaborative World".

Call for papers

The CADUI 2008 technical committee solicits papers describing original, previously unpublished, completed or on-going research. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: 

• Design of multi-user and/or collaborative user interfaces 
• User-interface design and specification methods and languages 
• Formal methods in interactive systems development 
• Model-Based Interface Development Environments (MB-IDEs) 
• Software tools and techniques for widget selection and placement 
• Automated and semi-automated techniques for user interface generation
• User interface design patterns 
• Agent-based UIs: interface agents, personal agents, intelligent agents, architectures 
• Design of adaptive, adaptable and customizable UI 
• Knowledge-based interface design 
• Quality, usability and accessibility in UI design
• Methods, metrics and tools for computer-aided evaluation of UIs 
• Ubiquitous interfaces and smart environments 
• Virtual Reality and Collaborative Virtual Environments
• Design of computer graphics applications, including computer games and visualization
• Methods and experiences for novel interfaces, including tangible, mixed-reality and multimodal interfaces

For the submission format of your paper, authors are requested to keep as close as possible to final camera-ready versions.

Accepted submissions will be presented in the main conference program, published in the conference proceedings. Each submission should be limited to 12 pages formatted according to Springer formatting guidelines accessible for a single-column edited volume accessible at:

http://www.springer.com/uk/home/authors/manuscript+guidelines?SGWID=3-40162-12-357799-0

Accepted submissions will appear as a chapter in the hard-cover book "Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces VI". Please note that all the figures, drawings, pictures, and artwork included in the paper submissions should have a resolution of 600 DPI or higher.

Authors must state that their paper has not been published elsewhere nor is under review by another conference or journal. Submission instructions for papers will appear on the website.

All papers will be reviewed by the technical program committee members. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings and will be published by Springer-Verlag. Authors are required to attend the conference and present their paper. Best papers will be forwarded for consideration in a special issue of a journal (indexed in SCI or JCR).

Important dates

• Full papers due: January 15, 2008
• Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2008
• Final paper due: April 15, 2008
• Early registration deadline: May 1, 2008

For more information, please contact the Conference Chairs:

Victor Lopez-Jaquero, Jose P. Molina-Masso & Francisco Montero-Simarro
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
cadui2008(AT)dsi.uclm.es

*** ISMAR 2007 Call for Participation
*** 6th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
*** Tue, Nov. 13 to Fri, Nov. 16, 2007
*** Nara-Ken New Public Hall in Nara, Japan
*** http://www.ismar07.org/

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== ADVANCE REGISTRATION already open ==
== (Deadline Oct. 15)
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*** HIGHLIGHTS ***

- 2 Workshops & 2 Tutorials
- 2 Keynote speeches
- 1 Dinner talk
- 9 paper sessions
- Posters
- Demos
- Noh Performance & Banquet

*** AIMS AND SCOPE ***

Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) allow the creation of fascinating
new types of user interfaces, and are beginning to show significant impact on
industry and society. The field is highly interdisciplinary, bringing together
signal processing, computer vision, computer graphics, user interfaces, human
factors, wearable computing, mobile computing, computer networks, displays,
sensors, to name just some of the most important influences. MR/AR concepts are
applicable to a wide range of applications.

Since 1998, ISMAR and its forerunner events have been the premier forums in
this vital field (http://www.augmented-reality.org/iwar/). This year we are
proud to present the 6th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and
Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2007). The symposium will be held on Nov. 13-16, 2007,
in historical Nara, Japan. We invite you all to participate in this great event
for the exchange of new ideas in this exciting field!

*** INVITED SPEAKERS ***

(please refer to the ISMAR homepage for more information:
http://www.ismar07.org/program)

** Keynote speakers

o Dieter Schmalstieg,
Graz University of Technology, Austria
http://www.icg.tu-graz.ac.at/Members/schmalstieg/

o Seiki Inoue
NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories, Japan

** Dinner talk

o Mark Billinghurst
Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand,
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
http://www.hitlabnz.org/route.php?r=ppl-view&ppl_id=40

*** PROGRAM OVERVIEW ***

o Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
Workshop 1 (full day): Tangible Space Initiative
Workshop 2 (full day): Mixed Reality Entertainment and Art
Tutorial 1 (full day): Designing and Developing
Handheld Augmented Reality Systems
Tutorial 2 (half day): Rigid and Deformable Tracking using
Markers or Scene Features

o Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007
Keynote by Dieter Schmalstieg
Sessions: Applications, Interaction, Scene Modeling, Human Factors
Noh Performance (Japanese Traditional Dance), Reception

o Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007
Keynote by Seiki Inoue
Sessions: Applications, Tracking & Sensors
Poster/Demo session
Conference Dinner
Dinner talk by Mark Billinghurst

o Friday, Nov. 16, 2007
Sessions: Information Presentation, Architecture, Tracking & Sensors
Poster/Demo session

*** PROGRAM ***

(please refer to the ISMAR homepage for more information:
http://www.ismar07.org/program))

o Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007

Workshop 1 (full day): Tangible Space Initiative
Tobias Hollerer (University of California)
Heedong Ko (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

Workshop 2 (full day): Mixed Reality Entertainment and Art
Adrian David Cheok (National University of Singapore)
Michael Haller (Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences)

Tutorial 1 (full day): Designing and Developing
Handheld Augmented Reality Systems
Daniel Wagner (Graz University of Technology, coordinator)
Mark Billinghurst (University of Canterbury, lecturer)
Blair MacIntyre (Georgia Institute of Technology, lecturer)
Istvan Barakonyi (Imagination Computer Services GmbH, lecturer)

Tutorial 2 (half day): Rigid and Deformable Tracking using Markers
or Scene Features
Selim Benhimane (Technische Universitat Munchen, coordinator)
Vincent Lepetit (EPFL, coordinator)
Adrien Bartoli (LASMEA, coordinator)
Mark Fiala (NRC Canada, lecturer)
Nassir Navab (Technische Universitat Munchen, lecturer)

o Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007

09:00 Opening Remarks
09:15 Keynote Talk by Dieter Schmalstieg
10:45 Session: Applications 1
- Laser Pointer Tracking in Projector-Augmented Architectural
Environments
- Urban Sketcher: Mixed Reality on Site for Urban Planning
and Architecture
- Augmented Reality-based Factory Planning - an Application Tailored
to Industrial Needs
13:35 Session: Interaction
- Face-to-Face Tabletop Remote Collaboration in Mixed Reality
- Visual Hints for Tangible Gestures
- A 3D Flexible and Tangible Magic Lens in Augmented Reality
- AR-Jig: A Handheld Tangible User Interface for Modification of 3D
Digital Form via 2D Physical Curve
15:35 Session: Scene Modeling
- Semi-automatic Annotations in Unknown Environments
- Automatic Reconstruction of Wide-Area Fiducial Marker Models
- Automatic Contour Model Creation Out of Polygonal CAD Models for
Markerless Augmented Reality
- Automatic Generation of Appearance-based Edge Models from
Image Sequences
17:20 Session: Human Factors
- Visual Longitudinal and Lateral Driving Assistance in the Head-Up
Display of Cars
- Evaluating Display Types for AR Selection and Annotation
- An Evaluation of Graphical Context as a Means for Ameliorating the
Effects of Registration Error
18:45 Noh Performance (Japanese Traditional Dance)
19:30 Reception

o Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007

09:00 Keynote Talk by Seiki Inoue
10:30 Session: Applications 2
- An Industrial Augmented Reality Solution For Discrepancy Check
- Visualization of Spatial Sensor Data in the Context of Automotive
Environment Perception Systems
- Laparoscopic Virtual Mirror for Understanding Vessel Structure:
Evaluation Study by Twelve Surgeons
- Contextual Anatomic Mimesis: Hybrid In-Situ Visualization Method
for Improving Multi-Sensory Depth Perception in Medical
Augmented Reality
13:40 Session: Tracking & Sensors 1
- Feature Tracking for Mobile Augmented Reality Using Video Coder
Motion Vectors
- Real-Time Object Tracking for Augmented Reality Combining Graph
Cuts and Optical Flow
- Ninja on a Plane: Automatic Discovery of Physical Planes for
Augmented Reality Using Visual SLAM
- A Method for Predicting Marker Tracking Error
- Initialisation for Visual Tracking in Urban Environments
16:10 Demo & Poster Teaser
17:00 Demos & Posters
19:30 Banquet
Dinner Talk

o Friday, Nov. 16, 2007

09:00 Session: Information Presentation
- Hear-Through and Mic-Through Augmented Reality: Using Bone
Conduction to Display Spatialized Audio
- Human-Centered Development of an AR Handheld Display
- Dynamic Adaptation of Projected Imperceptible Codes
- Interactive Focus and Context Visualization for Augmented Reality
10:40 Demos & Posters
13:40 Session: Architecture
- A Two-by-Two Mixed Reality System That Merges Real and Virtual
Worlds in Both Audio and Visual Senses
- A Wide Field-of-view Head Mounted Projective Display using
Hyperbolic Half-silvered Mirrors
- A System Architecture for Ubiquitous Tracking Environments
- Measurement of Absolute Latency for Video See-through
Augmented Reality
15:30 Session: Tracking & Sensors 2
- Precise Geometric Registration by Blur Estimation for Vision-based
Augmented Reality
- Parallel Tracking and Mapping for Small AR Workspaces
- Deformable Surface Augmentation in Spite of Self-Occlusions
- A Fast Initialization Method for Edge-based Registration Using an
Inclination Constraint
- Retexturing in the Presence of Complex Illumination and Occlusion
17:40 Closing Remarks

*** POSTERS ***

(please refer to the ISMAR homepage for more information:
http://www.ismar07.org/program))

- Initializing Markerless Tracking Using a Simple Hand Gesture
- Visually Elegant and Robust Semi-Fiducials for Geometric Registration in
Mixed Reality
- Webtag: A World Wide Internet Based AR System
- Mosaicing a Wide Field of View for Effective Interaction in Desktop
Tangible Augmented Reality
- Adaptive Augmented Reality Using Context Markup and Style Maps
- A High-level Event System for Augmented Reality
- Accelerating Template-Based Matching on the GPU for AR Applications
- ARMO: Augmented Reality based Reconfigurable MOck-up
- Overlay what Humanoid Robot Perceives and Thinks to the Real-world by
Mixed Reality System
- Vesp'R - Transforming Handheld Augmented Reality
- Reliving Museum Visiting Experiences on-and-off the Spot
- Identifying differences between CAD and physical mock-ups using AR
- A Framework for Tangible User Interfaces within Projector-based
Mixed Reality
- Visualizing Occluded Physical Objects in Unfamiliar Outdoor Augmented
Reality Environments
- Efficient Extraction of Robust Image Features on Mobile Devices

*** DEMOS ***

(please refer to the ISMAR homepage for more information:
http://www.ismar07.org/program))

We have more than 30 demo submissions. Accepted demo list will be soon
available online.

If you have any questions, please contact { kato[at]sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp }.

Hope to see you in Nara!
* Tom Drummond
* Hirokazu Kato
* Mark A. Livingston
ISMAR 2007 Program Co-Chairs

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Kiyoshi KIYOKAWA, Ph.D.
Cybermedia Center, Osaka University
Toyonaka Educational Research Center 517
1-32 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
Tel: +81-6-6850-6821 / Fax: +81-6-6850-6829
(PGP FP: A314 67B6 C1B2 7016 2C43 CF6C 3456 0225 3CD7 7AB7)

September 18-19, 2007
South San Francisco, CA

The 3D industry (stereoscopic, volumetric and holographic) is much more diverse and rich than most people realize. There are over 40 distinct market/application segments offering 3D solutions today. But there is little awareness of these applications across the industry, which is hindering the sharing of technology and solutions. There is also a key need to educate the customer community about the maturity and sophistication of 3D solutions. All this is needed to move the 3D industry from a series of niche applications to a broad market force with mainstream solutions.

As a result, Insight Media (IM) and the US Display Consortium (USDC) have organized the 3D Business Symposium & Exhibition (3D Biz-Ex). Our goal is create a “Big Tent” environment that will bring together developers, providers and customers in all of these 3D market/application segments. This has never been done before, and we believe it will create a unique environment for attendees to:

Gauge the full scope of the diverse 3D industry

Learn about other 3D applications

Network with other leaders in the industry

Develop technology/solution partnerships

Help customers understand the maturity and benefits of 3D solutions

Allow leaders to understand the key business issues facing market expansion

Enable greater understanding of technology innovations, market dynamics and strategic opportunities

Lay the groundwork for a major exhibition expansion in 2008

We invite you to attend this important event to take advantage of the excellent opportunity to meet with industry professionals and media representatives.

[...]

The next conference is scheduled for three days during the period 27-31 January 2008 at the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California, USA as part of IS&T/SPIE's Electronic Imaging 2008.

We are now seeking papers for SD&A 2008 - Call For Papers now open - abstracts due 23 July 2007 - DEADLINE EXTENDED.

Important Dates 23 July 2007: Abstracts due from prospective authors. DEADLINE EXTENDED.
19 November 2007: Final 200 word summary due from successful authors
9 January 2008: Final Manuscript due from successful authors
27 January - 31 January 2008: Electronic Imaging 2008
comprising: Stereoscopic Display Application Issues Short Course - (1 day)
Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XIX conference - (3 days)
The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2008 - (1 day)