The Visual Computer Journal
(http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00371/index.htm)

Special Issue on Real-time Virtual Worlds

Submissions due: October 31, 1998

Real-time Virtual Worlds are now possible in most workstations and
PCs. The challenge is to design user-friendly systems for creating new
applications and tools. This special issue of the Visual Computer is
dedicated to all new algorithms, methods, and systems in Real-time
Virtual Worlds.  Original, unpublished research, practice, and
experience papers are sought that address issues in all aspects of
Real-time Virtual Worlds. Topics include, but are not limited to:

* Modeling for Real-time Virtual Worlds
* Real-time animation
* Real-time rendering algorithms
* Real-time motion control and motion capture
* Real-time talking heads
* Intelligent interfaces for real-time computer animation
* Avatars and Real-time Autonomous Virtual Humans
* 3D interaction with Virtual Worlds
* Networked Virtual Environments
* Artificial Life in Virtual Worlds
* Virtual Worlds on the Web
* Real-time audio and speech for Virtual Worlds
* Real-time simulation
* Games and entertainment applications

Schedule:       
        Paper Submission:                     October 31, 1998
        Acceptance/Rejection Notification:    January  15, 1999
        Final Manuscript Submissions:         February 15, 1999
        Publication:                          Summer 1999

The editors for this issue of the Visual Computer are:

Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Associate Editor-in-Chief
MIRALab, University of Geneva
24, rue du General-Dufour
CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
Email: thalmann@cui.unige.ch

Daniel Thalmann
Computer Graphics Lab
EPFL
CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Email: thalmann@lig.di.epfl.ch


Submission guidelines: Authors may submit their paper either as an HTML URL
or by ftp. For ftp, the electronic version of your manuscript should
be submitted in PDF (preferred) or Postscript (compressed with gzip)
using anonymous ftp to ligsg2.epfl.ch. The paper should be submitted
as one file. The file name should be first author's name. 
Please follow the procedure:

ftp ligsg2.epfl.ch
username: anonymous
password: <your email address>
cd tvc
put <filename>

In any case, you should send an email to tvcanim@lig.di.epfl.ch with the
title of the paper, the authors with affiliation, the contact author,
and either the URL or the filename used for ftp. For author
guidelines, please consult: http://www.computer.org/multimedia/edguide.htm