<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-be749466-7fff-cfbe-375d-e07b23e0502c"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">We are glad to announce that the 2021 edition of the Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality (SVR) includes a journal track </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">to be published at Elsevier's Computers & Graphics (CAG) journal. All accepted papers in this track will be orally presented</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap"> at the SVR21. </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The SVR is the premier conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality in Brazil. It has established itself as an international scientific forum to exchange experience and knowledge among researchers, professionals, practitioners, students, and developers concerned with research and development of human-computer interfaces focused on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Realities. This year,
 the SVR will be held from </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">18 to 21 October</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
 virtually. </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This call poses two excellent opportunities for authors: 1. Publish your recent contributions to the AR/VR field in a highly reputed journal, and 2. Gain visibility among the constantly growing South-American HCI community at the SVR21. </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Important Dates: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">June 02: Submission deadline </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">June 30: Notification of first decision </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">September 20: Final decision </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CAG Guest Editors: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Daniela Gorski Trevisan, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Regis Kopper, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Victor Adriel de Jesus Oliveira, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information, please refer to the official website:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><a href="http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/svr2021/call-cag-track.php" id="gmail-m_-508161086780630976LPlnk602204" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.inf.ufrgs.br/svr2021/call-cag-track.php</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;line-height:1.2;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are looking forward to your submissions, and eventually, meeting you virtually in October at the SVR21.</span></p><br>Anderson Maciel and Luciana Nedel<br><br>The SVR 2021 general chairs</span><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>------------------------------------------------------<br>Prof. Anderson Maciel<br>Institute of Informatics - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) - Brazil<br>+55(51)3308.6845<br><a href="http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~amaciel" target="_blank">http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~amaciel</a><br>------------------------------------------------------</div></div></div></div>