Virtual Reality Interactions and Physical Simulation

(VRIPHYS)

 

Workshops in cooperation with Eurographics:

 

2004      Colima, México

2005      Pisa, Italy

2006      Madrid, Spain

2007  Dublin, Ireland

2008  Grenoble, France

 

Aims:

In recent years, much research has been done in virtual reality technology to advance other fields such as medicine, engineering, training, education and entertainment. Realistic virtual environments require real-time visual rendering of data and fast computations of physical complex phenomena that combine movements, deformations, interactions. This problem is constrained further if some applications require high interactivity tasks, such as videogames or surgery simulators. These set of workshops try to be a forum for students, researchers and computer science professionals. The main goals can be stated as follows:

 

*  To present high level research in the domains of dynamic simulation and physical interaction in virtual reality environments.

            *  Considering virtual reality as a multidisciplinary domain, we seek to introduce other researchers, from different backgrounds,

    the potential advantages of using virtual environments that might open new advantages in their research fields.

*  To attract application developers and show them the envelope of what can be done in virtual reality and computer graphics.

     We seek to encourage developers to work together with researchers and provide products that are truly usable.

 

 

A bit of history:

VRIPHYS was created in 2004 in the framework of the annual meeting of Mexican Society in Computer Science and in cooperation with Eurographics. Due to its success, a second edition was held in Pisa, Italy in 2005. The Italian National Research Council (CNR) and the Centre of Excellence in Endoscopy Computer Aided Surgery have also supported 2005 edition. The best papers of the workshop have been published in a “Special Issue in Virtual Reality Interactions and Physical Simulation” of Computer and Graphics Journal. In 2006 and 2007, the workshop was held in Madrid, Spain and Dublin, Ireland, respectively. In 2008, the workshop will be held in Grenoble, France.

 

Contact:

If you want to work within the framework of this workshop, please contact Fabio Ganovelli or Cesar Mendoza.