<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Please distribute! Apologies for cross-posting!</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">--------------<br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span class="">ICAT</span>-EGVE 2016</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">26th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">21st Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Sept 30, 2016: Paper submission deadline</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Oct 12, 2016: Poster Submission Deadline</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Oct 19, 2016: Demo Submission Deadline</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><a href="http://icat-egve-2016.org/" target="_blank" class="">http://<span class="">icat</span>-egve-2016.org/</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Call for Papers</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">---------------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span class="">ICAT</span>-EGVE 2016 is the merger of the 26th International Conference on</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Artificial Reality and Telexistence (<span class="">ICAT</span> 2016) and the 21st Eurographics</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Symposium on Virtual Environments (EGVE 2016). <span class="">ICAT</span>-EGVE 2016 will be held</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, from December 7th to 9th 2016.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">We are fortunate to have been able to secure an exceptional venue for this </div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">event: the conference will be held at the Clinton Presidential Library.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">This international event will be a unique opportunity for researchers,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">developers, and users to share their experience and knowledge of virtual</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">reality, as well as augmented reality, mixed reality and 3D user</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">interfaces. And, of course, it is a good time to renew old friendships, make </div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">new ones, and experience all that Little Rock has to offer.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span class="">ICAT</span>-EGVE 2016 seeks original, high-quality research papers in all areas</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">of virtual reality, as well as augmented reality, mixed reality and 3D</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">user interfaces. Research papers should describe results that contribute</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">to advancements in the following areas:</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">- 3D interaction for VR/AR</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">- VR/AR systems and toolkits</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">- Immersive projection technologies and other advanced display technologies</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">- Presence, cognition, and embodiment in VR/AR/MR</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">- Haptics, audio, and other non-visual modalities</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">- User studies and evaluation</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">- Multi-user and distributed VR, tele-immersion and tele-presence</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">- Serious games and edutainment using VR/AR/MR</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">- Novel devices (both input and output) for VR, AR, MR, and haptics</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">- Applications of VR/AR/MR</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Papers in other related areas are welcome, too, of course.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">All accepted papers will be published in the Digital Library of the</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Eurographics. In addition, they will be cited and indexed in the ACM</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Digital Library including the DOI.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Submission</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">----------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Full papers must be in English and not exceed eight (8) pages in length.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Short papers must be in English and not exceed four (4) pages in length.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Both full and short papers should be formatted using the Eurographics</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">format.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><a href="https://www.eg.org/index.php/publications/guidelines" target="_blank" class="">https://www.eg.org/index.php/<wbr class="">publications/guidelines</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span class="">ICAT</span>-EGVE uses a double-blind review process. Therefore, submissions</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">should not contain information (including citations and optional videos)</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">that unnecessarily identifies the authors or their institutions or places</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">of work.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">All papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files. Authors are</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">encouraged to submit videos to aid the program committee in the review of</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">their submissions.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Papers must be submitted through SRM (<a href="https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/ICAT-EGVE_2016" target="_blank" class="">https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/<wbr class="">Conference/<span class="">ICAT</span>-EGVE_2016</a>).</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">For posters and demos, please see the website (<a href="http://icat-egve-2016.org/" target="_blank" class="">http://<span class="">icat</span>-egve-2016.org</a>) for details.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Important Dates</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">---------------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Submission deadline (papers): September 30th, 2016</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Submission deadline (posters): October 12th, 2016</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Submission deadline (demos): October 19th, 2016</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Notification of results(papers/posters): October 23rd, 2016</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Notification of results(demos): October 26th, 2016</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Camera-ready: November 2nd, 2016</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Conference: December 7-9, 2016</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Best Papers</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">-----------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">As in previous years, the authors of the best papers (to be selected</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">by the award committee) will be offered to submit an extended version of</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">their paper to the journal Presence.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Best Posters and Demos</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">-----------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">To encourage high-quality submissions, awards will be presented to</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">the best posters and demos. The best posters will be selected by</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">review scores and presentation evaluation by poster chairs at the conference.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">The best demos will be selected by review scores and audience votes</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">at the conference.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Venue</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">-----</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span class="">ICAT</span>-EGVE 2016 will take place in the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum </div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">(<a href="https://www.clintonlibrary.gov/" target="_blank" class="">https://www.clintonlibrary.<wbr class="">gov/</a>) in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">General Co-Chairs</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">-----------------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Carolina Cruz-Neira, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Osaka University, Japan</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Program Co-Chairs</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">-----------------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Dirk Reiners, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Frank Steinicke, University of Hamburg, Germany<br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Daisuke Iwai, Osaka University, Japan</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Poster Co-Chairs</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">-----------------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Regis Kopper, Duke University, USA</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Pedro Morillo, Universidad de Valencia, Spain</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Demo Co-Chairs</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">-----------------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Tom Coffin, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Gabriel Zachmann, University of Bremen, Germany</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Akihiko Shirai, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best Paper Award Committee</div><div class="">-----------------</div><div class="">Greg Welch<span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span>The University of Central Florida, USA</div><div class="">Young-ho Chai<span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span>Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea</div><div class="">Gerd Bruder<span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> University of Hamburg, Germany</span></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Questions?</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">----------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Paper: <span class="">icat</span>-egve-2016-programchairs [at] ualr [dot] edu</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Poster: <span class="">icat</span>-egve-2016-posterchairs [at] ualr [dot] edu</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Demo: <span class="">icat</span>-egve-2016-demochairs [at] ualr [dot] edu</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Any other questions: <span class="">icat</span>-egve-2016 [at] ualr [dot] edu</div></div>
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