| Message from the General Co-Chairs |
| Message from the Program Co-Chairs |
| Steering Committee |
| Conference Committee |
| Program Committee |
| Virtual Reality Society of Japan National Organizing Committee |
| Keynote Address |
| Using the Virtual World to Improve Quality of Life in the Real World / Larry Hodges |
| Invited Speaker |
| The Inner World of the Noh / Naohiko Umewaka |
| Haptic Display / Paper Session 1： |
| Passive Force Display Using ER Brakes and Its Control Experiments / M. Sakaguchi ; J. Furusho ; N. Takesue |
| Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Tactile Display Based on Properties of Mechanoreceptors / T. Nara ; M. Takasaki ; T. Maeda ; T. Higuchi ; S. Ando ; S. Tachi |
| A New Design of Haptic Texture Display--Texture Display 2--and Its Preliminary Evaluation / Y. Ikei ; M. Yamada ; S. Fukuda |
| Shared Virtual World / Paper Session 2： |
| Immersive Autostereoscopic Display for Mutual Telexistence: TWISTER I (Telexistence Wide-Angle Immersive STEReoscope Model I) / Y. Kunita ; N. Ogawa ; A. Sakuma ; M. Inami |
| Personalized Face and Speech Communication over the Internet / S. Kshirsagar ; C. Joslin ; W.-S. Lee ; N. Magnenat-Thalmann |
| Immersive Telecommunication Using Stereo Video Avatar / T. Ogi ; T. Yamada ; K. Tamagawa ; M. Kano ; M. Hirose |
| Distributed Virtual Reality Using Octopus / P. Hartling ; C. Just ; C. Cruz-Neira |
| Tracking and Motion Capture / Paper Session 3： |
| An Improved Calibration Framework for Electromagnetic Tracking Devices / M. Ikits ; J.D. Brederson ; C.D. Hansen ; J.M. Hollerbach |
| Fusion of Vision and Gyro Tracking for Robust Augmented Reality Registration / S. You ; U. Neumann |
| Real-Time Input of 3D Pose and Gestures of a User's Hand and Its Applications for HCI / Y. Sato ; M. Saito ; H. Koike |
| VR Software and Tools / Paper Session 4： |
| VR Juggler: A Virtual Platform for Virtual Reality Application Development / A. Bierbaum ; K. Meinert ; A. Baker |
| VjControl: An Advanced Configuration Management Tool for VR Juggler Applications |
| Construction of an Open Geometry Server for Client-Server Virtual Environments / C. Faisstnauer ; W. Purgathofer ; M. Gervautz ; J.-D. Gascuel |
| Haptics And Locomotion / Paper Session 5： |
| "Boundary of Illusion:" An Experiment of Sensory Integration with a Pseudo-Haptic System / A. Lecuyer ; J.-M. Burkhardt ; S. Coquillart ; P. Coiffet |
| HapticGEAR: The Development of a Wearable Force Display System for Immersive Projection Displays / K. Hirota ; H. Yano ; N. Kakehi ; M. Nakashige |
| Gait Master: A Versatile Locomotion Interface for Uneven Virtual Terrain / H. Iwata ; F. Nakaizumi |
| Interface / Paper Session 6： |
| The Effect of 3D Widget Representation and Simulated Surface Constraints on Interaction in Virtual Environments / R.W. Lindeman ; J.L. Sibert ; J.N. Templeman |
| Design and Evaluation of Menu Systems for Immersive Virtual Environments / D.A. Bowman ; C.A. Wingrave |
| The Pen and Paper Paradigm--Supporting Multiple Users on the Virtual Table / J. Ehnes ; C. Knopfle ; M. Unbescheiden |
| Interactive Texturing by Polyhedron Decomposition / V. Leeb ; A. Radetzky ; L. M. Auer |
| 3D Displays / Paper Session 7： |
| An Ultra-Light and Compact Design and Implementation of Head-Mounted Projective Displays / H. Hua ; C. Gao ; F. Biocca ; J.P. Rolland |
| Immersive Environment Technologies for Planetary Exploration / J. Wright ; F. Hartman ; B. Cooper |
| Digital Stereoscopic Video System with Embedded High Resolution Images / K. Goshi ; K. Matsunaga ; H. Nagata ; K. Shidoji ; H. Matsugashita |
| Applications / Paper Session 8： |
| Exploring Multiple Representations in Elementary School Science Education / A. Johnson ; T. Moher ; S. Ohlsson ; J. Leigh |
| Effects of Viewing and Orientation on Path Following in a Medical Teleoperation Environment / P.J. Passmore ; C.F. Nielsen ; W.J. Cosh ; A. Darzi |
| Collaborative Distributed Virtual Sculpting / F.W.B. Li ; R.W.H. Lau ; F.F.C. Ng |
| Washout Filter Design for a Motorcycle Simulator / F. Barbagli ; D. Ferrazzin ; C.A. Avizzano ; M. Bergamasco |
| Human Factors / Paper Session 9： |
| Effects of Field of View on Balance in an Immersive Environment / H. B.-L. Duh ; J. J. W. Lin ; R. V. Kenyon ; D. E. Parker ; T. A. Furness |
| Auditory Motion Induced by Visual Motion and Its Dependence on Stimulus Size / T. Kayahara ; T. Sato |
| Tolerance of Temporal Delay in Virtual Environments / R. S. Allison ; L. R. Harris ; M. Jenkin ; U. Jasiobedzka ; J. E. Zacher |
| Haptic Simulation / Paper Session 10： |
| Finite Element Methods for Real-Time Haptic Feedback of Soft-Tissue Models in Virtual Reality Simulators / A.O. Frank ; I.A. Twombly ; T.J. Barth ; J.D. Smith |
| Realistic Haptic Rendering for Highly Deformable Virtual Objects / C.A. Mendoza ; C. Laugier |
| Path Planning for Encountered-Type Haptic Devices that Render Multiple Objects in 3D Space / Y. Yokokohji ; J. Kinoshita ; T. Yoshikawa |
| Poster Papers |
| Modified Shutter Glasses for Projection and Picture Acquisition in Virtual Environments / A.M. Kunz ; C. P. Spagno |
| Virtual Liquid Manipulation Using General Shape Vessel / K. Funahashi ; Y. Iwahori |
| OpenTracker--An Open Software Architecture for Reconfigurable Tracking Based on XML / G. Reitmayr ; D. Schmalstieg |
| Iota: An Approach to Physically-Based Modelling in Virtual Environments / M. Glencross ; T. Howard ; S. Pettifer |
| Electrocutaneous Display as an Interface to a Virtual Tactile World / H. Kajimoto ; N. Kawakami |
| Interaction, Navigation, and Visualization Props in Complex Virtual Environments Using Image Based Rendering Techniques / S.L. Stoev ; I. Peter ; W. Strasser |
| Exploring Realtime Visualisation of Large Abstract Data Spaces with QSPACE / J. Cook ; J. Mariani ; J. Trevor |
| How Much is Your Virtual Environment Worth? Considering Economical Requests in Online 3D-Worlds / M. Kurze |
| Image Generation for Immersive Multi-Screen Environment with a Motion Ride / T. Moriya ; H. Takeda |
| Simulator Sickness and Presence in a High FOV Virtual Environment / A. F. Seay ; D. M. Krum ; L. Hodges ; W. Ribarsky |
| Visualization for Genome Function Analysis / M. Kanou ; K. Nishimura ; H. Aburatani ; T. Hamakubo ; T. Kodama |
| Building a Worldwide Photorealistic Virtual Environment by Switching between Subenvironments / T. Tanikawa |
| Tutorials |
| Advances in the Application of Virtual Environments for Mental Healthcare / A. A. RizzoTutorial 1： |
| Designing and Implementing an Effective Virtual Reality Trainer / R. Breaux ; L. Nguyen ; D. Schmorrow ; J. CohnTutorial 2： |
| Interactive Simulation for Multimodal Virtual Environments / D. K. PaiTutorial 3： |
| Usability Evaluation Techniques for Virtual Reality Technologies / S. Ellis ; K. Mania ; A. Chalmers ; M. Billinghurst ; A. SteedTutorial 4： |
| Virtual Reality for Fun and Profit / W. Swartout ; M. R. MacedoniaTutorial 5： |
| Workshops |
| Virtual Reality and its Application for Human Centered System / Workshop 1： |
| The Future of VR and AR Interfaces: Multi-Modal, Humanoid, Adaptive and Intelligent / Workshop 2： |
| Escaping Reality?! / Workshop 3： |
| Panels |
| Relating Real and Virtual Space in Art / Panel 1： |
| Eartop Computing and Cyberspatial Audio Technology / Panel 2： |
| Author Index |
| Message from the General Co-Chairs |
| Message from the Program Co-Chairs |
| Steering Committee |
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