Laval Virtual 2001
Third Virtual Reality International Conference 

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS 

Laval, France 17 - 18th May 2001 

Conference web site: http://www.laval-virtual.org/ 
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Laval Virtual is a major gathering for the international scientific and
professional exchanges regarding Virtual Reality. The VRIC Conference is
organised in four half days sessions chaired by international experts of
Virtual Reality.  


TOPICS include but are not restricted to the following aspects:

Medicine & VR 
VR-assisted surgery; educational tools; organs models; sensors; telemedecine;
clinical assessment & diagnostics; telesurgery; training & performance
assessment; simulators 

VR & Industry 
Virtual prototyping; engineering design; maintenance; project reviews;
collaborative work; VR industrial applications; VR in automatic industry;
Mechanical simulation

Human-Computer Interfaces & Mixed reality
Force feedback; haptic interfaces; immersion / display; tracking / sensors;
augmented reality; mixed reality; human factors; physical interfaces

VR & Education 
Cooperative work; CVE (Collaborative Virtual Environment); experimentation

VR & Cognition
Cognition; cognitive modeling; interaction; ubiquity; adaptation; learning;
therapy 

Games & Art 
Video Games; network games; virtual theatre; VR & cinema; interactive art

Internet & VR
Avatars; web 3D interaction; interaction for B to B (or B to C)

VR & equipment
Workbenches; reality centres; caves; computers 

VR around the world
VR state of the art in different countries; international research programs

We welcome proposals for presentations of applications and tools. 


The program of each session will be composed of: 

- A 45 minutes keynote presentation given by the invited chairman, 

- 30 minutes scientific talks selected by the international program
  committee, 

- Poster presentations, which will also be included in the conference
  proceedings.  

The conference languages are both English and French with simultaneous
translation.  

PROCEEDINGS 
Conference proceedings, in English, (including all accepted papers) will be
published and will be available for the delegates at the symposium in printed
form.  

A special issue of IJODIR (International Journal of Design and Innovation
Research) will be published with conference best papers.  

BEST PAPER AWARD 
The best paper and presentation will be honoured with an award and the VRNews
prize of 1000 Euro.  

IMPORTANT DATES 
Submission deadline => January, 2001 
Notification of acceptance => February, 2001 
Delivery of full papers => April, 2001 

ORGANISERS & proceedings Editors: Simon Richir, Paul Richard, Bernard Taravel
(ISTIA Innovation) 

International Program Committee: 
Badique E (European Commission, Be), Boulanger O (RENAULT, Fr), Bronstein R
(SIMBIONIX, Is), Burkhardt JM (LEI, Fr), Cavazza M (Teesside Univ, UK),
Chaillous C (LIFL, Fr), Coiffet P (CRIIF / LRP, Fr), Coquillard S (INRIA,
Fr), Corsi P (European Commission, Be), Delingette H (INRIA, Epidaure, Fr),
Dugelay JL (EURECOM, Fr), Fontaine JG (ENSI, CRIIF, Fr), Fuchs P (EMP, Fr),
Goncalves J (European Commission, It), Grumbach A (ReViCo / ENST, Fr), Jessel
JP (IRIT, Fr), Kalawsky R.S. (Advanced VR Research Centre, UK), Kheddar A
(CEMIF), Le Gall D (Angers Univ., Fr), Mair G (Transparent Telepresence
Research Group, UK), Ojika T (VSMM Society, Jp), Rolland J (CREOL, USA),
Sandoval V (ECP, Fr), Stone RJ (MUSE Virtual Presence, UK), Tournier N (PSA,
Fr), Thalmann D (EPFL-LIG, Sw)Š 

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS 
The International Program Committee requests prospective authors to either
send a full paper or an extended abstract for review. All submissions must be
written in English, starting with a succinct statement of the problem, the
results achieved, their significance and a comparison with previous work. All
submissions must be received by January, 2000.  

The submission should also include: title of proposed paper, authors names,
affiliations, addresses, name of author to contact for correspondence, e-mail
address, telephone and fax number of contact author, topics which best
describe the paper (max. 5 keywords).  

Full papers: maximum 10 pages single-spaced; Font to be used: Times;
Characters size: 12 pt for text, 16 pt bold for title, 14 pt bold for section
titles and 12 pt bold for sub-section titles; Paper format: two-column A4
format; Margins: top, bottom, left, right = 2,5 cm.  

Papers and abstract should be submitted by e-mail in Word ".doc" format to:
laval-virtual@istia.univ-angers.fr 

Papers or abstracts could also be submitted in the paper form, 3 hard copies,
to: 
ISTIA INNOVATION
S. RICHIR / Laval Virtual 
62, Ave ND du Lac 
49000 Angers 
France 

Albert "Skip" Rizzo, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor 
Integrated Media Systems Center
and School of Gerontology
University of Southern California
3715 McClintock Ave. MC-0191
Los Angeles, CA  90089-0191

arizzo@usc.edu
213/740-9819 or 213/740-5540
213/740-8241 fax