Advanced Program

Monday, June 19th

Tuesday, June 20th

Monday June 19th

8:00- 8:30 am
           Registration: 1st Floor Lobby, Howe Hall
8:30- 8:35 am
           Opening Remarks: Carolina Cruz-Neira & Oliver Riedel
8:35- 8:45 am
           Welcome: Dr. Rollin C Richmond, Iowa State University Provost
8:45- 10:15 am

Track A: Systems I Track B: Applications I

Developing the PARIS: Using the Cave to Prototype a New VR Display
Andrew Johnson, Dan Sandin, Greg Dawe, Samroeng Thorgrong, Zhongwei Qiu, Dana Plepys, University of Illinois at Chicago Magic Lights and 3D Magic Lenses, - Projective Interaction Tools for Virtual Environments
Hannu Napari and Tapio Takala, Helsinki University of Technology

Developing Tiled Projection Display Systems
Mark Hereld, Ivan R. Judson, Joe Paris, and Rick L. Stevens Argonne National Laboratory Palmtop Interaction Methods for the Immersive Projection Technology VR Systems
Lewis C. Hill, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Iowa State University

Resolution Everywhere
Geoff Blackham: SEOS Displays Ltd and Blair Parkin, Trimension Systems Ltd Wireless Interaction in Cost-Effective Display Environments
Ulrich Hafner, Matthias Bues, Mario Doulis, Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO)

10:15 - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 - Noon

Track A: Software Track B: Applications I

Run-time reconfiguration in VR Juggler
Allen Bierbaum, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Iowa State University Deploying VR in an Elementary School - Pipe Dreams and Practical Realities
Andrew Johnson, University of Illinois at Chicago

A Component Based Sensor Architecture for Caves
Paul Cutt and H. Sukri, Xtensory Inc. Interactive Volume Exploration on the Study Desk
Werner Wohlfahrter and Dieter Schmalstieg, Vienna University of Technology, L. Miguel Encarnacao, Fraunhofer CRCG, Inc.

Vista: a multimodal, platform-independent VR-Toolkit based on WTK, VTK, and MPI.
Thomas van Reimersdahl, Torsten Kuhlen, Andreas Gerndt, and Christian Bischof, Aachen University of Technology Interactive Design of Fluid Systems in a Virtual Environment
Jeff Doran, Shaohau Liu, Kenneth M. Bryden, Daniel Ashlock, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Iowa State University

Noon - 1:30 pm

Lunch
1:30 - 3:15 pm
Panel Discussion: Using Tiled Displays to Build Higher-Resolution Virtual Environments
Organizers: Rick Stevens and Michael Papka, Argonne National Laboratory
3:15 - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 - 5:30 pm

Track A: Technology	Track B: Human Factors
Real-Time Wide Field Video Camera Technology For Immersive Imaging Theo Mayer, Panoram Technologies, Inc.	Principles of Immersive Interfaces Ken Pimentel, Engineering Animation Inc.
Choosing a Screen Configuration to Suit the Application James Gruening: MechDyne, Mary Cole: ARCO Exploration Technology and Operations and Kurt Hoffmeister: Mech Dyne	Full Immersion Equals Efficient Users? Kicki Frisch, The Center for Parallel Computers, Sweden
Clusters vs Systems - A Techonolgy Evaluation and Comparison Bob Kuehne, SGI	Immersive Ergonomic Analyses of Console Elements in a Tractor Joachim Deisinger, Ralf Breining, Andreas RoBler, Dieter Ruckert, Jorg Jens Hofle, Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering
Quality Evalution of Projection-Based VR Displays Dave Pape and Dan Sandin, University of Illinois at Chicago

5:30- 7:00
Visit to Virtual Reality Applications Center & BoF sessions
7:00 - 11:00
Reception- Dinner - Howe Hall Atrium
7:30- 8:00 C6 Grand Opening

Tuesday June 20th

8:00- 8:30 am

Registration: 1st Floor Lobby, Howe Hall
8:30- 9:15 am
Keynote address: Dr. Grace Bocheneck, U.S. TACOM
Auditorium

9:15- 10:15 am
Invited paper:     Physiological Correlates of Spatial Perceptual
                              Discordance in a Virtual Environment
                            Larry Baitch and Randall C. Smith,
                         General Motors Research & Development Center
Invited paper:    Projective Virtual Environments
                                in Space Flight Training
                            Mary Lynne Dittmar, NASA,
                            Frank Huges, Hernandez Engineering Inc.
Auditorium
10:15 - 10:30 am
                   Break
10:30 - Noon

Track A: Calibration Track B: Collaboration I

Computer vision guided cross-projector color alignment on multi-projector displays
Volodymyr Kindratenko, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Collaborative Visual Eyes
Randall C. Smith, Richard R. Pawlicki: General Motors Research and Development Center, Jason Leigh: University of Illinois at Chicago, David A. Brown, EDS Virtual Reality Center

An Autocalibration Tool for Photometric and Colorimetric Consistency of IPTs
Wolfram Kresse, Frank Schoffel, Thomas Harasim, Stefan Muller, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics On Scripting in Distributed Virtual Environments
Jan P. Springer, Henrik Tramberend and Bernd Frohlich, German National Research Center for Information Technology

Video-Based Measurement of Tracker Latency
Ding He, Fuhu Liu, Dave Pape, Greg Dawe, Dan Sandin, University of Illinois at Chicago Octopus: A Cross-Platform API for Enabling Distributed Virtual Reality Applications
Partick Hartling, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Iowa State University

Noon - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 - 3:15 pm
Panel Discussion: The Migration of Virtual Reality Applications from Demonstrations to Engineering Tools
Organizer: Judy Vance, Iowa State University
Auditorium
3:15 - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm

Track A: Applications II	Track B: Collaboration II
Performance Measurement Capabilities of VR Juggler: Real-Time Monitoring of Immersive Applications Christopher Just, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Albert Baker, Iowa State University	The Tele-immersive Data Explorer: A Distributed Architecture for Collaborative Interactive Visualization of Large Data-sets Nikita Sawant, Chris Scharver, Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, University of Illinois at Chicago
A Virtual Genome Environment (VGE) for the visualization and navigation of genomic data Derek A. Ruths, Edward S. Chen and Leland Ellis, Rice University	Access Grids: Immersive Group-to-Group Collaborative Visualization Lisa Childers, Terry Disz, Robert Olson, Michael E. Papka, and Rick Stevens Argonne National Laboratory
ARCADE/VT - a Virtual Table-centric modeling system Andre Stork and Raffaele de Amicis, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics	Exploiting Multiple Perspectives in Tele-Immersion Kyoung S. Park, Abhinav Kapoor, Chris Scharver, Jason Leigh, University of Illinois at Chicago

Track A: Systems I	Track B: Applications I
Developing the PARIS: Using the Cave to Prototype a New VR Display Andrew Johnson, Dan Sandin, Greg Dawe, Samroeng Thorgrong, Zhongwei Qiu, Dana Plepys, University of Illinois at Chicago	Magic Lights and 3D Magic Lenses, - Projective Interaction Tools for Virtual Environments Hannu Napari and Tapio Takala, Helsinki University of Technology
Developing Tiled Projection Display Systems Mark Hereld, Ivan R. Judson, Joe Paris, and Rick L. Stevens Argonne National Laboratory	Palmtop Interaction Methods for the Immersive Projection Technology VR Systems Lewis C. Hill, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Iowa State University
Resolution Everywhere Geoff Blackham: SEOS Displays Ltd and Blair Parkin, Trimension Systems Ltd	Wireless Interaction in Cost-Effective Display Environments Ulrich Hafner, Matthias Bues, Mario Doulis, Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO)

Track A: Software	Track B: Applications I
Run-time reconfiguration in VR Juggler Allen Bierbaum, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Iowa State University	Deploying VR in an Elementary School - Pipe Dreams and Practical Realities Andrew Johnson, University of Illinois at Chicago
A Component Based Sensor Architecture for Caves Paul Cutt and H. Sukri, Xtensory Inc.	Interactive Volume Exploration on the Study Desk Werner Wohlfahrter and Dieter Schmalstieg, Vienna University of Technology, L. Miguel Encarnacao, Fraunhofer CRCG, Inc.
Vista: a multimodal, platform-independent VR-Toolkit based on WTK, VTK, and MPI. Thomas van Reimersdahl, Torsten Kuhlen, Andreas Gerndt, and Christian Bischof, Aachen University of Technology	Interactive Design of Fluid Systems in a Virtual Environment Jeff Doran, Shaohau Liu, Kenneth M. Bryden, Daniel Ashlock, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Iowa State University

Track A: Calibration	Track B: Collaboration I
Computer vision guided cross-projector color alignment on multi-projector displays Volodymyr Kindratenko, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)	Collaborative Visual Eyes Randall C. Smith, Richard R. Pawlicki: General Motors Research and Development Center, Jason Leigh: University of Illinois at Chicago, David A. Brown, EDS Virtual Reality Center
An Autocalibration Tool for Photometric and Colorimetric Consistency of IPTs Wolfram Kresse, Frank Schoffel, Thomas Harasim, Stefan Muller, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics	On Scripting in Distributed Virtual Environments Jan P. Springer, Henrik Tramberend and Bernd Frohlich, German National Research Center for Information Technology
Video-Based Measurement of Tracker Latency Ding He, Fuhu Liu, Dave Pape, Greg Dawe, Dan Sandin, University of Illinois at Chicago	Octopus: A Cross-Platform API for Enabling Distributed Virtual Reality Applications Partick Hartling, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Iowa State University