The EuroVR association (https://www.eurovr-association.org/ would like to cordially invite you to contribute to EuroVR 2018

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CALL FOR PAPERS

15th Annual EuroVR conference

22-23 October, 2018
London, UK
http://www.eurovr2018.org/

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We are pleased to announce the 15th annual EuroVR conference in London on 22 – 23 October, 2018, following Bremen (2014); Lecco (2015); Athens (2016); and Laval (2017). This conference series began as part of the INTUITION Network of Excellence in Virtual and Augmented Reality supported by the European Commission from 2004 to 2008 and continued as the Joint Virtual Reality Conferences (JVRC) of EuroVR, EGVE and ICAT from 2009 to 2013. This 2018 conference is being organised by UK members of the European Association for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (EuroVR), namely, University of Nottingham, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC), Glasgow School of Arts, Imperial College London and ImmerseUK.

EuroVR 2018 bring together people from industry, commerce, and research including technology developers, suppliers and all those interested in virtual reality, augmented or mixed reality (VR, AR, MR) and 3D user interfaces, to exchange knowledge and share experiences of new results and applications, enjoy live demonstrations of current and emerging technologies, and form collaborations for future work.

TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS

Scientific/Technical Track (14-20 page long papers or 8-10 page short papers, both in one column Springer format): original, unpublished papers documenting new research contributions, practice and experience, or novel applications in VR/AR/MR.
Industrial Track (1 page abstract): best practices, industrial use cases of VR/AR/MR, project results and demonstrations of VR/AR/MR applications in industry, and/or actual or potential transfers of academic results.
Poster Track (2 page abstract): recently completed work, work in progress, or publicly presentable ideas for unimplemented and/or unusual systems or applications.
Demonstration Track (2 pages abstract): live demonstrations of past and on-going projects. Technology developers and suppliers, exhibitors, digital artists and members of the VR/AR/MR industrial communities are all invited to exhibit and demonstrate the latest technologies and applications.

Authors of accepted scientific/technical papers and industrial track submissions will be expected to attend the conference and make a 15-25 minute oral presentation. The authors of accepted posters and demonstrations will have to make a brief oral presentation on their work in addition to the poster or demo presentations.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Please, consult submission details here: http://www.eurovr2018.org/Pages/CallForPapers

Scientific/Technical papers accepted by the International Program Committee (IPC) will be published in a Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series edited by Springer. In addition, some of the best papers will be selected by a special committee to be invited to submit an extended version to the open access journal Frontiers in Virtual Environments.

All abstracts of industrial talks, poster and demo presentations, accepted by their related committees will be published in an ISBN-registered USB key proceedings.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Human factors issues

User studies and evaluation
Presence and cognition
3D user interfaces and/or 3D interaction metaphors
Self-representation and embodiment, virtual humans
Sickness and side effects
Realism, validity and fidelity
Cost effectiveness and cost efficiency

Technologies

Virtual Reality (VR) system architecture
Collaborative and distributed VR
Augmented Reality (AR) and mobile devices
Augmented Virtuality (AV) and tangible interfaces
Mixed Reality (MR)
Tracking and motion technologies
Advances in display technologies
Image-based 3D modeling and rendering
Realistic graphic rendering of dynamic or complex scenes
3D audio rendering and related technologies
Haptic systems and devices
Real-time modeling & simulation
Multimodal interaction in immersive environments
Immersive collaboration: technologies, use cases, management
Artificial Intelligence for VR or AR/AV/MR
Virtual humans for VR or AR/AV/MR

Applications

Industrial applications
Aerospace and Transport
Construction and Architecture
Manufacturing and Engineering
Medical and Rehabilitation
Product and Process design
Robotics
Training and Education
Cultural applications
Serious Gaming and Edutainment

MAIN DEADLINES
For Scientific/Technical papers (long & short), all submissions have to be uploaded on the Online Conference Service (OCS) of Springer which will be indicated on the EuroVR 2018 website soon:
- Submission : June 15, 2018
- Notification : July 20, 2018
- Camera ready : July 27, 2018

For Industrial abstracts, Poster & Demo (long abstract), all submissions have to be uploaded on the EasyChair which will be indicated on the EuroVR 2018 website soon:
- Submission : Aug 3, 2018
- Notification : Aug 31, 2018
- Camera ready : Sep 7, 2018

Early bird registration: Sep 7, 2018
Conference days: October 22-23, 2018

COMMITTEES

General Conference Chairs
Mirabelle D’Cruz (University of Nottingham, UK)
Joe Gabbard (Virginia Tech, USA)
Chris Freeman (Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)/High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC), UK)

International Program Committee (IPC) Chairs
Patrick Bourdot (VENISE/LIMSI CNRS, France)
Sue Cobb (HFRG, University of Nottingham, UK)
Victoria Interrante (University of Minnesota, USA)
Hirokazu Kato (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Didier Stricker (DFKI, Germany)

The full IPC is available here: http://www.eurovr2018.org/Pages/Committee

Industrial Chairs
Jérome Perret (Haption, France & Germany)
Kaj Helin (VTT, Finland)
Rab Scott (AMRC/HVMC, UK)
Christoph Runde (VDC, Germany)
Martin Courchesne (CEA, France).

Poster & Demo Chairs
Lorenzo Picinali (Imperial College London, UK)
Richard Eastgate (University of Nottingham, UK)
Giannis Karaseitanidis (ICCS, Greece)
Krzysztof Walczak (Poznan University of Economics, Poland)

Exhibition and Sponsor Chairs
Chris Freeman (HVMC/AMRC, UK)
Fiona Killkenny (ImmerseUK, UK)
Birgit Berktold-Schulze (BARCO, Belgium)
Laurent Chretien (Laval Virtuelle, France)
Angelos Amditis (ICCS, Greece)

Publicity Chairs
Carrie Wooten (KTN-UK)
Matthieu Poyade (GSA, UK)
Harshada Patel (HFRG, UK)
Tara Solebury (Arts & Humanities Research Council, AHRC)
Francesca Sacchini and Daniele Spoladore (ITA-CNR, Italy)

Organizing committee
University of Nottingham (UNott) – Mirabelle D’Cruz, Sue Cobb, Richard Eastgate, Harshada Patel, Kirstie Dane
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) / High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC) – Chris Freeman, Rab Scott
Glasgow School of Arts (GSA) - Matthieu Poyade
Imperial College London (ICL) – Lorenzo Picinali
ImmerseUK – Carrie Wooten, Fiona Killkenny
EuroVR - Marco Sacco, Francesca Sacchini, Daniele Spoladore, Patrick Bourdot