International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence
ICAT2003 Advance Program

Dec. 3 (Wed.)

9:40-10:30 Invited talk 1
Augmenting Tangible Molecular Models
Suzanne J. Weghorst

Chair:

Fumio Kishino Osaka University(Japan)

10:50-12:30 Session 1 Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality

Chair:

Suzanne J Weghorst University of Washington(USA)
Kosuke Sato Osaka University(Japan)

Agent-based Model for Intelligent Shopping Assistant and its Application

Xu-Bing Pan-ZhiGeng Yang-HongWei   (paper)

Hierarchical QoS Architecture for Networked Virtual Dancing Environment

Jin Ryong Kim, Youjip Won, Beomeun Kim   (paper)

ARKB: 3D vision-based Augmented Reality Keyboard

Minkyung Lee, Woontack Woo   (paper)

Texture Overlay onto Deformable Surface Using Geometric Transformation

Mototsugu Emori, Hideo Saito   (paper)

Civil Engineering Application for Virtual Collaborative Environment

Mauricio Capra, Marcio Aquino, Alan Dodson, Boriana Koleva-Hopkin, Steve Benford   (paper)

13:40-15:00 Session 2 Human Factors

Chair:

Michae R Jenkin York University(Canada)
Yasuyuki Yanagida ATR(Japan)

In virtual reality, which way is up?

Heather Jenkin, Richard Dyde, Michael Jenkin, Laurence Harris   (paper   movie)

The study of remote saccade sensing system based on retroreflective feature of the retina

Junji Watanabe, Hideyuki Ando, Dairoku Sekiguchi, Taro Madea, Susumu Tachi   (paper)

Head Motion Prediction in Augmented Reality Systems Using Monte Carlo Particle Filters

Fakhr-eddine Ababsa, Jean-Yves Didier, Malik Mallem, David Roussel   (paper)

Extracting Essence of Pointing Gesture Perception of Humans to Design a Simple Remote Pointing System

Tomoko Imai, Dairoku Sekiguchi, Naoki Kawakami, Susumu Tachi   (paper)

15:20-16:40 Organized session Virtual Heritage and Virtual Archaeology

17:00-18:20 Session 3 Communication/Telexistence

Chair:

Michael Cohen University of Aizu(Japan)
Naoki Kawakami University of Tokyo(JAPAN)

SpaceSensor: Real-time Gesture Tracking for I-NEXT

Dongpyo Hong, Woontack Woo   (paper)

Distance Learning of Chang'an in an Immersive Environment

Miho Kobayashi, Kei Utsugi, Masami Yamasaki, Haruo Takeda   (paper)

Audio Narrowcasting for Multipresent Avatars on Workstations and Mobile Phones

Michael Cohen, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Uresh Chanaka Duminduwardena, Makoto Kawaguchi, Kazuya Adachi   (paper   movie)

Wearable Telepresence System using Multi-modal Communication with Humanoid Robot

Yongho Seo, Heonyoung Park, Hyun S. Yang   (paper)

20:00-21:30 Roppongi Tour (Optional) Roppongi Hills - Academy Hills

Dec. 4 (Thu.)

9:30-10:50 Session 4 Multimodal Interaction

Chair:

Hyun S. Yang KAIST(Korea)
Ryohei Nakatsu Kwansei Gakuin University(Japan)

Motion Generation using Motion Mining System

seongmin, Baek, Il-Kwon Jeong, In-ho Lee   (paper)

Intelligent Wearable Assistance System for Communicating with Interactive Electronic Media

Yongho Seo, Jin Choi, Taewoo Han, Hyun S, Yang   (paper)

Virtual Locomotion Interface with Ground Surface Simulation

Laroussi Bouguila, Beat Hirsbrunner, Makoto Sato, Masaru Iwashita   (paper)

Air Canon Design of Projection-Based Olfactory Display

Jiang Yu, Yasuyuki Yanagida, Shinjiro Kawato, Nobuji Tetsutani   (paper)

11:10-12:30 Session 5 Haptic Modeling and Rendering

Chair:

Hiroshi Oyama Univ. of Tokyo(Japan)
Haruo Noma ATR-MIS(Japan)

Force Profile study of Virtual Cutting

Junji Sone, Yuuichiro Kume   (paper)

Interaction Model between Elastic Objects for Accurate Haptic Display

Yoshihiro Kuroda, Megumi Nakao, Tomohiro Kuroda, Hiroshi Oyama, Masaru Komori, Tetsuya Matsuda   (paper   movie)

Extracting Rheological Properties of Deformable Objects with Haptic Vision

Naoki Ueda, Kiyotaka Kushihama, Shiniti Hirai, Hiromi Tanaka   (paper)

Effective Output Patterns for Torque Display

Masataka Sakai, Yukio Fukui, Norio Nakamura   (paper   movie)

13:40-15:40 Session 6 Haptic Device

Chair:

Makoto Sato Tokyo Institute of Technology(Japan)
Tetsuro Ogi University of Tokyo(Japan)

Development of new force feedback interface for two-handed 6DOF manipulation SPIDAR- G&G system

Luo Yanlin, Jun Murayama, Katsuhito Akahane, Shoichi Hasegawa, Makoto Sato   (paper)

Food Simulator

Hiroo Iwata, Hiroaki Yano, Takahiro Uemura, Tetsuro Moriya   (paper)

3D Form Display with Shape Memory Alloy

Masashi Nakatani, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Dairoku Sekiguchi, Naoki Kawakami, Susumu Tachi   (paper)

Development of 2-D Force Display System Using MR Actuators

Yuhei Yamaguchi, Junji Furusho, Shin'ya Kimura, Ken'ichi Koyanagi   (paper)

See-through Sheet Visual Display for Haptic Device Using Flexible Sheet

Reiko Uesugi, Kenji Inoue, Ryouhei Sasama, Tatsuo Arai, Yasushi Mae   (paper)

Haptic Interface Using Estimatio of Box Contents Metaphor

Koichi Hirota, Michitaka Hirose   (paper)

16:00-17:40 Session 7 Application/Systems

Chair:

Zhigeng Pan State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou(China)
Kiyoshi Kiyokawa Osaka University(Japan)

Evaluation and User Study of Haptic Simulator for Learning Palpation in Cardiovascular Surgery

Megumi Nakao, Tomohiro Kuroda, Masaru Komori, Hiroshi Oyama   (paper   movie)

A Haptic Navigation System for Supporting Master-Slave Robotic Surgery

Megumi Nakao, Tomohiro Kuroda, Hiroshi Oyama   (paper)

3-D Rehabilitation Robot System for Upper Limbs and its Force Display Techniques

Ken'ichi Koyanagi, Yusuke Imada, Junji Furusho, Ushio Ryu, Akio Inoue, Kazushige Takenaka   (paper)

ZEUS:Network Aware QoS Management for Immersive Environment

Jin Ryong Kim, Yuichi Iwadate, Youjip Won   (paper)

Distributed multigrid algorithms for interactive scientific simulations on clusters

Robert, Gaugne , Jubertie   (paper)

18:00-20:00 Banquet Can my prayer change the nominal reality or virtual one ?

Chair:

Susumu Tachi The University of Tokyo(Japan)
Tsutomu Oohashi ()

Dec. 5 (Fri.)

9:20-10:10 Invited Talk 2
Wearable Telepresence with Humanoid and Mixed Reality
Hyun S. Yang

Chair:

Hideo Saito Keio University(Japan)

10:30-12:30 Sesson 8 Visual Display, Rendering, and Simulation

Chair:

David L. Kao NASA Ames Research Center(USA)
Sawada Kazuya Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.(Japan)

i-ball 2: An Interaction Platform with a Crystal-Ball-Like Display for Multiple Users

Keita USHIDA, Hiroshi HARASHIMA, Jun ISHIKAWA   (paper   movie)

CyberDome: PC Clustered Hemi Spherical Immersive Projection Display

Nobuyuki Shibano , P V Hareesh , Hiroshi Hoshino, Ryo Kawamura, A Yamamoto, Masanori Kahiwagi, Kazuya Sawada   (paper)

All in-Focus View Synthesis from Under-Sampled Light Fields

Keita Takahashi, Akira Kubota, Takeshi Naemura   (paper)

A method for panoramic stereo image acquisition

Kenji Tanaka, Junya Hayashi, Tomohiro Endo, Susumu Tachi   (paper   movie)

Interactive 3-D Visualization of Real Forests

Qizhi Yu, Chongcheng Chen, Zhigeng Pan, Tianhe Chi   (paper)

Real-time Method for Animating Elastic Objects' Behaviors Including Collisions

Takafumi WATANABE, Jun OHYA, Jun KURUMISAWA, Yukio TOKUNAGA   (paper)

13:40-15:20 Sesson 9 Interaction Paradigm

Chair:

Yoshifumi Kitamura Osaka University(Japan)
Masahiko INAMI The University of Electro-Communications(JAPAN)

A Formalism and a Tool for Diverging Requirements in VR Scenario Modeling

Richard Wages, Benno Gruetzmacher, Georg Trogemann   (paper)

Analysis by Simulation Approach to Inferring Functions of an Articulated Objects

Hiroyoshi Ota, Asako Kimura, Hiromi T.Tanaka   (paper)

A Voice and Mouse Input Interface for 3D Virtural Environments

David L. Kao, Steve Bryson   (paper)

Manipulation using Magnet Metahpor for 2D and 3D Integrated Toolkit systems

Yoshihiro Okada, Yoshiaki Akazawa, Koichi Niijima   (paper   movie)

Director Oriented Virtual Cinematography

Shakil Hannan, Masanobu Yamamoto   (paper)

15:20-15:30 Closing

16:00-18:00 Tour Technical Tour - MEW

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