[General] ICAT-EGVE 2016 Call for Papers/Poster/Demos

ICAT-EGVE 2016 26th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence 21st Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments Sept 30, 2016: Paper submission deadline Oct 12, 2016: Poster Submission Deadline Oct 19, 2016: Demo Submission Deadline <http://icat-egve-2016.org/> http://icat-egve-2016.org/ Call for Papers --------------- ICAT-EGVE 2016 is the merger of the 26th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2016) and the 21st Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (EGVE 2016). ICAT-EGVE 2016 will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, from December 7th to 9th 2016. We are fortunate to have been able to secure an exceptional venue for this event: the conference will be held at the Clinton Presidential Library. This international event will be a unique opportunity for researchers, developers, and users to share their experience and knowledge of virtual reality, as well as augmented reality, mixed reality and 3D user interfaces. And, of course, it is a good time to renew old friendships, make new ones, and experience all that Little Rock has to offer. ICAT-EGVE 2016 seeks original, high-quality research papers in all areas of virtual reality, as well as augmented reality, mixed reality and 3D user interfaces. Research papers should describe results that contribute to advancements in the following areas: - 3D interaction for VR/AR - VR/AR systems and toolkits - Immersive projection technologies and other advanced display technologies - Presence, cognition, and embodiment in VR/AR/MR - Haptics, audio, and other non-visual modalities - User studies and evaluation - Multi-user and distributed VR, tele-immersion and tele-presence - Serious games and edutainment using VR/AR/MR - Novel devices (both input and output) for VR, AR, MR, and haptics - Applications of VR/AR/MR Papers in other related areas are welcome, too, of course. All accepted papers will be published in the Digital Library of the Eurographics. In addition, they will be cited and indexed in the ACM Digital Library including the DOI. Submission ---------- Full papers must be in English and not exceed eight (8) pages in length. Short papers must be in English and not exceed four (4) pages in length. Both full and short papers should be formatted using the Eurographics format. <https://www.eg.org/index.php/publications/guidelines> https://www.eg.org/index.php/publications/guidelines ICAT-EGVE uses a double-blind review process. Therefore, submissions should not contain information (including citations and optional videos) that unnecessarily identifies the authors or their institutions or places of work. All papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files. Authors are encouraged to submit videos to aid the program committee in the review of their submissions. Papers must be submitted through SRM ( <https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/ICAT-EGVE_2016> https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/ICAT-EGVE_2016). For posters and demos, please see the website ( <http://icat-egve-2016.org> http://icat-egve-2016.org) for details. Important Dates --------------- Submission deadline (papers): September 30th, 2016 Submission deadline (posters): October 12th, 2016 Submission deadline (demos): October 19th, 2016 Notification of results(papers/posters): October 23rd, 2016 Notification of results(demos): October 26th, 2016 Camera-ready: November 2nd, 2016 Conference: December 7-9, 2016 Best Papers ----------- As in previous years, the authors of the best papers (to be selected by the award committee) will be offered to submit an extended version of their paper to the journal Presence. Best Posters and Demos ----------- To encourage high-quality submissions, awards will be presented to the best posters and demos. The best posters will be selected by review scores and presentation evaluation by poster chairs at the conference. The best demos will be selected by review scores and audience votes at the conference. Venue ----- ICAT-EGVE 2016 will take place in the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum ( <https://www.clintonlibrary.gov/> https://www.clintonlibrary.gov/) in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. General Co-Chairs ----------------- Carolina Cruz-Neira, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Osaka University, Japan Program Co-Chairs ----------------- Dirk Reiners, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Frank Steinicke, University of Hamburg, Germany Daisuke Iwai, Osaka University, Japan Poster Co-Chairs ----------------- Regis Kopper, Duke University, USA Pedro Morillo, Universidad de Valencia, Spain Demo Co-Chairs ----------------- Tom Coffin, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Gabriel Zachmann, University of Bremen, Germany Akihiko Shirai, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan Best Paper Award Committee ----------------- Greg Welch The University of Central Florida, USA Young-ho Chai Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea Gerd Bruder University of Hamburg, Germany Questions? ---------- Paper: icat-egve-2016-programchairs [at] ualr [dot] edu Poster: icat-egve-2016-posterchairs [at] ualr [dot] edu Demo: icat-egve-2016-demochairs [at] ualr [dot] edu Any other questions: icat-egve-2016 [at] ualr [dot] edu