The 10th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2011)

October 26.-29.2011

Basel, Switzerland

http://ismar2011.vgtc.org/index.html

Aims & Scope

Science and Technology Program

In recent years, MR/AR has been expanding from an exciting research proposition into a publicly- acknowledged technology.

The field is highly interdisciplinary, combining work in disciplines such as signal processing, computer vision, computer graphics, user interfaces, human factors, wearable computing, mobile computing, computer networks, displays, and sensors. The growing interest in MR/AR applications is creating new challenges for research in all of these areas.

We invite papers, posters, workshops, tutorials submissions in the general field of Mixed and Augmented Reality.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, MR/AR aspects of:

  • Sensors
    • Acquisition of 3D scene descriptions
    • Calibration methods
    • Position and orientation tracking technology
    • Sensor fusion
    • Vision-based registration and tracking
  • Information presentation
    • Aural, haptic and olfactory augmentation
    • Display and view management
    • Mediated and diminished reality
    • Object overlay and spatial layout techniques
    • Photo-realistic rendering
    • Real-time rendering
  • User interaction
    • Collaborative MR/AR
    • Interaction techniques for MR/AR
    • Multi-modal input and output
  • System architecture
    • Display hardware
    • Distributed and collaborative MR/AR
    • Performance issues [real-time approaches]
    • Wearable and mobile computing
    • Online services and MR/AR
  • Human factors
    • Acceptance of MR/AR technology
    • Social implications
    • Usability studies and experiments
  • MR/AR ApplicationsMR/AR for Architecture
    • MR/AR for art, cultural heritage, or education and training
    • MR/AR for entertainment
    • industrial and military MR/AR applications
    • medical MR/AR applications
    • personal MR/AR information systems

Arts, Media & Humanities Program

The 2011 ISMAR Arts, Media and Humanities chairs invite artists, designers, architects, urbanists, and scholars to explore the potential of Mixed and Augmented Reality within their respective fields. We welcome artifacts, musings, probings, discourses, and insights to be presented at ISMAR 2011 in the form of papers, posters, art exhibits and performances, panels, workshops, demos, and tutorials.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, case studies, deployments, prototypes, and evaluations of Mixed and Augmented Reality in:

  • Art, Media art, Performing Arts
    • Case studies
    • Installations
    • Interactivity and interaction
    • Interdisciplinary collaboration
    • Application of media theory
    • Art History & Theory
    • Mobile artistic
    • Mobile media practice
    • Contemporary Art Practice
    • Performance studies
    • Digital media studies
    • Dedicated Software and tools
    • Ecological Interventions / Sustainability
    • Tactical media
  • Architecture, Urban design, Cultural Heritage
    • Case Studies
    • Practice and Methods
    • Theory and Philosophy
    • Evaluation
    • Dedicated Software and Tools
    • Collaboration
    • Design Concept
    • Architecture
    • Urban Design
    • Landscape design
    • Cultural Heritage
    • Aesthetics
    • Conceptual Design
    • Practice-Based Research
    • Theory and Methodology
    • Collaboration/Computer-Supported Design
    • Interaction  and Interactivity
    • Museums
    • Tour and Visits
    • Tourism
  • Entertainment, Game Design
    • Case Studies
    • Practice and Methods
    • Theory and Philosophy
    • Evaluation
    • Dedicated Software and Tools
    • Collaboration
    • Design Concept
    • User-centred design
    • interaction design
    • Game
    • Toys
    • Robots
    • narrative and storytelling
    • cross-reality game
    • Alternate Reality game
    • educational game
    • game production
    • game design
    • experience design
    • Tangible Interface
    • Affective interface
  • Social Media, Transhumanism
    • Case Studies
    • Practice and Methods
    • Theory and Philosophy
    • Evaluation
    • Dedicated Software and Tools
    • Collaboration
    • Metaverse, dual reality, cross-reality
    • social media
    • Collaborative Media
    • Mobile Application
    • Conceptual Framework
    • Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Design Research/ Product Design
    • Case Studies
    • Practice and Methods
    • Theory and Philosophy
    • Evaluation
    • Dedicated Software and Tools
  • Media Design, Advertising, Marketing and Production
    • Case Studies
    • Practice and Methods
    • Theory and Philosophy
    • Evaluation
    • Dedicated Software and Tools
    • interaction design
    • Advertising
    • Mobile Advertising
    • Publishing
    • Marketing
    • Mass media
    • Market Analysis
    • Commercialization
    • Mobile Application

Important Deadlines

Paper and Poster Abstracts May 26 ( 23:59 US Pacific Time )
Paper and Poster Submission May 27 ( 23:59 US Pacific Time )
Workshop Proposals June 3
Tutorial Proposals June 3
Art Exhibits June 30
AMH Review Decisions Expected August 15
Demonstrations August 15
Tracking Competition Entry August 15
Camera ready version upload September 12

Conference Committee

General Chair

  • Martin Wiedmer, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Switzerland
  • Vincent Lepetit, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

Science & Technology Program Chairs

  • Gerhard Reitmayr, Graz University of Technology, Austria
  • Jun Park, Hongik University, Korea
  • Greg Welch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

American Region

  • Stephen DiVerdi, Adobe, USA
  • Maribeth Gandy, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
  • Steve Henderson, US Military Academy (West Point), USA
  • Mark A. Livingston, Naval Research Laboratory, USA

Asia/Pacific Region

  • Masayuki Kanbara, NAIST, Japan
  • Takeshi Kurata, AIST, Japan
  • Christian Sandor, University of South Australia, Australia
  • Woontack Woo, GIST, Korea

European Region

  • Reinhold Behringer, Leeds Metropolitan University, U.K.
  • Selim BenHimane, metaio, Germany
  • Andreas Simon, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
  • Daniel Wagner, Qualcomm, Austria

Arts, Media and Humanities Program Chairs

  • Raphael Grasset, HIT Lab NZ/University of Canterbury, ICG/TU Graz, New Zealand/Austria
  • Jan Torpus, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
  • Mark Podlaseck, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA

Arts, Media and Humanities Program Committee

  • Jay David Bolter, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
  • Henry Been-Lirn Duh, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Vanessa De Luca, SUPSI, Switzerland
  • Monika Fleischmann, Fraunhofer Institute IAIS, Germany
  • Sinem Guven, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA
  • Orhan Kipcak, Fh Joanneum – University of Applied Sciences, Austria
  • Anita Kocsis, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
  • Peter Marx, Qualcomm, USA
  • Hartmut Seichter, ICG/TU Graz, Austria
  • Christopher Stapleton, University of Central Florida, USA
  • Yongtian Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Awards committee chair

  • Mark Billinghurst, The HIT Lab NZ University of Canterbury

Tutorial and Workshop committee

  • Florian Michahelles, ETH Zurich Department of Management, Technology, and Economics
  • John Quarles, Department of Computer Science University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Carson Reynolds, University of Tokyo

Demonstrations committee

  • Andreas Simon, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
  • Daniel Wagner, Qualcomm Austria Research Center GmbH
  • Sean White, Nokia Research Center

Tracking Contest

  • Manuel Huber, Technische Universität München
  • Florian Müller, University of Basel

Poster chair

  • Martin Guggisberg, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland

Corporate sponsorships chair

  • Martin Goebel, University of Applied Sciences Bonn Rhein Sieg

Finance & Conference Treasurer contact for IEEE

  • Andreas Hofmann, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland

Communication and registration chair

  • Samuel Hanselmann, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland

Local Arrangements chair

  • Andreas Simon, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
  • Martin Wiedmer, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland

Student Volunteer chair

  • Florian Müller, University of Basel