Paderborn, Germany, 23-26 Feb 1999
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The annual VRML Symposium is the worldwide most important event for
the VRML and Web 3D community. Its purpose is to bring together
researchers, developers, product vendors, content creators and other
contributors interested in using or enhancing VRML and Web 3D
technology.
The first two days of the conference feature courses and workshops,
the second two days peer-reviewed papers and panels.
We encourage authors working with VRML, Java3D, Chromeffects,Metastreams
and related standards to inform the community about advances in these
areas by submitting their work or proposal to any of the events
described below.
A variety of different social events will be organized during the
evenings. After the successful VRML95 (San Diego), VRML97 (Monterey)
and VRML98 (Monterey), VRML99 is being held for the first time in
Europe.
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Papers
VRML99 will accept papers in the categories applications, research and
systems. All content must be innovative and important to the advancement
of VRML and Web 3D technologies. We will also accept a limited number of
position papers. Position papers should present visionary and
stimulating
ideas about the evolution of 3D Web technologies and how these
technologies
should be used. Papers will be reviewed by the international program
committee and should present unpublished original work. Papers can be
submitted in electronic form or in traditional print form. Submissions
should contain a title and abstract, as wells as the names, affiliations
and email addresses of the authors. Regular papers should be at most
12 normally typeset pages including figures and references; position
papers should be at most 6 pages.
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Videos
Video submissions complementing a technical paper will be given special
treatment in the video proceedings. Videos are to be considered for the
inclusion in a tape loop, which will run in the VRML99 lobby. For better
projection quality analog Betacam SP is the preferred video format, but
also VHS and SVHS (PAL and NTSC) are acceptable.
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Panels
VRML99 panels will ideally address current burning issues in the VRML
and
the Web 3D community. A good panel will be of interest to the audience,
have informed, opinionated, controversial speakers and will be focused
enough to have a coherent discussion. A panel proposal should contain a
title, motivation, as well as names, affiliations and email addresses of
potential panelists.
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Workshops and Courses
VRML99 is looking for a number of dynamic workshops and courses.
Workshop
participants will present work in progress or discuss current and future
trends. Courses should teach established or promising techniques and
uses of VRML and Web 3D technologies. A workshop proposal should contain
a
title, motivation and goals, a description of the format
(mini-conference,
Working Group meeting or other) and of the content (agenda or topic
list), as well as names, affiliations and email addresses of the chair
or
co-chairs. A course proposal should contain a title, motivation, table
of contents, format (half-day of full-day), as well as names,
affiliations
and email addresses of the tutor(s). In addition it should indicate
whether the course was given before and what kind of additional
material (e.g. lecture notes) will be provided for the audience.
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Web 3D RoundUP
Top 3D tools and content developers demonstrate latest Web 3D technology
and applications in a fast-paced, exciting format. Bleeding-edge 3D
applications on the Web including VRML, Java3D and Chrome will face
off Tuesday night at 6PM in a fast-paced competition in front of a
merciless audience. Contributors from all over the globe will have one
to four minutes to demonstrate their applications, many of which are
still in alpha development, and win over the crowd. Attendees at the
event are all armed with noisemakers (for approval and disapproval)
and the entire front row is equipped with Nerf launchers at the ready
for demos that run overtime, taking the concept of demo or die to
the next level. In less than an hour and a half, over 3 dozen new
ideas will be demonstrated to a technically demanding audience
intolerant
of marketing sizzle. This event played to a packed house at SIGGRAPH 96,
97
and 98, VRML 97 and 98, as the VRML DemoSIG.
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VRML Gallery and VRML.ART
The VRML Gallery features all submitted applications. This year for the
first time we will have a focused section on art and we encourage
artists and commercial designers who work in VRML to submit their
material
in digital form for the VRML.ART.
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Exhibition
There will be an exhibition at VRML99. Similar conditions apply as on
previous conferences. We are looking for new products, innovative tools
and other high-performance VRML and Web 3D technology.
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Deadlines
Paper
12 Oct 1998
Notification of Acceptance
2 Nov 1998
Video submission
15 Jan 1999
Panel submission
14 Nov 1998
Workshop and Course submission
23 Oct 1998
Web 3D RoundUP submission
15 Jan 1999
Gallery and VRML.ART submission
15 Jan 1999
Exhibition
15 Jan 1999
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Submission Procedure
Papers, proposals for workshops, panels and courses, as well as
contributions for the VRML Gallery and VRML.ART should be send by
electronic mail to the program chair (diehl@cs.uni-sb.de).
Acceptable formats are plain text, HTML, PDF, and Postscript.
For further publication and presentation information for
SIGGRAPH-sponsored
conferences see: http://www.siggraph.org/publications/prep/
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Organizing and Program Committee
Chair: Christian Bauer, Bauer & Freunde; Stuhlfelden, Austria
Program Chair: Stephan Diehl, University of Saarland; Saarbruecken,
Germany
Program Co-Chair: Jean-Francis Balaguer, Artemedia; Lausanne,
Switzerland
Program Committee
Don Brutzman, Naval Postgraduate School; Monterey, USA
Paolo Carraro, Bell Laboratories; Holmdel, New Jersey,
USA
Steve Carson, GSC Associates; Las Cruces, USA
Bruce Damer, Digital Space Corp.; USA
Jens Dauner, Fraunhofer IAO; Stuttgart, Germany
Gitta Domik, University of Paderborn; Paderborn,
Germany
Ludger Froebel, German Aerospace Estab.; Cologne,
Germany
Christian Geiger, C-LAB; Paderborn, Germany
Yasuaki Honda, Sony Corp.; Tokyo, Japan
Joerg Kloss, VRASP Europe; Trier, Germany
Juergen Landauer, GFT Informationssysteme; Boeblingen,
Germany Richard Puk, Intelligraphics Incorporated;
Carlsbad, USA
Sandy Ressler, NIST, USA
Theresa Marie Rhyne, Lockheed Martin, USA
Maureen Stone, Xerox PARC; Palo Alto, USA
Kornel Szabo, University of Zurich; Zurich, Switzerland
Val Watson, NASA Ames Research Center; Mountain View,
USA
Panels Holger Krumm, HNI; Paderborn, Germany
Workshops Frank Freykamp, C-LAB; Paderborn, Germany
Courses David Marsland, WebCubed 3D Education; San Jose, USA
Web 3D RoundUP Timothy Childs; San Francisco, USA;
VRML Gallery Eric Mason, Faceforward; USA
VRML.ART Karel Dudesek, Van Gogh TV; Seevetal/Germany
and Vienna/Austria
Exhibition Marilyn Reed, Mecklermedia; USA (for the US)
Gerd Schulz, C-LAB; Paderborn, Germany (for Europe)
Proceedings and CD-ROM Production
Stephen N. Spencer, Ohio State University / Siggraph;
USA
Video Proceedings Production
Kornel Szabo, University of Zurich; Zurich, Switzerland
Local Chair Gerd Schulz, C-LAB; Paderborn, Germany
Evangelists Marc Pesce, Blitcom; Santa Monica, USA
Alexander Voegele, Berlin Economic Development Corp.;
Berlin
Treasurer Ben Delaney, CyberEdge Informations Services Inc.;
Sausalito, USA
Sponsorships Chair
Alex Lightman, Hollyworlds; Santa Monica, USA
Press / Public Relations
Tom Sperlich, Headware; Munich, Germany
Registration, Travel and Accommodations
Andrea Westphal-Stuehrenberg, C-Lab; Paderborn, Germany
Audio/Video Reinhardt Hardtke, HNF; Paderborn, Germany
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The VRML event series is sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH and ACM SIGCOMM,
and is in cooperation with the VRML Consortium and the Gesellschaft
fuer Informatik.