-Michael
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CALL FOR PARTICPATION
CVE '98 WORKSHOP
SYSTEM ASPECTS OF SHARING A VIRTUAL REALITY
http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/sharedvr
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We will hold a workshop at CVE 98 in the area of system support for shared
virtual reality systems. Specifically, we note that while modeling,
rendering, and display methods for graphical virtual worlds are highly
popular areas which entertain many of their own conferences, there is often
little focus in these venues on the systems aspects of these designs.
However, much excellent research is being independently pioneered in the
field of multi-user collaborative VR systems. CVE '98 promises to bring
together professionals interested in collaboration in virtual worlds; this
workshop provides a forum for the subset of that group actively designing
the infrastructure to support such collaboration.
We're very excited about the prospect of meeting others in the field and
sharing ideas. Last year the attendees generally agreed that the research
issues in CVE systems could be boiled down to three areas. We hope to see
submissions that address the outstanding issues of those areas.
Content
components of the virtual world and their behaviour
semantics/characteristics/ontology of objects, worlds, and systems
authoring
specifying and analyzing collaborative interactions among users
Delivery
model delivery and consistency
object encodings for data interchange
network latency/delay
network reliability
network bandwidth and conservation methods
Architecture
composability of virtual worlds
interoperability of virtual worlds
rapid evolution of CVE systems
formal expression of performance requirements
MOOs and MUDs as shared worlds
This year will be a single-day workshop, so we will focus more on
presentations and questions rather than discussion. In the introduction,
we will introduce the research areas outlined during the first workshop
(briefly listed above); at the closing of the day, we will discuss any
significant improvements seen over the last year in those areas. Lunch
will be provided.
We do plan to admit some conference delegates who register but do not make
presentations, but we hope that interested parties would be willing to
share details of their own work and research. As well, selected paper
submissions we are unable to publish for the proceedings will be invited as
short presentations.
Schedule and Deadlines
Paper submissions arrival 2 March 1998
Author notification 23 March 1998
Revised Papers Due 10 April 1998
Workshop date 17 June 1998
Conference dates 17-19 June 1998
Please visit the web site, http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/sharedvr, for more
details and contact information.
Regards,
Michael Capps (capps@mit.edu) http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/~capps