VR 2009: Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

Keynote

• Elizabeth Baron:
  Successes and Challenges on Using VR in Product Design and Engineering.
  

Haptics & Interaction

• Jean Sreng, Anatole Lécuyer, Claude Andriot, Bruno Arnaldi:
  Spatialized Haptic Rendering: Providing Impact Position Information in 6DOF Haptic Simulations Using Vibrations. 3-9
  
• Vijay Pawar, Anthony Steed:
  Evaluating the Influence of Haptic Force-Feedback on 3D Selection Tasks using Natural Egocentric Gestures. 11-18
  
• Nicolas Ladeveze, Jean-Yves Fourquet, Bernard Puel, Michel Taïx:
  Haptic Assembly and Disassembly Task Assistance using Interactive Path Planning. 19-25
  

Displays & Tracking

• Ferdi A. Smit, Robert van Liere, Stephan Beck, Bernd Fröhlich:
  An Image-Warping Architecture for VR: Low Latency versus Image Quality. 27-34
  
• Tyler Johnson, Greg Welch, Henry Fuchs, Eric La Force, Herman Towles:
  A Distributed Cooperative Framework for Continuous Multi-Projector Pose Estimation. 35-42
  
• Malcolm Hutson, Steven White, Dirk Reiners:
  JanusVF: Accurate Navigation Using SCAAT and Virtual Fiducials. 43-50
  
• Jonathan Marbach:
  Image Blending and View Clustering for Multi-Viewer Immersive Projection Environments. 51-54
  

Augmented Reality

• Mark A. Livingston, Zhuming Ai, J. Edward Swan II, Harvey S. Smallman:
  Indoor vs. Outdoor Depth Perception for Mobile Augmented Reality. 55-62
  
• Yu Sheng, Theodore C. Yapo, Christopher Young, Barbara Cutler:
  Virtual Heliodon: Spatially Augmented Reality for Architectural Daylighting Design. 63-70
  
• Denis Kalkofen, Markus Tatzgern, Dieter Schmalstieg:
  Explosion Diagrams in Augmented Reality. 71-78
  
• Ben Avery, Christian Sandor, Bruce H. Thomas:
  Improving Spatial Perception for Augmented Reality X-Ray Vision. 79-82
  

Collaboration & Avatars

• William Steptoe, Oyewole Oyekoya, Alessio Murgia, Robin Wolff, John Rae, Estefania Guimaraes, David J. Roberts, Anthony Steed:
  Eye Tracking for Avatar Eye Gaze Control During Object-Focused Multiparty Interaction in Immersive Collaborative Virtual Environments. 83-90
  
• Sabarish Babu, Timofey Grechkin, Benjamin Chihak, Christine Ziemer, Joseph K. Kearney, James F. Cremer, Jodie M. Plumert:
  A Virtual Peer for Investigating Social Influences on Children's Bicycling. 91-98
  
• Andrew Raij, Aaron Kotranza, D. Scott Lind, Benjamin Lok:
  Virtual Experiences for Social Perspective-Taking. 99-102
  
• Sinem Güven, Mark Podlaseck, Gopal Sarma Pingali:
  Exploring Co-presence for Next Generation Technical Support. 103-106
  

Perception & Usability

• Eric Klein, J. Edward Swan, Gregory S. Schmidt, Mark A. Livingston, Oliver G. Staadt:
  Measurement Protocols for Medium-Field Distance Perception in Large-Screen Immersive Displays. 107-113
  
• Mark A. Livingston, Jane H. Barrow, Ciara M. Sibley:
  Quantification of Contrast Sensitivity and Color Perception using Head-worn Augmented Reality Displays. 115-122
  
• Christian Pirchheim, Manuela Waldner, Dieter Schmalstieg:
  Deskotheque: Improved Spatial Awareness in Multi-Display Environments. 123-126
  
• Holger Salzmann, Mathias Moehring, Bernd Froehlich:
  Virtual vs. Real-World Pointing in Two-User Scenarios. 127-130
  
• Léo Terziman, Anatole Lécuyer, Sébastien Hillaire, Jan M. Wiener:
  Can Camera Motions Improve the Perception of Traveled Distance in Virtual Environments? 131-134
  

Eye Gaze & Olfactory Displays

• David J. Roberts, Robin Wolff, John Rae, Anthony Steed, Rob Aspin, Moira McIntyre, Adriana Pena, Oyewole Oyekoya, William Steptoe:
  Communicating Eye-gaze Across a Distance: Comparing an Eye-gaze enabled Immersive Collaborative Virtual Environment, Aligned Video Conferencing, and Being Together. 135-142
  
• Xiaohan Ma, Zhigang Deng:
  Natural Eye Motion Synthesis by Modeling Gaze-Head Coupling. 143-150
  
• Junta Sato, Kaori Ohtsu, Yuichi Bannai, Ken-ichi Okada:
  Effective Presentation Technique of Scent Using Small Ejection Quantities of Odor. 151-158
  
• Takamichi Nakamoto, Keisuke Murakami:
  Selection Method of Odor Components for Olfactory Display Using Mass Spectrum Database. 159-162
  

Clinical & Medical Applications

• Shih-Ching Yeh, Brad Newman, Matt Liewer, Jarrell Pair, Anton Treskunov, Greg Reger, Barbara O. Rothbaum, JoAnn Difede, Josh Spitalnick, Rob McLay, Thomas D. Parsons, Albert A. Rizzo:
  A Virtual Iraq System for the Treatment of Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. 163-170
  
• Steven Koepnick, Derek Norpchen, William R. Sherman, Daniel S. Coming:
  Immersive Training for Two-Person Radiological Surveys. 171-174
  
• Aaron Kotranza, Benjamin Lok, Carla M. Pugh, D. Scott Lind:
  Virtual Humans That Touch Back: Enhancing Nonverbal Communication with Virtual Humans through Bidirectional Touch. 175-178
  
• Morgan Bruce, Holger Regenbrecht:
  A Virtual Reality Claustrophobia Therapy System Implementation and Test. 179-182
  

Graphics & Modelling

• Jur P. van den Berg, Jason Sewall, Ming C. Lin, Dinesh Manocha:
  Virtualized Traffic: Reconstructing Traffic Flows from Discrete Spatio-Temporal Data. 183-190
  
• Daniel J. Tracy, Samuel R. Buss, Bryan M. Woods:
  Efficient Large-Scale Sweep and Prune Methods with AABB Insertion and Removal. 191-198
  
• Charalambos Poullis, Suya You:
  Automatic Creation of Massive Virtual Cities. 199-202
  

Presence & Perception

• Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus Hinrichs, Anthony Steed, Alexander L. Gerlach:
  Does a Gradual Transition to the Virtual World increase Presence? 203-210
  
• Jason Jerald, Mary C. Whitton:
  Relating Scene-Motion Thresholds to Latency Thresholds for Head-Mounted Displays. 211-218
  
• Lei Liu, Robert van Liere, Catharina Nieuwenhuizen, Jean-Bernard Martens:
  Comparing Aimed Movements in the Real World and in Virtual Reality. 219-222
  
• Mathias Moehring, Antje Gloystein, Ralf Doerner:
  Issues with Virtual Space Perception within Reaching Distance: Mitigating Adverse Effects on Applications Using HMDs in the Automotive Industry. 223-226
  

Posters

• Robert J. Teather, Andriy Pavlovych, Wolfgang Stürzlinger:
  Effects of Latency and Spatial Jitter on 2D and 3D Pointing. 229-230
  
• Xun Luo, Robert V. Kenyon:
  Scalable Vision-based Gesture Interaction for Cluster-driven High Resolution Display Systems. 231-232
  
• Alessandro De Mauro, Jörg Raczkowsky, Marc Eric Halatsch, Heinz Wörn:
  Virtual Reality Training Embedded in Neurosurgical Microscope. 233-234
  
• Masato Ogata, Hiroyuki Wada, Jeroen van Baar, Ramesh Raskar:
  A Unified Calibration Method with a Parametric Approach for Wide-Field-of-View Multiprojector Displays. 235-236
  
• Chang Yuan:
  Creating Virtual 3D See-Through Experiences on Large-size 2D Displays. 237-238
  
• Seunghyun Woo, Takafumi Aoki, Hironori Mitake, Naoki Hashimoto, Makoto Sato:
  Virtual Reality in Physical Mirrors. 239-240
  
• Christoph John, Ulrich Schwanecke, Holger Regenbrecht:
  Real-time Volumetric Reconstruction and Tracking of Hands and Face as a User Interface for Virtual Environments. 241-242
  
• Saulo A. Pessoa, Guilherme de S. Moura, João Paulo S. M. Lima, Veronica Teichrieb, Judith Kelner:
  A Global Illumination and BRDF Solution Applied to Photorealistic Augmented Reality. 243-244
  
• Evan A. Suma, Samantha L. Finkelstein, Myra Reid, Amy Catherine Ulinski, Larry F. Hodges:
  Real Walking Increases Simulator Sickness in Navigationally Complex Virtual Environments. 245-246
  
• Han Suk Kim, Jürgen P. Schulze:
  High Resolution Video Playback in Immersive Virtual Environments. 247-248
  
• Samantha L. Finkelstein, Andrea Nickel, Lane Harrison, Evan A. Suma, Tiffany Barnes:
  cMotion: A New Game Design to Teach Emotion Recognition and Programming Logic to Children using Virtual Humans. 249-250
  
• Krishna C. Bhavaraju:
  Interactive Virtual Reality Simulation for Nanoparticle Manipulation and Nanoassembly using Optical Tweezers. 251-252
  
• Bernd Hentschel, Marc Wolter, Torsten Kuhlen:
  Virtual Reality-Based Multi-View Visualization of Time-Dependent Simulation Data. 253-254
  
• Haruka Matsukura, Hitoshi Yoshida, Hiroshi Ishida, Takamichi Nakamoto:
  Interactive Odor Playback Based on Fluid Dynamics Simulation. 255-256
  
• Wolfram Schoor, Steffen Masik, Johannes Tumler, Simon Adler, Marc Hofmann, Erik Trostmann:
  A Concept for Applying VR and AR Technologies to Support Efficient 3D Non-contact Model Digitalization. 257-258
  
• Tanasai Sucontphunt, Zhigang Deng, Ulrich Neumann:
  Crafting Personalized Facial Avatars Using Editable Portrait and Photograph Example. 259-260
  
• Ji-Sun Kim, Denis Gracanin, Kresimir Matkovic, Francis K. H. Quek:
  iPhone/iPod Touch as Input Devices for Navigation in Immersive Virtual Environments. 261-262
  
• Giuseppe Marino, Franco Tecchia, Davide Vercelli, Massimo Bergamasco:
  Hybrid Rendering in a Multi-framework VR System. 263-264
  
• Kiwan Han, Jeonghun Ku, Hyeongrae Lee, Jinsick Park, Sangwoo Cho, Jae-Jin Kim, In-Young Kim, Sun I. Kim:
  Measurement of Expression Characteristics in Emotional Situations using Virtual Reality. 265-266
  
• Antoine Widmer, Yaoping Hu:
  Subjective Perception and Objective Measurements in Perceiving Object Softness for VR Surgical Systems. 267-268
  
• Frank Gommlich, Guido Heumer, Arnd Vitzthum, Bernhard Jung:
  Simulation of Standard Control Actuators in Dynamic Virtual Environments. 269-270
  
• Frédéric Drolet, Marielle Mokhtari, François Bernier, Denis Laurendeau:
  A Software Architecture for Sharing Distributed Virtual Worlds. 271-272
  
• Jared N. Bott, James G. Crowley, Joseph J. LaViola:
  One Man Band: A 3D Gestural Interface for Collaborative Music Creation. 273-274
  
• Michael Boyles, Jeff Rogers, Keith Goreham, Mary Aann Frank, Jan Cowan:
  Virtual Simulation for Lighting & Design Education. 275-276
  
• Shaimaa Y. Lazem, Denis Gracanin, Ayman Abdel-Hamid:
  A Game Theoretic Approach for Modeling User-System Interaction in Networked Virtual Environments. 277-278
  
• Pablo Figueroa, Juan Borda, Diego Restrepo, Pierre Boulanger, Eduardo Londoño, Flavio Prieto:
  A Multimodal Interface for Artifact's Exploration. 279-280
  
• Marcel Yang, David P. McMullen, Rochelle D. Schwartz-Bloom, Rachael Brady:
  DiVE into Alcohol: A Biochemical Immersive Experience. 281-282
  
• Sangwoo Cho, Jeonghun Ku, Kiwan Han, Hyeongrae Lee, Jinsick Park, Youn Joo Kang, In-Young Kim, Sun I. Kim:
  Effect of Proprioception Training of patient with Hemiplegia by Manipulating Visual Feedback using Virtual Reality: The Preliminary results. 283-284
  
• Andreas Kolb, Martin Lambers, Severin Todt, Nicolas Cuntz, Christof Rezk-Salama:
  Immersive Rear Projection on Curved Screens. 285-286
  
• Eric Ragan, Curtis Wilkes, Doug A. Bowman, Tobias Höllerer:
  Simulation of AugmentedReality Systems in Purely Virtual Environments. 287-288
  

Demos

• Jan-Phillip Tiesel, Christoph W. Borst, Kaushik Das, Gary L. Kinsland, Christopher M. Best, Vijay B. Baiyya:
  Composable Volumetric Lenses for Surface Exploration. 291-292
  
• Pablo Figueroa, Juan Borda, Diego Restrepo, Pierre Boulanger, Eduardo Londoño, Flavio Prieto:
  A VR Multimodal Interface for Small Artifacts in the Gold Museum. 293-294
  
• Haruka Matsukura, Hitoshi Yoshida, Hiroshi Ishida, Atsushi Saitoh, Takamichi Nakamoto:
  Odor Presentation with a Vivid Sense of Reality: Incorporating Fluid Dynamics Simulation into Olfactory Display. 295-296
  
• Ryugo Kijima, Jyunya Watanabe:
  False Image Projector For Head Mounted Display Using Retrotransmissive Optical System. 297-298
  
• Alexander Kulik, Jan Hochstrate, André Kunert, Bernd Froehlich:
  The Globefish: A 3D Motion Controller. 299-300
  
• Takamichi Nakamoto, Masashi Kinoshita, Keisuke Murakami, Ariyakul Yossiri:
  Demonstration of Improved Olfactory Display using Rapidly-Switching Solenoid Valves. 301-302
  
• Steven White, Mores Prachyabrued, Dhruva Baghi, Amit Aglawe, Dirk Reiners, Christoph Borst, Terry Chambers:
  Virtual Welder Trainer. 303
  
• Brian Wilke, Jonathan Metzgar, Keith Johnson, Sudhanshu Semwal, Bonnie Snyder, KaChun Yu, Dan Neafus:
  Crossover Applications. 305-306
  
• Teppei Toyoizumi, Shogo Yonekura, Riichiro Tadakuma, Yoichiro Kawaguchi, Akiya Kamimura:
  Multiple Behaviors Generation by 1 D.O.F. Mobile Robot. 307