*CALL FOR PAPERS*

Special Issue on Haptics, Virtual and Augmented Reality
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
November/December Issue of 2005


IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) seeks
original manuscripts for a Special Issue on Haptics, Virtual and
Augmented Reality, scheduled to appear in the* November/December issue
of 2005.*

The emerging fields of Haptics, Virtual and Augmented Reality are
beginning to alter our interaction with, expectations from, and use of
computers. No longer does graphics suffice, and the modalities that are
added (such as body motion tracking, haptic feedback, 3-D sound, etc)
dramatically increase our communication bandwidth with computers. The
very important human factors issues related to these real-time
multi-sensorial interactions are only now beginning to be addressed. The
applications of Haptics, Virtual and Augmented Reality in major fields
of Science, Engineering, Medicine and Economics in general are emerging
at an accelerated pace.

The topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not
limited to:

q *Force feedback system design*

*q Realistic haptic rendering*

*q Virtual and mixed reality systems*

*q Distributed/collaborative haptics/virtual/augmented environments*

*q Teleimmersion, telepresence, and telexistence*

*q Ubiquitous and wearable systems for VR/AR*

*q Authoring and interaction tools*

*q Perception and cognition related issues*

*q Applications of haptics, virtual and augmented reality*

Papers for this special issue will be chosen from the submissions
whether they are unpublished results or those previously
included in conference publications. The submissions that are revised or
extended versions of previous conference
publications should contain /at least/ 30% new material. Copies of any
previous published work affiliated with the new
submission must also be included as supportive documentation upon
submission. Prospective authors can access our
complete submission guidelines by clicking on
http://computer.org/tvcg/author_new.htm

Please submit your manuscript for this special issue of TVCG to
Manuscript Central at
http://cs-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/.

Please feel free to contact the Peer Review Supervisor, Suzanne Werner
at swerner@computer.org or the Guest Editors
at burdea@caip.rutgers.edu, lin@cs.unc.edu, and
tachi@star.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp if you have any questions.

Important dates:

*Special Issue Submission Deadline: December 7, 2004*

*Reviews Completed: February 7, 2005*

*Major Revisions Due (if needed): March 7, 2005*

*Reviews of Revisions (if needed): April 11, 2005*

*Minor Revisions Due (if needed): May 6, 2005*

*Notification of Final Acceptance: May 9, 2005*

*Complete Publication Materials Due to IEEE CS: May 27, 2005*

Please address all other correspondence regarding this special issue to
the Guest Editors:

Grigore C. Burdea
ECE Department
Rutgers University
96 Frelinghuysen Rd, 721
Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
Burdea@caip.rutgers.edu                  Ming C. Lin
Computer Science Department
Sitterson Hall, CB#3175
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175, USA
lin@cs.unc.edu
                  Susumu Tachi
Dept of Information Physics & Computing
The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, Japan 113-8656
tachi@star.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp