C A L L   f o r   P A P E R
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             The First International Symposium on Mixed Reality
                    http://www.mr-system.co.jp/ismr/2001/

             Co-sponsored by: Virtual Reality Society of Japan
        !!!!!!                    Mixed Reality Systems Laboratory Inc.

                             March 14-15, 2001

                       Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan


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ISMR2001 is the successor to the very successful symposium ISMR'99 which was
held in Yokohama, Japan in March 1999. ISMR'99 was the first international
symposium focusing on the field of mixed reality (MR), and the symposium
attracted more than 200 participants from all over the world to discuss
component technologies and integration methodologies for realizing mixed
reality environments.

ISMR2001 will be held jointly with IEEE Virtual Reality 2001 at the same
conference site. The dual purposes of this second symposium is to review the
progress of research in the field of mixed reality during the previous
two-year period and to define new re-search frontiers and goals in this
rapidly evolving field of mixed reality.

Selected papers from the proceedings of this symposium will be collected in
a Special Issue on Mixed Reality of PRESENCE: Teleoperator and Virtual
Environment published by MIT Press.

PROGRAM
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The program will consist of high quality contributed papers on all aspects of
mixed reality. Original manuscripts on topics in (but not restricted to) the
following categories are solicited:

- augmented reality
- augmented virtuality
- image-based rendering
- geometrical registration
- photometrical registration
- computer vision and computer graphics for MR
- wearable computers and displays
- 3D/haptic display system
- position and orientation sensory systems
- applications and systems of MR

PAPER SUBMISSION
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Five (5) copies of complete, anonymous manuscripts must be sub-mitted no
later than October 2, 2000 to the following address:

  Yuichi Ohta - ISMR2001-
  Institute of Engineering Mechanics and Systems University of Tsukuba
  1-1-1 Ten-nodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
  TEL: +81-298-53-5515 FAX: +81-298-53-5207
  Email: ohta@image.esys.tsukuba.ac.jp

Submitted papers must be no longer than eight (8) pages including figures
and references in the specified format. Papers exceeding this length limit
may be rejected with-out review. Complete instructions and a style file of
the format in LaTeX and MS Word are available from the conference web page.
All reviewing for ISMR2001 will be carried out double blind. Therefore, the
paper should exclude any information which compromises the anonym-ity of
the authors.

The paper should be submitted along with one cover sheet which includes
(1) the title of the paper, (2) the names of the authors, (3) five keywords,
and (4) the name, mailing address, telephone and fax number, and e-mail
address of the contact author.

POSTER & DEMO SUBMISSION
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The opportunity for the presentation of the latest research results will be
provided as a poster session and/or technical demonstra-tions. A short paper
of two-page length will be included in the pro-ceedings for an accepted
poster. Interested authors are asked to submit the followings no later than
December 4, 2000 to the fol-lowing address:

  Koichi Hirota -ISMR2001-
  Intelligent Cooperative Systems Research Center for Advanced Science and
  Technology,
  The University of Tokyo
  4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904 JAPAN
  TEL: +81-3-5452-5196 FAX: +81-3-3469-2397
  Email: hirota@cyber.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Each submission should include (1) the title of the proposed poster and/or
demonstration, (2) the names of the authors, (3) a brief ab-stract and
keywords, (4) the name, mailing address, telephone and fax number, and
e-mail address of the contact author, and (5) ac-companying video (optional).

IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper submission deadline:         October 2, 2000
Poster & Demo submission deadline: December 4, 2000
Notification of acceptance:        December 22, 2000
Camera-ready copy due:             January 22, 2001

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GENERAL CHAIR       Michitaka Hirose (University of Tokyo, Japan)

GENERAL VICE-CHAIR  Hideyuki Tamura (Mixed Reality Systems Laboratory, Japan)

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS   Yuichi Ohta (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
                     Steven Feiner (Columbia University, USA)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS   Henry Fuchs (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
                                    USA)
                     Issei Fujishiro (Ochanomizu University, Japan)
                     Koichi Hirota (University of Tokyo, Japan)
                     Takeo Kanade (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
                     Paul Milgram (University of Toronto, Canada)
                     Hideo Saito (Keio University, Japan)
                     Yoichi Sato (University of Tokyo, Japan)
                     Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Mixed Reality Systems Laboratory,
Japan)
                     Heitou Zen (Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine, Japan)

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               More Info: http://www.mr-system.co.jp/ismr/2001/

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