<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">TLDR: A workshop on hosting virtual conferences as a means to reduce carbon impact of academic conferences. We are interested in a range of topics from technical platforms through social impact to discussion of the future of IEEE VR itself. You are also invited to present and participate remotely from a social VR platform on the day.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" href="https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1Hq7YtN0F5ozdTKqa5UIxcegrfouKuDoxHjwijz7Td2g-1941588608&key=YAMMID-84667034&link=https%3A%2F%2Feur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fsites.google.com%252Fview%252Fvrinvr2020%26data%3D02%257C01%257C%257C4e441fbc5401426c1b4d08d78317d34d%257C1faf88fea9984c5b93c9210a11d9a5c2%257C0%257C0%257C637122010666041973%26sdata%3DOMRVkXOQ4zPxXazDkyeB1yWcOkQPhZFO2Dg%252FieRzHLY%253D%26reserved%3D0" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/view/vrinvr2020</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">----</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Call for Papers Virtual Conference Workshop (VR in VR) at IEEE VR 2020</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">In recent years, academic and non-academic communities are taking the climate impact of flying more seriously, from the anti-flying movement known as "flight shame" - or flygskam in Swedish, where the movement began - to the "flying less" movement in academia (</span><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" href="https://ieeevrpublicity-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1Hq7YtN0F5ozdTKqa5UIxcegrfouKuDoxHjwijz7Td2g-194158860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loat:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">January 15th, 2019: Proposals due</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">January 25th, 2019: Notification of results</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">February 7th, 2020: Camera-ready submission for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">March 22nd: Workshop</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Overview</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">We are calling for short and full papers exploring topics related to hosting, attending, and supporting conferences in virtual worlds as well as the social and cultural issues that revolve around the conference itself and how we want it to evolve in the future. We use the terms virtual worlds so as not to limit this workshop to immersive, head-worn-display-based VR and AR. Desktop and phone-based interfaces to 3D worlds, immersive VR, and AR are all appropriate technologies for discussion, especially when we consider how to support access by less affluent participants.  Beyond just the technology, we encourage a diverse range of interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives. Works in progress and position papers are also encouraged.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">We invite individuals, teams, and organizations to submit on the following topics:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- The benefits and challenges of attending conferences in person and/or virtually.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Experiences with and evaluations of current social VR platforms.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Interaction between presenters and audiences.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Interaction between audience members in virtual spaces.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Mixed local / remote system design, especially interactions between physical and virtual venues.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Proposals of how to support multi-site events.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Hybrid formats with participation in both physical locations and VR.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Managing massive communities in shared conference spaces.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Design of effective social AR and VR spaces and formats.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- The design, process, and production of compelling presentations and performances in social VR.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Developing and designing effective spaces for conferences.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Integrating live video and other media into VR conferences and presentations.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Solutions to challenges related to timezones, languages, and regional participation.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- New ways to think about conferences beyond once-per-year events.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- Radical ideas about the future of academic publishing and the role of the conference and journal papers.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-w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