Wave Issue 0202 1/24/02 Article 1-02

***7th International Conference on 3D Web Technology
(January 19)

February 24-February 28, 2002
Tempe, Arizona, USA

Sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH and the WEB3D CONSORTIUM in cooperation
with Eurographics

Symposium Outline:
The symposium will focus on the frontiers of 3D technologies
and multimedia. The annual Web3D Symposium is a major event in
the Web3D community which unites researchers, developers,
experimenters, and artists in a dynamic learning environment.
Attendees share and explore methods of using, enhancing or
creating new 3D web technology such as MPEG4, VRML, X3D, and
Java3D. The program includes technical and commercial
presentations, tutorials, workshops, trade show and web3d art
show.

Keynote Speakers:
Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland, USA
Peter Ryce, Macromedia Inc., USA
Michael Kaplan, Adobe Systems Inc., USA

Symposium Topics:
- High performance 3D graphics for distributed environments and
teleoperation systems.
- 3D graphics for wireless PDAs & cellular phones.
- Animated humanoid figures and complex reactive characters.
- Specifications, languages, or abstractions for specifying 3D
geometry and their behaviors.
- Methods for designing, representing, interacting with and
visualizing complex geometry and structure.
- Geometry/object behaviors in web3D settings.
- 3D simulation & haptic systems to enable medical treatment,
rehabilitation & training over distances.
- Interaction methods for web based 3D graphics systems.
- Innovative user interface paradigms for navigating real-time
3D graphics environments and virtual worlds.
- Multimodal user interaction in virtual worlds.
- 3d e-commerce and product visualization.

Important Dates:
Pre-advance Registration: December 31, 2001
Advance Registration and Hotel Cut-Off: Jannuary 24, 2002
Web3D Symposium 2002: February 24-28, 2002

Conference Chair:
Michael G. Wagner, UMA Information Technology AG, Vienna,
Austria
Conference Co-Chairs:
K. Selcuk Candan, Arizona State University, USA
Christian Bouville, France Telecom, France
Program Chair:
Matthew T. Beitler, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Web3DSymposium.org.