CallForPapers

Call for Papers

Over the last decade Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) have evolved from experimental technologies to mainstream research activities that are beginning to affect industry and society. By their very nature, MR and AR are highly interdisciplinary fields involving signal processing, computer vision, computer graphics, user interfaces, human factors, wearable computing, mobile computing, computer networks, distributed computing, information access, information visualization, and hardware design for new displays and sensors. MR/AR concepts are applicable to a wide range of applications.

The International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality is the premier forum in this vital field. A series of independent conferences on AR and MR started in 1999 and led to a joint symposium in 2002. (For the full history, please see http://www.ismar-conf.org). This year we are proud to present the fourth installment of the series: the 4th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 05).

The symposium will be held on Oct. 5-8, 2005, in Vienna, Austria. We invite you all to participate in this great event for the exchange of new ideas in this exciting field!

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

Paper submissions are due Monday, April 11, 9pm US Pacific Time Zone.

ISMAR is a high-quality conference with a competitive submission process. In 2004, ISMAR accepted only 20% of the papers submitted. ISMAR has a rigorous reviewing process that is similar to the processes used by ACM SIGGRAPH and ACM UIST. We have two tiers of reviewers: the area chairs and the program committee. Each paper is assigned to an area or program chair, and that person will procure at least three reviews from the program committee or external reviewers, in addition to providing a metareview. Then the area and program chairs will meet in person to discuss the papers and determine which to accept.

For this year, we will accept two categories of paper submissions: full-length papers and short papers.

Full-length papers are up to ten pages long and are held to rigorous standards of contribution and evaluation. Short papers are up to four pages in length and are reviewed through the same process, but the expected amount of contribution is less due to the shorter format. Short papers generally should not include exhaustive implementation details or user studies. Examples of topics appropriate for the short paper format are:

  • A smaller, focused research result that can be completely described and justified in 4 pages, and does not merit a 10 page full paper.
  • An application case study.
  • A novel concept or application that does not have the level of implementation and evaluation expected of a 10 page full paper.
These are only suggestions; the short paper format is open to other topics appropriate to its length.

Accepted full-length and short papers will be presented at the conference and published in the proceedings. The allotted presentation time will depend upon the length and content of the paper.

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 jeopardizes the anonymity of the reviewers. Submissions that require external sites will either be returned for correction or rejected without review.

ISMAR will provide awards to the two Best Student Papers. To qualify for consideration, the submitted paper must be full length, and the student must be the sole author or the student must be the first author and the prime contributor to the paper. Authors must identify the paper as qualifying for consideration of this award when submitting the paper. Award winners will be announced at the conference.

Contact ():

  • Ron Azuma ()
  • Oliver Bimber ()
  • Kosuke Sato ()
  • Program Co-Chairs

Please make sure to include "ISMAR 05" in the subject line. Thanks.

Paper Submission Guidelines

A submission can only be submitted under one category (full paper, short paper, or poster). You must not submit the same material simultaneously to different categories (e.g., as both a full paper and a poster).

Paper and poster submissions must be formatted for 8.5"x11" paper. Please follow the IEEE Computer Society authoring guidelines (LaTeX style, MS Word template).

All materials will be submitted electronically to http://precisionconference.com/~ismar.

If you already have an account with that system (because you have been asked to be a reviewer), please use that account to submit materials. Otherwise, create a new account.

Papers and posters must be submitted as PDF documents.

Supplementary videos are encouraged. Videos should not be longer than 5 minutes long, and the total size of all submitted materials (including the PDF doucment) must be under 50MB. If you include a video, also include a text file describing what codec you used to create the video. Videos should be playable by either the current Windows Media Player or Apple Quicktime player. It is preferable that your video be playable by these standard players without requiring additional codec installations. If you require a special codec (e.g. Divx), make certain that you include instructions on how to find and install that codec. If the reviewers cannot play your video file, it will reduce the chances of your submission being accepted.

Poster Submissions

Poster submissions are due Monday, April 11, 9pm US Pacific Time Zone.

Posters provide an interactive forum in which authors can present work to conference attendees during the poster session (tentatively scheduled for Thursday Oct. 6). Accepted posters will be displayed on large boards (approximately 3 feet by 4 feet). Poster authors will also have one minute to describe their poster during a “poster teasers” preview before the poster session.

Poster submissions are two pages in length. They are reviewed through the same procedure that papers are, but they are much more leniently judged due to space limitations and because they do not count as a publication. We encourage posters on new work that is still in progress, or small, highly focused results. The main criteria are novelty and usefulness to the ISMAR community.

Posters must be in English.

Contact ():

  • Ron Azuma ()
  • Oliver Bimber ()
  • Kosuke Sato ()

Please make sure to include "ISMAR 05" in the subject line. Thanks.

Poster Submission Guidelines

A submission can only be submitted under one category (full paper, short paper, or poster). You must not submit the same material simultaneously to different categories (e.g., as both a full paper and a poster).

Paper and poster submissions must be formatted for 8.5"x11" paper. Please follow the IEEE Computer Society authoring guidelines (LaTeX style, MS Word template).

All materials will be submitted electronically to http://precisionconference.com/~ismar.

If you already have an account with that system (because you have been asked to be a reviewer), please use that account to submit materials. Otherwise, create a new account.

Papers and posters must be submitted as PDF documents.

Supplementary videos are encouraged. Videos should not be longer than 5 minutes long, and the total size of all submitted materials (including the PDF doucment) must be under 50MB. If you include a video, also include a text file describing what codec you used to create the video. Videos should be playable by either the current Windows Media Player or Apple Quicktime player. It is preferable that your video be playable by these standard players without requiring additional codec installations. If you require a special codec (e.g. Divx), make certain that you include instructions on how to find and install that codec. If the reviewers cannot play your video file, it will reduce the chances of your submission being accepted.

Demo Submissions

Demo submissions are due June 30, 2005.

ISMAR05 will provide the opportunity to showcase the latest research results in the technical demonstration venue.

The demo session is tentatively scheduled for Thursday Oct. 6. Demo presenters will also have one minute to describe their demo during a “demo teaser” preview before the demo session.

Contact: ()

  • Anton Fuhrmann, Demo Chair ()

Please make sure to include "ISMAR 05" in the subject line. Thanks.

Demo Submission Guidelines

To submit a proposal for a demo, please send email to containing

  • The title of the proposed demonstration
  • The names of the authors
  • A brief abstract with keywords
  • The name, mailing address, telephone, fax number and email address of the contact author
  • A one-page storyboard describing the demo
  • [Optional] Video of the demo

In addition, we need the following information for planning the demonstration space:

  • The amount of floor or desktop space needed (length, width, height)
  • The list of equipment you will bring
  • Any power and outlet needs (only 220V AC is available)
  • Networking requirements (beyond the common mail/web access)
  • Any environmental requirements (does this demonstration require a dark environment? Does it produce or is sensitive to a large amount of noise or light? Etc.)

After sending email, you should get a notification that your email has been received. If you experience probems sending large emails (esp. movies), contact to get the possibility to upload the files to an ftp server.

Important Dates

passed Paper/Poster Submission Deadline
passed Paper/Poster Acceptance Notification
passed Demo Submission Deadline
passed Final versions of papers/posters due
passed Demo Acceptance Notification
passed Hotel Registration Deadline
passed extended Early Registration Deadline



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