International Workshop on Virtual Reality


Date December 15 , 2009 (tue) 13:00〜17:25(open at 12:45)
Venue UCHIDA YOKO Tokyo Head Office, Japan
http://www.uchida.co.jp/global/map_shinkawa.html
Hosted by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Ultra-Realistic Communications Forum (URCF)
Sponsored by UCHIDA YOKO CO., LTD.

 National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT) and Ultra-Realistic Communications Forum(URCF) support the research and development carried out by the industry-academia-government collaboration on ultra-realistic communications technologies for HD & 3D video, hyper-realistic sound and multisensory communications. We also promote the spread of technologies by way of verification experiments, consideration of standardization, and application development.
 In this workshop, we focus the aim clearly on virtual reality technology, and invite leading researchers promoting regional projects. So, we give an introduction to the latest research and development trends, and discuss solutions to technological problems with virtual reality, an increase in trade and international collaboration between researchers in the field of virtual reality.




Deadline of Pre Registration December 10, 2009.
Registration Fee:
Quota:
Free (Reception:3,000 JPY)
100 persons

Program ※Simultaneous interpretation

Opening Address
@13:00−13:10 Dr. Kazumasa Enami, Chairperson of URCF Planning Committee
Lecture
 Invited Lecture 1
A13:10−14:00
"Virtual Reality, Office of the Future, and Telepresence"
 Prof. Henry Fuchs,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
 Invited Lecture 2
B14:00−14:50
"Mixed Reality, Metaverse & Ubiquitous Computing in 21C "
 Prof. Yang, Hyun Seung,KAIST, Republic of Korea
 Break
 14:50−15:10
Panel discussion
C15:10−16:40 ” Ultra realistic communications and virtual reality ”

Coordinator:
 Prof. Fumio Kishino,Osaka University
Panelists:
 Prof. Henry Fuchs
 Prof. Yang, Hyun Seung
 Prof. Michitaka Hirose, The University of Tokyo
 Mr. Masato Nonaka, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Closing Address
D16:45−16:50 Dr. Yuichi Matsushima, Vice President of NICT
Tour
E16:55−17:25 UCHIDA YOKO Showroom "CANVAS"
Reception
F17:30〜 Pre-registration

Inquiry:Ultra-Realistic Communications Forum (URCF) Secretariat

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