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