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[<span>CALL</span> FOR <span>PAPERS</span>] ===================================</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">==</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
++++++++++++++++++++++++ WIVI 2013 co-located with IEEE VR 2013 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">TITLE</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">: IEEE VR 2013 Workshop on Immersive Volumetric
Interaction (WIVI 2013)</span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%"> March 16, 2013 Orlando, FL<br></span></span></p>
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</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<span> </span>ABSTRACT +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></span></p>
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</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">There is a growing interest in interaction research
of volumes for immersive virtual environments <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">and immersive visualizations.
Traditional interaction modalities may not be sufficient to select and <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">manipulate multiple objects or data points or have the potential to interfere
with users’ sense of <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">immersion or workflow. Additionally, there is a strong
interest in scaling interfaces from the desktop <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">display to higher immersive
display systems, therefore cost, availability, and familiarity all play a <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">role
in designing interaction. Solutions tend to be focused on separately in these
communities, <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">however we propose a common forum to openly discuss these issues
and ideas for solutions.</span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">The IEEE VR 2013 Workshop on Immersive Volumetric
Interaction is intended to bring together <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">researchers, developers, and users
from multiple communities in Virtual Environments, 3D User <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">Interfaces, and
Immersive Visualizations to discuss issues and share ideas that relate to the
process, <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">interaction modalities, hardware, software, interface constraints, and
users’ goals and workflow as <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">they relate to the problem of interacting with
volumetric data in immersive visualizations and/or <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">multiple objects defined as
a volume in virtual environments. This workshop will provide a forum <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">for
presentations and energized discussions to initial new and exciting
developments in this area as <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">well as connections for collaborations among
multiple research disciplines.</span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CALL FOR PAPERS
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">Participants can submit papers (up to 6 pages,
minimum of 2 pages) describing positions, preliminary <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">research or evaluation
results, prototypes, design work, works-in-progress or applications in VR. <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">Papers should be prepared using the IEEE Computer Society format. Submissions
will be peer-reviewed <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">and authors of accepted papers will be invited to present
at the workshop. Demonstrations of prototype</span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%"> interfaces, interaction
modalities, and interactive immersive systems are highly encouraged.
Participants</span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%"> providing a demonstration will be asked to submit a brief abstract
and short video. <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: January 4, 2013 <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%"><br>
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</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: January 7, 2013</span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%"><br>
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</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">CAMERA READY: January 9, 2013, to be published in
workshop proceedings</span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">Submissions should be sent to: </span>wivi2013organizers [at]
<a href="http://googlegroups.com" target="_blank">googlegroups.com</a></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%"></span></span></p>
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</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">Please include authors, affiliation, and contact
information when submitting.</span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">WORKSHOP DATE: Saturday March 16, 2013. For more
details: <a href="http://ieeevr.org/2013/program" target="_blank">http://ieeevr.org/2013/program</a></span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">Each deadline is by midnight PST on the stated day,
no matter where the submitter is located. </span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">This workshop is suitable for a half-day of planned
presentations of accepted papers and focused <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">lively discussions. Possible
issues for discussion, but not limited to, are natural user interfaces, <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">interaction modalities, selection, manipulation, quality of immersion, physical
and cognitive <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">fatigue, low-cost immersive systems (input and output), user
goals and workflow, and analysis <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">tools. Technical requirements shall include a
medium sized lecture space complete with projector, <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">screen, and multiple
microphones for speaker and audience members. Additionally, there may be <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">a few
demonstrations that might require additional power source and tables.</span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></span></p>
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</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">+++++++++++++++++++++++
AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
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* Submission for review: position statement <span>papers or
works-in-progress</span> 2 to 4 pages, research <span>papers</span> of
4 to 6 pages <br></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">length. All submitted materials must be in PDF format with
embedded fonts. Camera-ready documents will be included <br></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">in the proceedings and
will be archived in the IEEE Digital Library, and therefore must be formatted
using the IEEE <br></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Computer Society format described at <a href="http://www.cs.sfu.ca/%7Evis/Tasks/camera.html" target="_blank">http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~vis/Tasks/camera.html</a>.
(Templates provided) Due to short <br></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">time frame, we ask that you prepare your initial
submission as close to camera-ready as possible. <br></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">* </span>Don’t
forget to register! <span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">Authors with submissions are guaranteed
access to the workshop but must still <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">register. At least one author from each
submission must register by February 1, 2013 to assure <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">publication in the
conference proceedings. Other participants are welcomed and encouraged to
register <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">and attend for the discussion, but attendance to these participants
will be limited to 30 participants on a <br></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">first-come-first serve basis. Registration:
<a href="http://ieeevr.org/2013/registration" target="_blank">http://ieeevr.org/2013/registration</a></span></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br><span style="line-height:115%"></span></font></span></p>
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</font></span><p class=""><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font> *
Camera-ready version preparation: When submitting the camera-ready version, <br></font></span></font></p><p class=""><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>authors are requested to indicate<font>: <br>
</font></font></span></font></p><p class=""><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font> 1) if </font></font>they would like to have a
hard-copy of the <span>workshop</span> materials <br></font></span></font></p><p class=""><font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font> 2</font>) if they
allow to releasing their paper on the <span>workshop</span> webpage.</font></span></font></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ORGANIZERS ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">++++</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Amy
Banic (University of Wyoming)</span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Patrick
O’Leary (Kitware, Inc.)</span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Zachary
Wartell (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">+++++++++++++++</span></p>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">For more
information please contact the organizers at: wivi2013organizers [at]
<a href="http://googlegroups.com" target="_blank">googlegroups.com</a><span style="color:blue"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><p class=""><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Please
feel free to redistribute this information. </span></p></div>