Call for Papers ISMAR 2006 5th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Oct 22-25, 2006, University of California at Santa Barbara http://www.ismar06.org ONLINE PAPER SUBMISSIONS DUE Monday, April 24, 9pm US Pacific Time Zone. AIMS AND SCOPE Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) allow the creation of fascinating new types of user interfaces, and are beginning to show significant impact on industry and society. The field is highly interdisciplinary, bringing together computer vision, computer graphics, user interfaces, human factors, wearable computing, mobile computing, computer networks, displays, sensors, to name just some of the most important influences. Since 1999, ISMAR is the premier forum in this vital field. This year we are proud to present the 5th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2006). The symposium will be held on Oct. 22-25, 2006, in sunny Santa Barbara, California, USA. We invite you all to participate in this great event for the exchange of new ideas in this exciting field! CONFERENCE TOPICS ISMAR05 invites submissions in the general field of Mixed and Augmented Reality. Topics include, but are not limited to: MR/AR applications * personal MR/AR information systems * industrial and military MR/AR applications * medical MR/AR applications * MR/AR for entertainment * MR/AR for architecture * MR/AR for art, cultural heritage, or education and training Sensors * position and orientation tracking technology * calibration methods * sensor fusion * vision-based registration and tracking * acquisition of 3D scene descriptions System architecture * wearable and mobile computing * distributed and collaborative MR/AR * display hardware * performance issues (real-time approaches) User interaction * interaction techniques for MR/AR * collaborative MR/AR * multimodal input and output Information presentation * real-time rendering * photorealistic rendering * object overlay and spatial layout techniques * aural, haptic and olfactory augmentation * mediated and diminished reality * display and view management Human factors * usability studies and experiments * acceptance of MR/AR technology * social implications PAPER SUBMISSIONS ISMAR is a high-quality conference with a competitive submission process. In 2005, ISMAR accepted 22% of the papers submitted based on a rigorous reviewing procedure with at least 4 independent experts providing reviews, and a final decision made in a two-day committee meeting. For this year, we will accept the following categories of submissions: - Full-length papers are up to 10 pages long and are held to rigorous standards of contribution and evaluation. - Short papers are up to 4 pages in length and are reviewed through the same process, but the expected amount of contribution is less due to the shorter format. Typical examples are a small but neat technical contribution or an application case study. - Posters: Contributions are submitted as an extended abstract of up to 2 pages in length Accepted full-length and short papers will be presented at the conference. The allotted presentation time will depend upon the length and content of the paper. Accepted papers and poster abstracts will be published in the proceedings. Previously published work may not be submitted, nor may the work be concurrently submitted to any other conference or journal. Such papers will be rejected without review. Reviews will be single blind (i.e., include authorship information with the submitted paper.) Papers must be in English. Authors may include supplementary materials (such as a video) with the submission, and such materials are highly encouraged if they provide evidence of the claimed contribution. The submission should include all information necessary to evaluate the paper and must not ask reviewers to go to web sites or other external information sources, since that may jeopardize the anonymity of the reviewers. If you have any further questions, contact mailto:schmalstieg@icg.tu-graz.ac.at Hope to see you in Santa Barbara! * Dieter Schmalstieg * Ulrich Neuman * Hirokazu Kato ISMAR 2006 Program Co-Chairs