The 3rd International Conference Virtual Concept 2005
                       http://www.virtualconcept.estia.fr
                            November 8 - 10th, 2005
                               Biarritz - FRANCE


              The Immersion & Interactive Design (IID) Competition
             â^À^Üa competition for PhD student & recent PhDsâ^À^Ý

                  www.virtualconcept.estia.fr/competition.htm





For the first time, the International Virtual Concept Conference
(www.virtualconcept.estia.fr) and Immersion (www.immersion.fr) are
sponsoring the â^À^ÜImmersion & Interactive Design (IID)
competitionâ^À^Ý. This competition provides an excellent opportunity for
PhD students and recent PhDs to exhibit their creative work. It is open
to all PhD students and recent PhDs working in the field of â^À^ÜVirtual
Reality for Product Developmentâ^À^Ý.

The main objective of this competition is to evaluate new systems based
on Virtual Reality research and dedicated to the product development
process. These systems must be developed enough to be presented as a
usable prototype or demonstrator.

We would like to encourage laboratories to have their students and
post-doc enter this new competition. 12 videos of selected projects will
be exhibit during the Virtual Concept conference in Biarritz, France and
available on the Virtual Concept web site. The first six best projects
will be accepted for oral presentation during a special session of the
conference. These projects will be evaluated by an international
scientific committee.

Prize:

First prize: 1 conference passport to the next Virtual Concept Conference
and 1 I-Glasses + Intertrax II (http://www.immersion.fr/ITiglasses.pdf)

Second prize: 1 CAD Man (http://www.immersion.fr/Cadman_F.pdf) + 1 Kit
Stereo CrystalEyes (http://www.immersion.fr/ce_6-00.pdf)

Third prize: 1 DG5 - VHand Data Glove
(http://www.immersion.fr/dgtech/datasheet_DG5.pdf)

Deadlines:

- Submission deadline for full projects: Sept 12, 2005
- Notification of the accepted projects for oral presentation: October 1,
2005
- Awards during the Virtual Concept Conference 2005

For more information and submission:
www.virtualconcept.estia.fr/competition.htm

Contact:

Ludovic Garreau
LIPSI ESTIA
Technopôle Izarbel
64210 Bidart
FRANCE
e-mail: l.garreau@estia.fr
tel: +33 559 438 471
fax: +33 559 438 401